The Latest Breaking News from Sinn Féin

My first visit to Northern Ireland was a memorable one. A fairly junior (and totally useless) civil servant, I was dispatched to represent the Treasury at a seminar about something or other at Stormont. The other attendees were all permanent secretaries of Northern Ireland government departments.

Rishi Sunak urges Stormont executive to focus on bread-and-butter issues in Northern Ireland

After a two-year DUP boycott, the Northern Ireland assembly is to reconvene with a Sinn Féin first minister

She’s pledged to be first minister ‘for all’ and her ability to navigate political tensions will shape her Stormont tenure

Northern Ireland assembly members gather to restore power sharing after two-year DUP boycott

Michelle O’Neill has taken the top job but Irish unity is unlikely to be ‘within touching distance’

Stormont could soon be back up and running, ending two-year boycott of power sharing that has destabilised the country

‘UK internal market’ to be created to ease unionist fears over de facto border in the Irish Sea

The Democratic Unionist Party and the British government have reached a deal to end the government boycott in Northern Ireland, potentially leading to powe...