In historic first, a Sinn Fein leader becomes Northern Irish first minister
History will be made in Ireland when the leader of Sinn Fein in Northern Ireland, Michelle O’Neill, becomes first minister as leader of the largest party in the Northern ...
Northern Ireland appoints Irish nationalist as First Minister in historic shift
Northern Ireland‘s parliament appointed an Irish nationalist as First Minister for the first time on Saturday, a historic milestone in a state established a century ago to ensure the ...
UK sets out new trade measures to restore Northern Ireland government
Britain unveiled a package of post-Brexit trading measures on Wednesday to strengthen Northern Ireland’s place in the United Kingdom, a move welcomed by local politicians who are now expected ...
Northern Ireland’s DUP strikes deal to return to power-sharing government
The leader of Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) said it had reached a deal with the British government on the operation of post-Brexit trade rules that would allow ...
How Israel failed to learn from Northern Ireland peace process
By Colin John Irwin
There is no peace in the Middle East because there is no effective peace process. This isn’t because the Palestinians and Israelis do not know ...
Political representatives from island’s two sides visit Northern Ireland
Representatives of both Turkish Cypriot and Greek Cypriot political parties visited Northern Ireland in November.
The representatives took part in the Cyprus Dialogue Forum, which charted Northern Ireland’s course ...
Northern Irish police accidentally share names of all officers
Northern Ireland’s police force accidentally shared the names and work locations of every member of staff on Tuesday in a data breach it said would be of “significant concern” ...
Biden arrives in Northern Ireland to mark peace deal anniversary
U.S. President Joe Biden was welcomed to Northern Ireland by British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Tuesday as he flew in for a brief visit to mark the 25th ...
Biden heads to Northern Ireland at delicate political juncture
U.S. President Joe Biden arrives in Belfast on Tuesday at a delicate political time in Northern Ireland as he helps mark the 25-year anniversary of a peace deal that ...
What is the Good Friday Agreement and when was it signed?
The Good Friday Agreement largely ended the “Troubles”, three decades of violence that had racked Northern Ireland since the late 1960s. It was signed on April 10, 1998 – which fell that year ...
Visits to Ireland by U.S. presidents
John F. Kennedy, June 1963
President John F. Kennedy came to Ireland five months before his assassination for a visit that drew huge crowds wherever he travelled. He later told aides ...
The Windsor Framework: EU’s gift to Northern Ireland
Ireland and Cyprus have many things in common except one. Whereas membership of the EU helped rather than hindered the peace process in Northern Ireland, the opposite happened in Cyprus.
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‘New chapter’: Sunak strikes Northern Ireland deal with EU (Updated)
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak struck a deal with the European Union on post-Brexit trade rules for Northern Ireland on Monday, saying it would pave the way for a new ...
UK, EU inching towards Northern Ireland deal, Irish PM says
Britain and the European Union are inching towards concluding talks on revising post-Brexit trade rules for Northern Ireland and an agreement is possible, but by no means guaranteed, in the ...
Northern Irish police suspect New IRA behind detective shooting
Northern Irish police suspect that the New IRA Irish nationalist militant group may have been responsible for the attempted murder of a senior detective who was shot in front of ...
Northern Irish police officer ‘critical but stable’ after shooting
A Northern Irish police officer is in a “critical but stable” condition in hospital after being shot while coaching youth sports in the town of Omagh on Wednesday evening, the ...
UK’s Sunak travelling to N.Ireland for post-Brexit talks
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was travelling to Northern Ireland on Thursday evening to sound out whether its political parties back his plans to improve the post-Brexit trading arrangements for ...
Speculation on Northern Ireland protocol deal premature, DUP leader says
Speculation that a long-standing dispute between Britain and the European Union over the Northern Ireland protocol is close to being resolved is a little premature, the leader of the Democratic ...
UK to call Northern Ireland election within next 12 weeks
The British government on Friday promised to call a fresh election to Northern Ireland’s devolved parliament within the next 12 weeks in a bid to break a political stalemate that ...
Britain wants to resolve post-Brexit trade row with EU quickly
Britain wants to reach an agreement with the European Union to solve post-Brexit trade to Northern Ireland issues quickly, foreign minister James Cleverly said on Thursday, suggesting a softer approach ...
Biden, UK’s Truss commit to protect Northern Ireland deal
U.S. President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Liz Truss met in person for the first time on Wednesday and said they want to ensure the 1998 Good Friday Agreement ...
Northern Ireland’s Trimble, Nobel Peace Prize winner, dies at 77
Former Northern Irish first minister David Trimble, a pro-British leader who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1998 for his role as a key architect in ending three decade of bloodshed ...
The UK remains open to a negotiated Northern Ireland solution
By Stephen Lillie
Peace and stability have been hard-won in Northern Ireland. So much of the progress we have seen rests on the Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement, which marked the ...
Northern Ireland’s DUP blocks province’s new legislature
Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party blocked the restoration of a power-sharing administration in the British-run province on Friday when newly elected members for the Assembly met in the Stormont ...