She defected from the UUP to the DUP, and now Arlene Foster will be the first woman to run Northern Ireland. Here’s where she stands on the big issues.
McGuinness and Robinson: tentatively back on speaking terms.
PA/Brian Lawless
It has been revealed that the Provisional IRA – the paramilitary group that fought for Northern Ireland to become separate from the UK – still exists, despite the IRA agreeing to disband in 2005. An independent…
Northern Ireland First Minister and Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Peter Robinson.
Reuters/Cathal McNaughton
In the wake of the Scottish referendum, Martin McGuinness, the deputy first minister of Northern Ireland, renewed his party Sinn Féin’s call for a “border poll” to decide if Northern Ireland should leave…
Sinn Fein is expected to pick up seats after opposing the austerity program.
EPA/Paul McErlane
The Republic of Ireland will be voting in the European Parliament elections on Friday May 23 – on the same day as the country holds its local elections. Ireland’s representation in the European Parliament…
Gerry Adams, flanked by Sinn Féin deputy leader Mary Lou McDonald, speaking after his release from custody on May 4.
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Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams was arrested by the Police Service of Northern Ireland for questioning over an abduction and murder committed in Belfast in 1972. He maintains his innocence and after four…
Gerry Adams has been arrested over the 1972 murder of Jean McConville.
Niall Carson
By any standards, the murder of Jean McConville stands out during the troubles. She was a mother of 10 with no connection to the violence. She was killed by the IRA, who did not admit to the killing but…