As with the Good Friday agreement in 1998, both sides in the Gaza war need to negotiate in good faith – but this is sorely lacking.
Sinn Fein president Mary Lou McDonald and Northern Ireland’s first minister Michelle O'Neill greet crowds at an event to mark the anniversary of the Easter Rising.
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Sinn Féin continues to abstain from attending the House of Commons but it still runs candidates, both to boost its own position and deny its rivals the seats.
Gavin Robinson was only confirmed as the DUP’s new leader after the election was called.
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The Tories have 346 seats and could lose more than half of those. Labour is aiming for huge gains, the SNP is fighting for relevance – and the Lib Dems are hoping to become the third party again.
Michelle O'Neill, first minister of Northern Ireland, pictured in front of Stormont.
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O'Neill has pledged to represent ‘Catholics, Protestants and dissenters’ but has made plain that she sees that as compatible with a referendum on Irish unity within a decade.
DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson speaks to the media.
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The main stumbling block to Middle East peace is the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.
British soldiers stand behind barbed wire in Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1970. Critics of the new law say it will not aid reconciliation and risks deepening divisions.
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Opponents of the U.K. government’s Northern Ireland Troubles Act argue it violates the Good Friday Agreement by denying victims their right to justice.
Michelle O'Neill will attend the coronation.
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Sinn Féin refuses to sit in the Westminster parliament because that would mean recognising the British crown. Here’s why the coronation is a different matter.
Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness pictured before the peace agreement was reached.
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The death of Queen Elizabeth will not weaken the attachment of Northern Ireland’s unionists to Britain. But it is a morale blow at a time of political uncertainty.
Sinn Fein president Mary Lou McDonald (left) celebrates with John O'Dowd, MLA for Upper Bann, and Michelle O'Neill, who will be the new first minister at Stormont.
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The contests in this part of the UK are so unique that they are rarely included in national polling. And this year is no exception.
Abstentionist Irish rebel MP Countess Markievicz, centre, on the night she was released from prison in 1919.
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Irish Republican, socialist, suffragette and revolutionary, Countess Constance Markievicz was a fearsome politician who was the true first female member of the British parliament.