Northern Ireland’s political leaders have traded angry words in the last televised debate of the Assembly election campaign.

Britain’s prime minister, Theresa May, has promised a “practical solution” for the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic, following Britain’s exit from the European Union.

The SDLP could be poised to leave the North's Executive and take a place on the opposition benches.

Northern Ireland’s power-sharing ministers have failed to agree a budget for public spending for next year.

Army bomb experts have made safe a viable device sent to the headquarters of the North’s police service.

A group of families from the Republic are in Stormont Castle in Belfast today to raise awareness of their plight into alleged garda wrong doing.

Stormont ministers have agreed a draft budget for next year ahead of tomorrow’s UK Treasury-imposed deadline.

British Open champion Rory McIlroy was yesterday unable to show off his prized Claret Jug to the North’s political leaders, admitting it needed a clean after a night of celebrations.

A letter bomb has been discovered at a postal sorting office near Belfast.

A suspected letter bomb addressed to a senior judge has been intercepted at the law courts in Belfast.

A letter bomb addressed to Northern Ireland Secretary Theresa Villiers has been made safe.

The offices of the North’s First and Deputy First Ministers have been evacuated because of a security alert.

The Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Eamon Gilmore is meeting with Theresa Villiers, the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, in Belfast this morning.

The North’s political leaders have held a marathon special meeting to discuss the loyalist Union flag protests.

US secretary of state Hillary Clinton has urged protesting loyalists to end street violence in the North amid fears of further trouble at demonstrations against a decision to restrict the flying of the Union flag at Belfast City Hall.

US secretary of state Hillary Clinton urged an end to the new outbreak of violence in Northern Ireland today.

The British Irish Council meeting at Dublin Castle, which concluded yesterday, has been decried as a talking shop.

A major inquiry into the abuse of children in institutions run by the Catholic church and the state is to be launched in the North, it was announced today.

Student fee rates in Northern Ireland are to remain largely unchanged, the Stormont Executive has decided.

THE terms of an inquiry into historic institutional abuse in the North will be announced in the autumn.

British Prime Minister David Cameron has signalled his willingness to consider a corporation tax cut in Northern Ireland, but warned the days of solving every economic problem by asking the UK Treasury for more money are over.

David Cameron will address the North's Assembly today as the region’s political leaders continue to lobby him for tax varying powers.

A potential cut in the North's corporate tax rate to the level in operation in the South is not a threat to the Republic’s economy, Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore has insisted.

The story of the 2011 Assembly election has repeated the same plot-line that has been played out for the last 10 years in the North.

Water bosses in the North tonight faced demands to quit as engineers struggled to repair leaking pipes to tens of thousands of homes, amid fears the drinking water fiasco could develop into a major health emergency.

The Stormont Executive has approved a four-year budget plan aimed at absorbing €4bn of spending cuts in Northern Ireland.

Britain's Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has pledged to look again at the level of spending cuts proposed in Northern Ireland.

British Prime Minister David Cameron today warned dissident republican terrorists that his government’s commitment to the North and the peace process was absolute.

David Cameron flew into Belfast today for talks with the North’s political leaders.

The North’s new Secretary of State Owen Paterson today held out the prospect of devolving corporation tax powers to the Stormont Assembly.

Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness, addressing the Sinn Féin Ard Fheis tonight in Dublin, said that the Ulster Unionists and nationalist SDLP were undermining the power-sharing government.

The North’s political leaders continued to strive for a breakthrough in crunch talks over devolving policing powers to Stormont tonight.

Crunch talks between Sinn Féin and the Democratic Unionists aimed at devolving policing powers to the North are due to resume in Belfast today.

Sinn Féin and the Democratic Unionists will resume talks tomorrow on devolving policing powers to Stormont after a weekend that saw both party leaders express hopes a deal could be done.

The revelations about Peter Robinson’s wife Iris have indirectly led to a political first for a Democratic Unionist leader – a handshake with Sinn Féin’s Martin McGuinness.

Sinn Féin and the Democratic Unionists both struck optimistic notes today as crunch talks to devolve policing powers to the North continued at Stormont.

Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leaders will today brief their elected representatives on crunch talks being held with republicans on the future of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

The suspected child abusing brother of Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams worked for the party in Belfast after being forced out of a branch in the Republic over the allegations, Sinn Féin admitted today.

Troubled Democratic Unionist leader Peter Robinson today admitted revelations about his wife's affair have left him desolate and struggling to face the outside world.

The North's political leaders will today continue intensive negotiations aimed at securing a deal to stabilise its power-sharing administration.

Under pressure Democratic Unionist leader Peter Robinson rejoined political talks with Sinn Féin tonight as efforts intensified to secure a deal on devolving policing powers to the North.

DUP leader Peter Robinson was back behind his desk today following the shock revelation that his wife tried to kill herself after confessing to an affair.

The New York Stock Exchange today announced a major investment creating 400 jobs in the North

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton today pledged to do all she could to support the North’s political leaders as they continued their journey towards a more peaceful future.