Suella Braverman has been sacked as home secretary, No 10 sources have confirmed, saying British prime minister Rishi Sunak asked her to leave the Government. The Conservative Party said Mr Sunak is conducting a ministerial reshuffle as he "strengthens his team in Government to deliver long-term decisions...
The debate around constitutional change is likely to intensify the longer the devolved institutions are suspended, according to new research. More than half of Alliance voters – 54.5% – say that if the assembly and executive remain dormant due to the DUP boycott it would encourage them to believe a united...
Sinn Féin looks on course to secure a record number of seats in the next Westminster election and consolidate its position as the north's largest party, according to new polling. The latest Irish News-Institute of Irish Studies-University of Liverpool survey forecasts republicans reversing 2019's electoral...
Tributes have been paid to Arthur Ruddy, the former SDLP chair of the now-defunct Newry and Mourne District Council. The Newry man died last week, aged 90. His funeral took place on Monday at St Mary's Church in Newry. A former Royal Mail employee and enthusiastic supporter of Newry Mitchels GAC, Mr...
Political leaders in Northern Ireland have divided sharply after a major escalation in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that has claimed hundreds of lives.
UK Labour leader Keir Starmer has said a border poll on Irish unity is “not even on the horizon” as he called for power-sharing at Stormont to be restored.
The loyalist blogger maintained that Sir Jeffrey Donaldson was still his friend, but that he would not support unionists who returned to Stormont while accepting the Windsor Framework.