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Beattie Warns Influence Of Dublin Will Continue To Grow

SO WHERE are we now? The resurrection of Stormont by the autumn is looking increasingly unlikely unless Sir Jeffrey can assert authority over the 'never, never' brigade in his party.

Westminster will not be introducing direct rule as Northern Ireland has come to know it if agreement cannot be reached over the Assembly’s return, a former Ulster Unionist leader has said.

Northern Ireland Office minister Steve Baker urged the DUP to end its boycott of the Stormont institutions.

Senior civil servants believe they will be placed in the "invidious" position of making overtly political decisions after budget is announced. 

There’s a scene in the spoof movie ‘Blazing Saddles’ where Bart, a black man, arrives in a wild west town to become the new Sheriff but is…

The survival of Grammar Schools in Northern Ireland

Alex Owen examines the current crisis engulfing government in Northern Ireland.

We like to think that despite the current “hubble-bubble, swarm and chaos” across the world, there are at least some comfortintg certainties in…

When the actor Jimmy Nesbitt gave a speech at the Ireland’s Future event in Dublin on Saturday, his detractors’ criticism included the claim…