Trimble and Mallon feared DUP ministers would not honour Executive confidentiality
Peter Robinson and Nigel Dodds refused to attend Executive meetings due to objections to SF’s McGuinness and de Brún
Peter Robinson
Jeffrey Donaldson could have claimed EU victory in March, but now he must choose
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
Sinn Féin and the Royals: The peculiar journey from conflict to coronation
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
Return to direct rule ‘unacceptable’ if DUP collapses assembly - Varadkar
Northern Ireland Assembly meets today in an almost certainly doomed bid to form an Executive
Newton Emerson: Alliance Party’s rise requires reform of Stormont powersharing
The challenge is not devising reforms but getting the two largest parties to agree to them
Jim Allister’s big test: Can unionist firebrand move in from the margins?
Assembly elections will reveal if relentlessly negative messaging can be turned into votes
Branagh’s Belfast is right, unionists didn't have a problem calling themselves Irish
Donald Clarke: Even Ian Paisley saw no contradiction in being both British and Irish
Newton Emerson: Pride before fall for the blustering DUP
Collapse of Stormont would cause real damage for which party could be punished at the polls
Newton Emerson: Nationalist timeframe for unity does not stack up
Chances of united Ireland in next decade are close to zero
In a Word ... Perfidious
A strain of English exceptionalism is enough to make any Irish person’s blood run green
Coveney hopes for UK reciprocation after EU shows flexibility on protocol
EU approach involved ‘listening to people’ in North and coming up with solutions
DUP so compromised by Brexit that tiny TUV is turning its tactics against it
Newton Emerson: Out of the pan-unionism into the fire for desperate DUP
Newton Emerson: Academic rhetoric on NI is more dangerous than declined invitation
It is now common to hear the North referred to as a colony, with little care for what that implies
The DUP and Young Earth creationism
Fraught relationship between science and religion is a fairly recent import from the US
Who is Paul Givan, Northern Ireland’s next first minister?
Though no household name, DUP members were unsurprised the Poots loyalist was in the frame
DUP leadership plotters have still not spoken to me — Arlene Foster
Foster’s predecessor Peter Robinson criticised ‘vindictive’ manner in which she was deposed
What would be the economic costs and benefits of a united Ireland?
Agenda: The subvention argument tends to view the North as a deadweight, a financial burden to be shouldered by whatever entity follows
The Irish Times view on Arlene Foster’s resignation: scapegoat for a troubled party
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
Newton Emerson: DUP could prove its most destructive having cornered itself
Foster departing deeply conflicted party as she announces decision to step down
Who will be in the race to lead the DUP?
Minister of agriculture Edwin Poots is viewed as most likely successor to Arlene Foster
Leaders are failing the young people of Northern Ireland
A disillusioned new generation feels alienated from the ballot box, while others are being led astray by dangerous rhetoric and paramilitaries
Orange Order leader warns of ‘downward spiral’ in North-South relations
Organisation calls for a ‘change in attitude’ from Dublin and withdraws from Shared Island Unit
Des Dalton quits Republican Sinn Féin over criticism of dissident violence
Former party leader says changed political climate supports traditional arguments for unity
Armed actions not helping to end partition, says leading dissident
Former Republican Sinn Féin president believes Brexit has changed political landscape
The Irish Times view on the Northern Ireland protocol: a blinkered strategy
Michel Barnier is right – the problem is Brexit, not the protocol
‘I ask myself, did we get justice for Ben? And I don’t know’
It’s been 10 years since Peter Robinson lost his son Ben after playing a rugby match
‘Yesterday’s man’: Unionists on Osborne’s united Ireland warning
Former UK chancellor’s scathing comments must be demoralising for many unionists
Newton Emerson: SF, DUP refuse to concede their atavistic nationalism a huge strategic error
A 'win' in a border poll is not likely in the next few years, so why demand one?
2021 will be the most important year since 1921 for Northern Ireland
The North will mark its centenary at a time when nationalists sense the union is doomed
‘Bless him. He is a massive part in the history of Liverpool Football Club’
Gérard Houllier’s former assistant Phil Thompson remembers a true gentleman
Timeline: Nama, Project Eagle, Cerberus, £1.2bn and seven-years
In 2013, Nama put its Northern Ireland loan book on the market. What happened then?
Eleven DUP Assembly members defy advice of leader Arlene Foster
Row and confusion over new planning legislation causing headache for First Minister
Collective decision-making by Northern Executive undermined by Bill, ex-adviser claims
First Minister insists proposed change to legislation does not allow ‘solo runs’
Stockholm Syndrome kicks in for the Chuckle Sisters
What is behind rapprochement between Arlene Foster and Michelle O’Neill?
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