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Northern Ireland's Largest Unionist Party Ends Boycott, Restoring Power-Sharing

The Democratic Unionist Party in Northern Ireland agrees to end a boycott, paving the way for the restoration of a power-sharing government with Sinn Fein.

Top News · Jan 30, 2024

OPINION - DUP deal to restore power-sharing in Northern Ireland leaves as many questions as answers

As a rule of thumb, if you hear anyone say that deep-state, unelected bureaucrats run the country, feel free to ignore them and continue about your day. But there is one exception: Northern Ireland. For the last two years, civil servants have effectively been running it in the absence of…

Evening Standard · Jan 30, 2024

The DUP is celebrating this breakthrough – it should be apologising for the lives it has ruined

Thanks to the party’s boycott, public services are collapsing and there has been no government at Stormont for nearly two years, says political commentator Sarah Creighton

The Guardian - UK · Jan 30, 2024

Goods to flow freely from GB to NI as part of deal to restore Stormont power sharing, says DUP – as it happened

DUP leader says checks on goods moving from GB to NI and staying in the UK to end unless there is a suspicion of criminality

The Guardian - UK · Jan 30, 2024

Tuesday briefing: The late night vote to restore power-sharing in Northern Ireland

In today’s newsletter: how the DUP finally brought two-year boycott of Stormont assembly to an end

The Guardian - UK · Jan 30, 2024

Stormont power sharing in sight as Northern Ireland DUP accepts post-Brexit deal

Sinn Féin will get to nominate its inaugural first minister after Westminster legislates to end checks on goods moving within UK and imposition of EU law

The Guardian - AU · Jan 30, 2024

DUP mulls ending of power-sharing boycott in Northern Ireland

Jeffrey Donaldson under pressure from UK and Irish governments to recommend revival of Stormont

The Guardian - UK · Jan 29, 2024

Northern Ireland ‘dirty corner of Europe’ due to lack of governance, say experts

Campaigners say keeping higher EU standards post-Brexit will have little impact as existing rules are already being flouted

The Guardian - UK · Jan 19, 2024

Thousands of public sector workers stage 24-hour strike in Northern Ireland

Combined action by about 150,000 nurses, teachers, cleaners and other sector workers is biggest in living memory

The Guardian - UK · Jan 18, 2024

Public-sector Strikes Add To N. Ireland's Political Crisis

Tens of thousands of public-sector workers in Northern Ireland walked off the job on Thursday, in what one union boss said could be the biggest strike in the province.

International Business Times · Jan 18, 2024