Edwin Poots to stand down as DUP leader amid internal revolt
Party members told their leader, who had been in the role for less than three weeks, that they had lost confidence in him after a deal was reached over Irish language legislation
Susan O’Keeffe: Reality intrudes on stage-managed political theatre
‘Hopeless Hancock’ and the Putin-Biden summit cut through the airbrushed, manicured, 24/7 performances that are now the mainstay of political discourse
Collapse of power-sharing agreement in Northern Ireland avoided
British government agrees to legislate on Irish language if Stormont fails to do so
Analysis: Martin buys time with 6-week consultation on mica redress scheme
Compensation for householders affected by the defective concrete blocks could go over €1 billion as state looks set to foot almost all of the bill
Government will not oppose motion to give full redress to mica-affected homeowners
Sinn Féin motion seeks 100 per cent redress as demonstration takes place outside Dublin Convention Centre today
EU programmes on climate and digitisation are inadequate, says Martin
Taoiseach calls for more expansive approach to EU spending in virtual address
Power sharing in Northern Ireland may be on brink of collapse
DUP will accept ‘no conditions’ for the nomination of first minister as Arlene Foster is poised to officially step down at lunchtime today
Tánaiste asks DUP’s Poots to bring forward minimum alcohol pricing
Leo Varadkar said that when he first introduced minimum unit pricing as Minister for Health, he intended that it would be introduced at the same time in Northern Ireland.
Government to gather ‘five pillars’ for new social dialogue
Ten years after the social partnership system collapsed, the government is formulating a plan to relaunch social dialogue as part of the policy formation process in the second half of this year
ESRI moots extending PRSI to pensioners
Move suggested as number of pensioners increases to 150,000 and annual state pension bill rises to €8bn
Lucinda Creighton: US pressure won’t make Johnson change tack on the NI protocol
The British prime minister is consumed by his Little England view and winning domestic favour at all costs
Varadkar to push for income tax cuts despite Fianna Fáil concerns
The programme for government commits the government to examine increasing tax bands and credits in the October budget, but the Fiscal Advisory Council has warned of potential €2 billion cost
Unionism in crisis with ructions over protocol and a divided DUP
The DUP is dialling up the rhetoric over the post-Brexit arrangement as it deals with a growing split within its ranks – and just as Boris Johnson comes under intense pressure from Joe Biden to make the protocol stick
Marion McKeone: Normal service resumes as Biden uses G7 summit to reboot American diplomacy
The power summit in Cornwall was once more mainly about optics. But this time the seven world leaders were determined to relay a message of renewed cooperation after a nerve-shredding four years in Trump’s orbit
Susan O’Keeffe: The US-UK special relationship has changed utterly
Joe Biden’s push to issue a diplomatic démarche shows Boris Johnson that the Trump era is very much over
Analysis: Data has its uses in politics but there are also many dangers
As we look poised to follow the US and Britain in the use of data to target voters, now is the time to set the boundaries on what is politically acceptable
Analysis: Pressure is on to get broadband rollout back on track
News of delays and reduced targets for the National Broadband Plan has come at a time when demand for high-speed internet in rural Ireland is stronger than ever due to the pandemic
Givan is named as Northern Ireland’s new first minister
The longtime ally of DUP leader Edwin Poots will take up the role when Arlene Foster steps down later this week
