‘New era for Northern Ireland,’ says O’Neill as Sinn Féin claims historic victory in election

Analysis: Seismic impact of a nationalist party in pole position cannot be dismissed

Naomi Long not triumphalist in speech as party representation more than doubles

TUV’s Stephen Cooper couldn’t catch Nick Mathison in ninth count

Credible vote for former DUP leader Edwin Poots who was parachuted into the constituency

Alliance Party exceeds wildest expectations with 17 seats, a gain of nine on 2017

Assembly elections will reveal if relentlessly negative messaging can be turned into votes

Ballymoney rally told protocol opens up door to a united Ireland and therefore must go

Police failed to disseminate intelligence about informant, Marie Anderson finds

Talk of a unionist pact to avoid a Sinn Féin first minister is a reprise of an old tune

Family and colleagues mark 20th anniversary of Sunday World journalist’s killing

Thousands of people badly injured in North’s violence can now apply for scheme

Tánaiste does not envisage gardaí policing parts of NI or PSNI policing parts of State

Tánaiste apologises for failure to release texts as Cowen says Taoiseach needs to act as Zappone controversy continues

Northern Ireland Deputy First Minister says she is currently self-isolating

Last year 30 parties in North took in £2,237,841 and spent £2,569,735

Northern Ireland’s Department of Health also records 1,550 new cases of disease

State overtaking North in vaccine rollout a ‘significant factor’ in contrasting case rates

DUP trying to resolve how to get Donaldson back to Stormont for First Minister role

Man taken to hospital following incident at airfield in Co Down on Tuesday

12 more deaths and 1,648 new cases in North recorded on Tuesday

Arrest made after suspected arson attack in Co Down, another man hospitalised

The challenge for the EU and Britain is to forge a deal ahead of the end of the second grace period in September

More than 100 facilities dealing with outbreaks as 1,641 new cases confirmed

Michelle O’Neill says Stormont speaker has been a ‘ferocious champion’ for community rights

Government discussing guidelines with hospitality industry amid claims of inconsistency

Intimidation in spotlight as Catholic mother and baby forced out by loyalist paramilitaries

Archbishop Dermot Farrell says many have concluded the ‘guidelines are discriminatory’

Move to end legacy civil actions and inquests likened to act by ‘former Soviet bloc countries’

As her father’s first anniversary approaches, Mo Hume tells of the immeasurable gap left behind

Third-party ads on social media site also promoted false claims on cryptocurrency

Exemption allowed after Executive eases restrictions on those travelling from EU and US

Known to few outside loyalist circles, Stephen McKeag left a trail of death behind him

Northern Secretary says he had no option but to intervene in abortion impasse

Swimming warnings issued for two Dublin beaches, while public urged to conserve water

British military personnel were ‘eyewitnesses to murder’ of Damien Walsh (17)

British must not be allowed to renege on international law, insists Sinn Féin

Cases of Covid-19 could peak at 4,000 a day due to Delta, says Varadkar

Inquiry separate to that commissioned by Dublin private hospital’s own board

SDLP Minister describes plan to end all prosecutions as ‘disgusting’

People aged 18 and over can register for mRNA vaccine from tomorrow – Donnelly

Northern Secretary says proposals are ‘painful recognition of the reality of where we are’

Proposals characterised as ‘de facto amnesty’ for killers

London denies this is a de facto amnesty for killers, but that is how it is being perceived

Victims groups and Irish Government criticise proposed amnesty announced by Brandon Lewis

The soldier has been accused of two murders on Bloody Sunday in 1972

Police say victim and suspect were holidaying in Limavady area

A Parades Commission ruling to march quietly past a Catholic church was obeyed to the letter and the spirit. That set the tone for(...)

No reports of disorder but 17-year-old critical after becoming engulfed in flames at bonfire

Hundreds of Orange Order parades to take place in more restricted and localised fashion

The IRA had murdered Philip’s uncle Louis Mountbatten. Yet the duke did his duty

NI First Minister says with devolution restored matter is one for Executive, not Westminster

Unionists link divisive ensign issue to rolling grievance – the Northern Ireland protocol

Over 100,000 have received second dose as North reports no further virus-related deaths

NI happy to share spare vaccines with Republic but duty is to people in North – Swann

Cross-Border councils come together to promote investment and development along 100-mile east coast route

It is understood a young man stabbed his mother and girlfriend on Friday night

Police believe man fatally stabbed his mother and his girlfriend before killing himself

Legal threat adding to pressure to bring in regulations to implement abortion services

A year after first reported Covid-19 death in Northern Ireland, death toll reaches 2,877

Unionist leaders label move excessive and indicative of treatment if agreeing to unity

One coronavirus-related death and 169 more cases of Covid-19 reported in North

Man also held after four women suffer stab injuries early this morning

Pause of AstraZeneca rollout shows checks are working, says Scally

Review of jab by European Medicines Agency due to be completed on Thursday

Decision to abstain on Assembly vote draws criticism from both sides of abortion debate

Alex Maskey says it is ‘extremely positive’ five NI Executive parties could agree programme on partition

First Minister announces ‘cautious’ easing of lockdown restrictions

People told to not ‘flock to beauty spots’ as police in North plan ‘substantial’ operation

Foster warns of ‘slippery slope’ to ‘eugenics’ while O’Neill says NI ‘failing’ women by not introducing termination services

Tributes to doctor who left a ‘lasting legacy’ in obstetrics and foetomaternal medicine

NI still administering vaccine, use of which has been temporarily halted in the State

Proposed British-Irish link slated as a Brexit distraction and a ‘road to nowhere’ in North

Westminster committee told ‘anomaly’ is a ‘gaping hole’ in human rights legislation

Minister says decision was ‘not arrived at lightly’ after criticism from Máiría Cahill

State commission chairman apologises again for publishing Greenslade blog in Guardian

Sharp exchanges in Assembly between DUP First Minister and senior Sinn Féin politician

Department of Health reports two further deaths and 144 confirmed Covid-19 cases

HSE to begin vaccination of people between ages 16 and 69 with serious illnesses

EU and Irish Goverment should take some responsibility for NI tensions - First Minister

Advocates for union and for united Ireland at least agree ‘future must be about respecting diversity’

‘If granny hates Catholics or Protestants then trouble can start ... but love can conquer all’

Martin and Foster criticise protocol use to limit AstraZeneca supply to Britain

SDLP’s Eastwood says AstraZeneca quarrel ‘disproportionate’ and ‘grave error of judgment’

Foster describes move to trigger Article 16 of Northern Ireland Protocol as ‘act of hostility’

Broadcaster pays tribute to journalist saying he ‘earned trust of audiences, North and South’

Total of 2,355 Covid-related deaths in North since pandemic began, latest data shows

Pandemic reigniting love of nature and awareness of wildlife, RSPB and YouGov find

Northern Ireland reports 13 more deaths and 592 new cases as number on ventilators rises

NI stability at risk as empty shelves, VAT and red tape stir up constitutional anxieties

TUV leader urges DUP and Ulster Unionists to unite with him against ‘perilous’ threat to union

Report sets stage for debate in North, with focus on who is to blame for abuses

Foster acknowledges pain caused to thousands as survivors seek public inquiry

Unity referendum would be ‘incredibly divisive’, First Minister Arlene Foster says

Department of Health reported 14 more deaths and 433 new cases on Sunday

British military support to be used to curb spread of coronavirus, First Minister says

The only grandchild of Oscar Wilde believes he knows why the playwright lost his case

Former UK chancellor’s scathing comments must be demoralising for many unionists

Arlene Foster assured more British military aid available to combat coronavirus