Opinion Deirdre Heenan: Northern election has swept away old certainties and ushered in new realityUnionism is no longer a dominant force and concept of ‘unionist seats” has been consigned to history
Politics Starmer invites Taoiseach Harris to Downing Street as leaders hold first phonecall Leaders will meet formally on July 17 as both sides express determination to have ‘close and constructive’ relationship
Opinion Kevin Rafter: John Bruton knew consensus in North was vital to a united IrelandFormer taoiseach, who died earlier this year, will be a key voice missing from Irish unity debate in coming months
Politics Profile: Jeffrey Donaldson resignation follows almost 40 years in politicsDUP leader’s swift departure from frontline politics has left his party reeling and has raised concerns about the future of Stormont
US Politics ‘It is now far too difficult for Irish people to come to America ... that has to change’Leading Irish American Congressman Brendan Boyle sits down with the Business Post says it is not acceptable that Ireland is 92nd when it comes to the number of visas issued
Opinion Lucinda Creighton: From the jaws of victory, Sinn Féin manage to grasp defeat with United Ireland call DUP had the best week the party has had in quite a few years while Sinn Féin, by contrast, botched the news that the Assembly would finally resume
Politics The political year in review: Gaffes, gigs and the great exodusCónal Thomas takes a look back at a year that began with ‘poster-gate’ and continued with an array of crises and confrontations
Northern Ireland Westminster committee calls for urgent reform of Stormont election rulesThe Northern Ireland Affairs committee wants a ‘supermajority’ rule for the election of a speaker, first minister and deputy first minister
Opinion Shane Coleman: Troubles can never be described as a ‘just war’Tánaiste Micheál Martin recently struggled to define the difference between the Northern conflict and the War of Independence in terms of ‘legitimacy’, but there is a difference
Big Read Deadlock and the DUP – voters want change in Good Friday deal to end impasse in North Business Post/Red C poll shows 39 per cent of voters want changes to the power-sharing rules as government hopes Jeffrey Donaldson may go for power sharing after party conference next month
Northern Ireland Preparing political options for a Plan B government in NorthAs the stalemate continues, three main options are being considered, including the least popular among all parties – a return to direct rule
Northern Ireland Most unionists oppose burning Irish flag and Taoiseach poster, says DUP leaderPolice are investigating the incident at the bonfire in Co Tyrone at the weekend as a ‘hate crime’
Northern Ireland Sinn Féin condemns ‘disgusting’ loyalist bonfire as poster of Taoiseach set alight in TyroneSinn Féin TD Lousie O’Reilly says incident ‘does not represent views of vast majority in the North’
Northern Ireland Border poll is ‘good idea’ but would be defeated held now, Taoiseach saysLeo Varadkar says a defeat now would take reunification off the agenda for years
Northern Ireland Polls open for local government elections in Northern IrelandSinn Féin, which currently has 105 councillors, is hoping emerge as the largest party
Northern Ireland Tánaiste lays wreath at Dublin monument to mark Dublin, Monaghan bombingsMicheál Martin said it was important that government put victims and their families ‘centre-stage’
Politics Bertie Ahern to address Seanad next weekIt will be the first time the former Taoiseach has spoken in the House since leaving office
Politics Pat Rabbitte: Ahern saying Fianna Fáil should be the junior party to Sinn Féin is pure mischiefToday’s Fianna Fáil voters are the oldest and arguably the country’s most conservative and will not easily desert Micheál Martin’s ‘shared island’ vision for Mary Lou McDonald’s demand for an early border poll
Politics Reform of Northern Ireland political institutions needed once power-sharing restored - TánaisteMicheál Martin was speaking at an event in Queen University Belfast marking the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement
Politics George Mitchell urges Northern Ireland to ‘stick with the peace process’ in Belfast address Mitchell flew from his home in Florida to Belfast to attend an international conference in Belfast to commemorate the twenty fifth anniversary of the signing of the Good Friday Agreement