Conor Murphy’s puzzling move to the Seanad crystallises sense of an unsettled Stormont
Sinn Féin says Murphy will use his new position to advance ‘Irish unity debate in the Oireachtas’, yet he has vastly more scope to do so as a Stormont Minister
Ulster Unionist Party
Daft Brexit rules have brought havoc for the Alliance Party as well as Northern shoppers
Alliance doesn’t sit on the fence, it walks a tightrope - but it has fallen off over EU regulations
Assembly elections postponement ‘the biggest single setback in years’, Sinn Féin warned
The unreasonableness of David Trimble’s behaviour sometimes obscured the reasonableness of his argument, said Tony Blair
From Blair and Clinton to civil servants in the shadows, archive papers reveal scale of peace push
IRA Army Council management by Gerry Adams, Bertie Ahern’s referendum worries and unionists’ mistrust are revealed in documents
Stormont votes to retain some EU trade laws post-Brexit for Northern Ireland
Rules will continue to serve as a means of maintaining an invisible Border on the island for further four years
Gavin Robinson and the DUP need to reach out with style as well as substance
The DUP gives the impression of modernising at minimum speed, while being constantly tempted by conservative culture-war positions
Northern Ireland’s young people may change the world, but first they have to learn to vote
Under-25s divide equally between a united Ireland or staying in the United Kingdom
Thirty years on from ceasefire, loyalist communities remain ignored, poor and threatened from within
‘People try to make distinctions between a good paramilitary and a bad paramilitary. A good paramilitary might be somebody who sells coke on a Saturday night. A bad paramilitary would be somebody who’s dealing heroin’
If Stormont collapses again it is ‘gone for good’, UUP leader warns
Mike Nesbitt tells Ulster Unionist Party conference assembly is ‘precious asset’ and says ‘no better alternative’ to devolution
New Ulster Unionist leader Mike Nesbitt urges colleagues not to ‘wash dirty linen in public’
Sole candidate said he was confident he had support of vast majority of UUP representatives
UUP needs to become the Progressive Democrats to the DUP’s Fianna Fáil
The UUP could become unionism’s champion of centre-right or centrist good government, challenging the populism and incompetence of the DUP and Sinn Féin
Mike Nesbitt likely to succeed Doug Beattie as Ulster Unionist Party leader
Mike Nesbitt in line to become next Ulster Unionist Party leader as deputy leader and Lagan Valley MLA Robbie Butler announces he would not stand
Mike Nesbitt likely to succeed Doug Beattie as Ulster Unionist Party leader
Lagan Valley MLA Robbie Butler announced he would not stand and gave backing to Nesbitt
Something weird is happening to the North’s economy, and for once Brexit is not responsible
The public sector is crumbling as essential reforms fall prey to spineless politics. Yet the private sector is booming
Outgoing UUP leader rules out standing in any forthcoming leadership contest
Doug Beattie addresses speculation some party members want to see him reinstated
UUP opens nominations process as it moves to replace Beattie
Party leader resigned this week, citing internal tensions among reasons for departure
Doug Beattie’s personal failings would have mattered less if he had delivered votes
Beattie was unique in that nationalists, republicans and Alliance voters seemed to like him more than other unionists
The Irish Times view on the UUP leadership: time for a shift
The difficulty for the party is it is hemmed in on one side by the DUP and on the other by Alliance
Doug Beattie steps down as UUP leader due to ‘irreconcilable differences’ with party officers
The Upper Bann Assembly member said leading the Ulster Unionist Party had been a ‘lonely’ experience at times
Doug Beattie, like other UUP leaders, struggled to figure out what the party stood for
Current deputy leader Robbie Butler the most likely to step into the Ulster Unionist Party breach but whoever the next leader is they will face the same internal party tensions
Westminster elections leave Northern Ireland parties with choices and questions
Turnout for the UK general election was down in each of Northern Ireland’s constituencies. Forecasting is a hazardous business, but where does this leave political parties?
Unionism needs to build a pro-union majority, not fall back into finger-pointing and name-calling
Movement needs to focus on Northern Ireland that works and stops looking like outlier in UK
NI election: Sinn Féin now biggest party in Westminster, Stormont and council after DUP losses
Alliance makes history with first non-DUP MP in Lagan Valley, while TUV unseats Ian Paisley
How did Northern Ireland vote? A full breakdown of how each constituency voted in the UK election
Full results for the 18 Northern Ireland constituencies
Northern Ireland voters go to the polls in general election with several constituencies hotly contested
Sinn Féin is seeking to cement its position as the largest party after securing most seats in recent Assembly and local council polls
DUP has most reason to be anxious as North’s parties prepare for Westminster vote
As Sinn Féin learned earlier this month in the South, the difference between success and failure is often about expectations
The election countdown may be on, but it feels as if Northern Ireland is still getting used to it
With the DUP under pressure, Sinn Féin could overtake it to have the greatest number of seats at council, Assembly and Westminster level
Can Sinn Féin pull off its left-right, North-South balancing act?
The party may move economically left and socially right in the Republic - but it needs to stay the course in Northern Ireland
Agreement to run non-party unionist candidate for Fermanagh and South Tyrone seat proposed
Current Sinn Féin MP Michelle Gildernew rules herself out of defending seat as she is running in European elections
Northern Irish political parties gear up for July election with Sinn Féin seeking to overtake DUP
The DUP has eight MPs, while ‘abstentionist’ Sinn Féin has seven
Unionist parties are not about to merge – it’s hard enough holding them together individually
A choice of parties may be essential for unionism’s long-term health; the implosion of the Scottish National Party is a warning about putting all your eggs in one basket
Jeffrey Donaldson, at the heart of Northern Irish politics for nearly 40 years
From Enoch Powell to post-Brexit negotiations, former DUP leader has been an influential figure for decades
Who could take ministerial roles in a new Stormont Assembly?
Devolved government is set to return to Northern Ireland for the first time in two years on Saturday. These representatives could take the most prominent roles in the new Assembly
Stormont returns: who are the likely ministers in the new Northern Ireland Executive?
First step is the election of a speaker – the prerequisite for all other Northern Ireland Assembly business
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