The Irish Times

Real impact of NI Assembly elections to be on unionist morale

‘We now have a nationalism that is confident ... Sinn Féin can take Stormont’

Fri Apr 22 2022 - 00:00

Colum Eastwood: ‘People want a better choice than bad or no government’

SDLP leader looks to election season in the North as his party meets up in Bellaghy

Fri Feb 18 2022 - 15:57

Ineligible NI businesses were paid up to £13.5m in Covid supports

Payments ‘likely to have been made to businesses not suffering Covid hardship’

Wed Dec 08 2021 - 00:01

‘Adams and McGuinness betrayed everyone’: A former IRA prisoner reflects on Troubles

Thomas Elliott believes futile campaign of violence should have been halted in 1987

Sat May 29 2021 - 01:00

Coalition candidates earn comfortable victories in Seanad byelections

Hazel Chu, whose decision to run caused divisions in Green Party, loses out

Wed Apr 21 2021 - 19:59

Green Party leader Eamon Ryan will not vote for Hazel Chu in Seanad byelection

Ryan says he will ‘talk to my colleagues’ about Chu’s role as Green Party chairwoman

Tue Mar 23 2021 - 21:45

Writ moved for Seanad byelection, likely to be held in spring

Independent Victor Boyhan calls on clerk to notify Local Government Minister of vacancy

Tue Dec 01 2020 - 18:58

Erroneous payments in North will be recouped, Diane Dodds says

Minister vows to put in place recovery process for ineligible Covid-19 business grants

Mon Nov 02 2020 - 20:43

Fourth SF resignation in wake of Covid-19 grants controversy

MLA for West Tyrone Catherine Kelly stands down as representative with ‘immediate effect’

Sun Nov 01 2020 - 14:30

Sinn Féin MLA Catherine Kelly resigns over Covid-19 grants controversy

McDonald says Kelly a signatory to account into which ‘£10,000 was lodged in error’

Sat Oct 31 2020 - 19:10

PSNI considering whether to inquire into three £10,000 payments to Sinn Fein

DUP Assembly member asks chief constable to investigate

Fri Oct 30 2020 - 15:42

Sinn Féin senator and two party officials resign following Covid-19 grants controversy

£30,000 of grants were erroneously paid to three Sinn Féin offices in the North

Thu Oct 29 2020 - 16:14

Sinn Féin repays £30,000 given to ineligible NI offices in Covid-19 scheme

Party says grants ‘unsolicited’ but controversy has arisen over when money paid back

Wed Oct 28 2020 - 18:30

Stephen Collins: UK election shows a Border poll is not a priority

Election proves voters primarily care about getting Northern Ireland working again

Fri Dec 20 2019 - 06:00

Victorious Johnson urges ‘closure’ after election win

With Brexit mandate, PM vows to respect Remainers and forge new links with EU

Sat Dec 14 2019 - 01:00

The message to Sinn Féin and DUP is it’s time to get powersharing working again

The electorate showed no mercy to the DUP as it vented its anger over Brexit, the health service crisis and the cash-for-ash scandal

Fri Dec 13 2019 - 20:36

Foyle: SDLP’s Colum Eastwood in landslide victory

Leader of nationalist party says vote could signal revival of SDLP in Northern politics

Fri Dec 13 2019 - 08:28

UK election: How the count will go in Northern Ireland

Contest for Sylvia Hermon’s seat in North Down likely to be first announced around 1am

Wed Dec 11 2019 - 19:00

How Northern Ireland will vote: Election 2019 predictions

More than 50,000 additional people on North’s electoral register may have crucial say

Tue Dec 10 2019 - 20:08

PSNI investigate fake Colum Eastwood campaign letter

Mail purporting to be from SDLP leader sought donations for party

Tue Dec 10 2019 - 18:53

UK election a chance to restore Northern Assembly, says Micheál Martin

Fianna Fáil leader in Derry to support SDLP candidate Colum Eastwood’s campaign

Fri Dec 06 2019 - 01:00

Foyle: No election pacts in Derry where battle is within nationalism

Constituency profile: It is a two-horse race between Sinn Féin’s Elisha McCallion and SDLP leader Colum Eastwood

Wed Nov 27 2019 - 01:36

UK general election: Remain pact should see SDLP take South Belfast back

Constituency profile: Claire Hanna tipped to oust the DUP's Emma Little Pengelly

Sat Nov 23 2019 - 00:00

Sinn Féin Northern command in good shape despite southern setbacks

Sense that O’Dowd displayed unwarranted effrontery in tilting at deputy leader O’Neill

Sat Nov 16 2019 - 21:08

Sinn Féin grassroots left in dark on deputy leadership challenge

No public debate and precious little sign of an internal one involving two contenders

Sat Nov 16 2019 - 01:26

Vice grip: Michelle O’Neill backed to overcome unusual challenge

Current vice-president seems likely to be re-elected to role despite John O’Dowd test

Fri Nov 15 2019 - 01:00

‘Bonkers’ for DUP and Ulster Unionists not to agree electoral pact, MP says

Incoming UUP leader Steve Aiken under increasing pressure to strike deal with DUP

Wed Oct 30 2019 - 22:11

Northern Irish election could see tight battles in eight constituencies

Voters get to voice views on Brexit and the union, with DUP under most severe pressure

Wed Oct 30 2019 - 01:00

Derry car bomb: Police believe ‘New IRA’ behind ‘attempt to kill’

Total of four men arrested after attack labelled by PSNI as ‘significant attempt to kill’

Sun Jan 20 2019 - 20:57

Broad political condemnation of Derry car bomb attack

Varadkar: Violence to achieve political objectives rejected on this island ‘again and again’

Sun Jan 20 2019 - 16:30

Fiach Kelly: Sinn Féin’s past hasn’t gone away, you know

Mary Lou McDonald will need to opt for continuity as Gerry Adams’s heir

Sat Dec 30 2017 - 05:00

Sinn Féin looks to the post-Gerry Adams era

Leader’s associations with the Troubles have been a brake on the party’s ambitions south of the Border

Mon Nov 20 2017 - 00:10

Change in Sinn Féin must be about more than new face

Departure will put theory Adams was cap on party’s potential in Republic to test

Sat Nov 18 2017 - 22:01

Theresa May tells NI parties she will publish DUP deal

Sinn Féin warns of threat to Belfast Agreement from Tory pact with unionists

Thu Jun 15 2017 - 18:48