Sinn Fein President Mary Lou McDonald, Vice President Michelle O’Neill, and Finance spokesman in the Dail Pearse Doherty TD speak to media at Stormont after a meeting of the party’s senior elected representatives on the island of Ireland.

Opposition parties are set to enter an amendment to the Government’s motion to change Dail rules, which the Sinn Fein leader said will “solve” the row over speaking rights.



Mary Lou McDonald vowed that opposition parties will...

Sinn Fein’s relationship with Irish America has not been damaged by its St Patrick’s boycott of the White House, Mary Lou McDonald has insisted.



The party president said Sinn Fein’s connections in the US were “deep and...

Belfast Lord Mayor, Micky Murray says he is 'delighted to lead the parade' this year as Belfast enjoys St Patrick's Day celebrations.<b<br/>r/>

Music, dancing and floats lined the streets of Belfast.

A DUP minister has said the redevelopment of Casement Park is because of a funding gap and not because he is at the helm of the department.



Communities minister Gordon Lyons said there were delays with the rebuild of the west...

The Irish Government has unveiled an 800 million euro-plus (£683 million) funding package for projects benefiting Northern Ireland, including 600 million euro (£512.8 million) towards the proposed upgrade of the A5 road.



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The Irish Government’s Shared Island package includes 10 million euro for a new visitor experience at Battle of the Boyne site in Co Meath and new cross-border co-operation schemes focused on female entrepreneurship and tackling...

The Stormont powersharing Executive will have to look at raising its own revenue to help with public sector budget. Hilary Benn has said. The new NI Secretary visited a market in Belfast in his first visit to the region since being...

DUP leader and East Belfast MP Gavin Robinson comments on the Ukraine missile contract for Thales (based in east Belfast). Also comments on Oval Office encounter involving Zelensky and Trump and is asked about DUP's decision to send to...

Stock footage of the Thales missile factory in east Belfast after an order was made to supply 5,000 air defence missiles to Ukraine.

Minister for Health, Jennifer Carroll MacNeill and her counterpart, Health Minister Mike Nesbitt speak to the media following a visit to The New Children’s Hospital in Dublin.

The empty space of the wall of Belfast City Hall where the Lord Mayoral portrait of Niall O Donnghaile hung until it was removed today after it was understood that the Party group leaders on Belfast City Council agreed the move...

Sinn Fein vice president Michelle O’Neill has said she thinks it is appropriate that a portrait of former Belfast Lord Mayor Niall O Donnghaile is removed from City Hall.



It comes after a motion at the council brought by the...

Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary said that Christmas in Lapland has been cancelled and Leinster rugby fans will be forced to fly through Belfast due to the ongoing passenger cap issue at Dublin airport.

Villa Vie Odyssey cruise ship, off the coast on Bangor, Northern Ireland. The luxury cruise ship became marooned in Belfast for four months due to unexpected repair works.

Political leaders on both sides of the Irish border have praised the “reset” and engagement in their relationship, following a fractious number of years.



Taoiseach Simon Harris chaired a meeting with the Northern Ireland...

Prime Minister Keir Starmer with Police Service of Northern Ireland Chief Constable Jon Boutcher talking to staff and local community groups during a visit to PSNI College at Garnerville in Belfast, following the recent far-right riots...

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has described the disorder in Northern Ireland as “intolerable”.



He was speaking after meeting frontline officers who dealt with the violence and members of ethnic minority communities...

Sir Keir Starmer and Hilary Benn meet with Northern Ireland Assembly speaker Edwin Poots outside Stormont, as some pro-Palestine protesters demonstrate outside.

Sir Keir Starmer has met Northern Ireland First Minister Michelle O’Neill and deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly as he continues his tour of the UK.



The Prime Minister is visiting Belfast following his trip to Scotland...

In a difficult night for the DUP, the Alliance Party’s Sorcha Eastwood had a historic result as she triumphed in the DUP stronghold of Lagan Valley - the seat formerly held by party leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson.



The Paisley...

DUP leader Gavin Robinson and wife Lindsay vote at the Elim church polling station in east Belfast.

Footage of general voting scenes from Elim Church polling station in Dundonald, east Belfast.

Alliance leader Naomi Long and her husband Michael arrive, with their dog Daisy, to cast their votes in the 2024 General Election at St Colmcille's Church in east Belfast.