?Sinn Féin has accused its powersharing partners of "dithering and delay" over action to stem the spread of the mutant strain of coronavirus.

BBC Northern Ireland has appointed Enda McClafferty as its political editor.

The new strain of coronavirus is probably already in Northern Ireland and the Republic, Arlene Foster has warned.

The Stormont executive has agreed to reduce the five day Christmas bubbling arrangements in the north to just one day.

Northern Ireland's spiralling Covid cases are due to the "failure of society as a whole", First Minister Arlene Foster says.

IT appears the penny has dropped, albeit belatedly.

SINN Féin member Aine McCabe has been co-opted to Belfast City Council as a councillor for the Andersonstown area.

The Labour Party in Northern Ireland (LPNI) has called on the British government to reconsider its decision not to hold a public inquiry into the murder of solicitor Pat Finucane.

Reduction in face-to-face school learning post-Christmas has been urged as Stormont ministers consider proposals for a six-week hard lockdown for Northern Ireland.

DUP economy minister Diane Dodds has warned that the loss of EU funding “represents a huge financial risk” for her department.

First Minister Arlene Foster has said people needed to take "all and every precaution" when they come together at Christmas.

Agriculture and Environment Minister Edwin Poots has tested positive for Covid-19, the DUP has confirmed.

A trade deal between the UK and European Union is still possible, Brussels' chief negotiator Michel Barnier has insisted.

Finance Minister Conor Murphy has criticised a lack of information from the British government around Brexit, saying it is very difficult to plan for the end of the transition period just weeks away.

?Clarity is being sought around extending the grace period for supermarkets' Irish Sea trade to independent retailers, the secretary of state has said.

THE incoming US administration should prioritise a trade deal with the EU ahead of negotiating one with Britain, according a member of Washington's influential Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

The Republic's foreign affairs minister has urged politicians to dial down their language around division as post-Brexit talks go down to the wire.

Deputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill has said "there must be a deal" on Brexit after British prime minister Boris Johnson warned that an agreement between the EU and UK is unlikely to be reached.

DUP DEPUTY leader Nigel Dodds has rejected calls for senior party figures to resign over their handling of Brexit.

STORMONT'S finance minister last night urged the British government to provide the additional cash needed to deliver the commitments of the Northern Ireland Protocol.