The devolution of policing and justice powers to Northern Ireland are in a state of confusion. Contradictory remarks have come from both Whitehall and Stormont. Plans for the devolution of policing ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 Secretary Hilary Benn says the second phase of a town rejuvenation scheme criticised by Welsh MSs will not operate in Northern Ireland [PA Media] A controversial scheme which will see ...

IN RECENT YEARS it has sometimes seemed as if the only question worth asking about the state of the United Kingdom is which of its four nations would be the first to break away. Northern Ireland, ...

February will mark two years since the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) brought down Stormont's power-sharing government in protest over post-Brexit trade checks between Britain and Northern Ireland.

A controversial scheme which will see money spent in Wales while bypassing the Welsh government will not fully apply to Northern Ireland, the UK government has said. Sir Keir Starmer's government will ...