Northern Ireland could see a return of a functioning government as soon as this weekend as the region's parties have been summoned for a sitting of the Northern Ireland Assembly on Saturday, February ...

Michelle O'Neill photographed at Parliament Buildings, Stormont, in Belfast, Ireland on April 30, 2024. Michelle O’Neill was never supposed to be here. When the Northern Ireland Assembly was ...

Gordon Lyons insists there is no evidence that he breached Stormont's ministerial code.

The Democratic Unionist Party, Northern Ireland’s largest British unionist party, has agreed to end a boycott that lasted two years. The breakthrough follows a deadline set by the U.K. government, ...

The deal between the British government and the sectarian Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) to revive the Northern Ireland Assembly and Executive has opened the door for Sinn Féin’s Michelle O’Neill to ...

In the United States, under a law passed by president Abraham Lincoln, it is possible – although unusual – for any person to ...

The Assembly is set to debate a motion over whether Ministers who breach Ministerial code should face tougher sanctions.

The Northern Ireland Assembly has backed a no-confidence motion in Communities Minister Gordon Lyons. It comes after the DUP minister was criticised in a report by former independent Assembly ...

LONDON — An Irish nationalist made history Saturday by becoming Northern Ireland’s first minister as the government returned to work after a two-year boycott by unionists. Sinn Fein Vice President ...

The Northern Ireland Assembly has been summoned to meet this Thursday, August 8 after the recent disorder in Belfast. The Assembly, which was set to be on recess through September 1, is being summoned ...

Sinn Féin won the most seats in the elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly in 2022. Northern Ireland has been without a devolved government for almost two years since the DUP walked out in ...

For the first time, a Sinn Fein politician will serve as first minister. By Stephen Castle Reporting from London After two years of political gridlock, Northern Ireland is set to finally have a ...