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Northern Ireland

Deirdre Heenan: DUP caught between a rock and hard place of its own making

The party’s framing of the ‘outstanding issues’ around the Windsor Framework is becoming increasingly preposterous. Where does it go from here?

Northern Ireland

DUP to vote against Windsor Framework Brexit deal

Party leader Jeffrey Donaldson said on Monday that his party still wants changes to the agreement announced last month

Northern Ireland

Deirdre Heenan: The DUP must be wary of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory

Any stalling by Jeffrey Donaldson on the Windsor framework will allow the naysayers to gain momentum, and a rejection of it by the DUP will lead to the North being viewed as ungovernable

Northern Ireland

Deirdre Heenan: If he gives in to the Brexit zealots, Sunak will be prime minister in name only

It is crunch time for Rishi Sunak, who cannot sit on the fence when it comes to the Northern Ireland protocol for much longer

UK says Northern Ireland deal won’t happen without DUP blessing

Both the EU and UK are looking for a breakthrough in talks over a new Brexit deal for the region

EU ‘very conscious’ of unionist concerns as Northern Ireland protocol deal moves closer

Micheál Martin was speaking to the Business Post as Rishi Sunak, the British Prime Minister, travelled to Belfast to meet with Northern Ireland parties

John Walsh: DUP and Sinn Féin need to shift positions on any border poll

The unionist community need to accept that a united Ireland is a legitimate aspiration, but Sinn Féin needs to stop putting a border poll front and centre of its agenda

Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland elections pushed back in effort to strike Brexit deal

The region’s government has not functioned for a year after objections from the DUP

Northern Ireland faces election in 12 weeks as DUP boycotts parliament

Powersharing in the region collapsed after the unionist party pushed for a new Brexit deal

Northern Ireland

Deirdre Heenan: DUP must stop the threats and look for a face-saving deal to return to power-sharing

The party and its leaders are clinging to the last vestiges of power, unable to accept that the world around them has fundamentally changed

Lucinda Creighton: We must curb our instinct to celebrate Johnson’s demise

Boris Johnson’s mendacity over the protocol provoked anger in all quarters, but now is an opportunity to dial down the rhetoric and take the heat out of North-South relations

Northern Ireland Protocol

Michael Brennan: As protocol row heats up, oldest and deepest fears revived

The dispute over Britain’s latest moves to nullify the protocol represents a huge and unwelcome difficulty for those trying to strengthen cross-community relations in Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland

Deirdre Heenan: Boris Johnson is not a unionist – he’s a ruthless Johnsonist

The DUP has marched its supporters into the political wilderness in hoping for the best from a man who has already hoodwinked and humiliated them

Northern Ireland

British moves to override NI protocol ‘illegal’, minister says

Thomas Byrne, the Minister for European Affairs, rejected the idea that Britain could act unilaterally on either the protocol or the Good Friday Agreement

Editorial: As unionist hegemony ends, nationalism isn’t the only thing taking its place

The Assembly election results have left Sinn Féin as the largest party in the North, but the doubling of the Alliance’s support cannot be ignored

Sinn Féin hopeful of becoming largest party with counting underway in NI elections

The SDLP face a tough battle amid a surge in support for Alliance candidates

Daniel Murray on the campaign trail: It’s make-or-break for unionism as Sinn Féin closes in on top prize

If the opinion polls are accurate, and Sinn Féin qualifies for the position of First Minister after the Northern Assembly elections, can the DUP be brought back to the table to form an executive?

Deirdre Heenan: Clinging on to the North’s ‘two tribes’ system is undesirable and unsustainable

It may be time to accept that Northern Ireland’s current system of mandatory coalition is obsolete and outdated

Elaine Byrne: Change comes gradually, then suddenly to politics in Ireland

A historic, once-in-a-generation political upheaval is surely on the way in Northern Ireland. But will it survive it?

John Walsh: It is in all our interests for South to pay closer attention to events in the North

The current unstable backdrop in Northern Ireland could have consequences south of the border and it is crucial that differences over the protocol are resolved