WHEN EDWIN POOTS was chosen as leader of Northern Ireland’s largest political party on May 14th, he described politics as “a rough-and-tumble game”. Defending his role in ousting his predecessor, ...

David Sterling, former head of the NI civil service, tells David McCann about being left in charge of government, how we were just days from being sent water bills, and whether he really believes devo ...

HILLSBOROUGH (Reuters) - The two sides in the Northern Ireland Assembly were expected to resume talks on Friday on a deal that could prevent the collapse of their power-sharing government. Without ...

Northern Ireland's political parties are resuming negotiations in a last-ditch attempt to restore devolved government before time runs out. If there is no agreement by 13 January, the Northern Ireland ...

BELFAST (Reuters) - Northern Ireland's political parties are rapidly running out of time to restore a devolved power-sharing government, Britain's minister for the region said on Monday, as he sought ...

Leaders have three weeks to form an executive on the back of last week’s snap election. Sign up for the top news stories every day to keep you informed with what's going on in the West Midlands. Did ...

The government planned no major new initiative over the running of Northern Ireland “for some time to come”, the Northern Ireland Secretary, Mr Merlyn Rees, told a sombre gathering of MPs at ...