The Windsor Framework will not be altered, regardless of whether Stormont returns or Northern Ireland faces hybrid direct rule. Brussels has moved on, and even Dublin would struggle to get proper attention there now
The republican-royal reconciliation, after decades of unrest, has more to do with party’s wider political ambitions and attracting more centrist voters in the Republic
Northern Ireland Assembly meets today in an almost certainly doomed bid to form an Executive
The challenge is not devising reforms but getting the two largest parties to agree to them
Assembly elections will reveal if relentlessly negative messaging can be turned into votes
Donald Clarke: Even Ian Paisley saw no contradiction in being both British and Irish
Collapse of Stormont would cause real damage for which party could be punished at the polls
Chances of united Ireland in next decade are close to zero
A strain of English exceptionalism is enough to make any Irish person’s blood run green
EU approach involved ‘listening to people’ in North and coming up with solutions
Newton Emerson: Out of the pan-unionism into the fire for desperate DUP
It is now common to hear the North referred to as a colony, with little care for what that implies
Fraught relationship between science and religion is a fairly recent import from the US
Though no household name, DUP members were unsurprised the Poots loyalist was in the frame
Foster’s predecessor Peter Robinson criticised ‘vindictive’ manner in which she was deposed
Agenda: The subvention argument tends to view the North as a deadweight, a financial burden to be shouldered by whatever entity follows
Assailed by fundamentalist Protestantism as well as those angered at the outworking of a Brexit they supported, the DUP leader’s position became impossible some time ago
Foster departing deeply conflicted party as she announces decision to step down
Minister of agriculture Edwin Poots is viewed as most likely successor to Arlene Foster
A disillusioned new generation feels alienated from the ballot box, while others are being led astray by dangerous rhetoric and paramilitaries
Organisation calls for a ‘change in attitude’ from Dublin and withdraws from Shared Island Unit
Former party leader says changed political climate supports traditional arguments for unity
Former Republican Sinn Féin president believes Brexit has changed political landscape
Michel Barnier is right – the problem is Brexit, not the protocol
It’s been 10 years since Peter Robinson lost his son Ben after playing a rugby match
Former UK chancellor’s scathing comments must be demoralising for many unionists
A 'win' in a border poll is not likely in the next few years, so why demand one?
The North will mark its centenary at a time when nationalists sense the union is doomed
Gérard Houllier’s former assistant Phil Thompson remembers a true gentleman
In 2013, Nama put its Northern Ireland loan book on the market. What happened then?
Row and confusion over new planning legislation causing headache for First Minister
First Minister insists proposed change to legislation does not allow ‘solo runs’
What is behind rapprochement between Arlene Foster and Michelle O’Neill?
There is unprecedented public appetite for leadership of First and Deputy First Minister
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