Michael Brennan on the campaign trail: Northern elections result to hinge on bread and butter issuesDespite unionist calls for a change to the Northern Protocol and Sinn Féin pushing for a border poll, canvassers on the ground are finding voters more exercised about the cost of living
TV doctor appeals for cash to pay FosterChristian Jessen, who presents Embarrassing Bodies on Channel 4, tweeted a false claim in December 2019 that the former DUP leader had an extramarital affair
Deirdre Heenan: Foster overplayed her hand and became her own worst enemyThe fall of the DUP leader is a cautionary tale of hubris, myopia and stubbornness
Editorial: DUP must beware of saying no to its own futureIt is said that the DUP is at a crossroads. But this is the wrong diagnosis of its ailment. A crossroads suggests several directions of travel.
Susan O’Keeffe: United Kingdom or a united Ireland? Next DUP leader will have to face up to the debateAlready on the wrong side of the Brexit deal and of a more tolerant society, the party cannot be unaware that this is more of a crisis moment than a crossroads
Analysis: Foster’s successor won’t have it easy but surely can’t make things any worse While the DUP leader was no stranger to controversy even before Brexit, it is her disastrous handling of that issue that will dominate her legacy
Deirdre Heenan: The DUP, not Brexit, has left angry loyalists in a tailspinThanks to a shameful and dangerous lack of political leadership, mistrust and division is rife in unionism – to everybody’s cost
Deirdre Heenan: DUP is digging itself deeper with challenge to protocolA disingenuous and ill-advised legal wrangle will only highlight the fact that Northern Ireland is a place apart
Deirdre Heenan: DUP’s protocol-bashing is a sign of desperationIf the beleaguered party thinks Boris Johnson is going to ride to its rescue, it is mistaken
North’s ministers ‘vent frustration’ over South’s failure to share Dublin Airport passenger information ‘There are legal and data protection issues which must be addressed before a data sharing agreement can be established,’ according to officials in the Republic