Politics

Last week I was asked to chair a meeting in Enniskillen where two representatives of the Northern Ireland Office outlined the main proposals of the Northern Ireland Office’s consultation paper, Addressing the Legacy of Northern Ireland’s Past.

Two years have passed since the UK voted to leave the European Union, and there are still 279 days to go until the official date of Brexit on March 29, 2019.

News Letter political editor Sam McBride has won an award for his coverage of the cash-for-ash scandal.

The leader of the SDLP has claimed that his gay brother doesn’t feel welcome in Northern Ireland because of the actions of the DUP.

A row has developed after the UK’s ambassador in Libya was quoted by a news outlet appearing to undermine assurances which Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson had given concerning victims of Libyan-backed IRA terrorism.

Northern Ireland is seen as “expendable” by some in Westminster focused on Brexit, the Ulster Unionist leader said.

The Scottish planters who arrived in Ulster in the 17th century were mostly Presbyterian, a reformed church governed by elected assemblies of elders or presbyters (from the Greek word ‘presbyteros’ meaning senior or elder).

A husband-and-wife duo who both quit Sinn Fein over its abortion stance have insisted that terminations of the unborn are different to killings carried out in the Troubles.

A row has broken out over flags erected at the entrance to Craigavon Area Hospital.

Ireland’s deputy premier has warned the UK there will be no Brexit withdrawal deal without an agreement on the Irish border.

By the time Stormont was desperately attempting to close its RHI scheme in February 2016, boiler installers and others with a vested interest in the subsidy seemed to know more about what was to happen than the officials running the scheme, a senior civil servant has said.

A former Sinn Fein MLA has fiercely criticised his old party for its abortion stance, saying it strikes against republican values – and he now regrets having joined in the first place.

It is unfair to prosecute British soldiers for their conduct during the Troubles unless fresh evidence is uncovered relating to their cases, a former senior army officer has said.

Ireland’s premier has accused the UK of stalling progress in Brexit talks and warned of the consequences of not striking a deal on the border.

Belfast City Council has signed off on giving £200,000 of ratepayers’ cash to community groups from a controversial £400k “bonfire diversion” fund.

Sinn Fein leaders have accused the UK government of playing a game of chicken over the question of the Irish border.

The SDLP has urged one of its former councillors to resign his seat on Antrim and Newtownabbey Council after he was convicted of sexual assault.

Theresa May has seen off a Commons rebellion on her flagship Brexit bill after a last-minute concession to pro-EU MPs.

The EU appears to want to make it easier for terrorists by using Brexit to erect barriers over security issues, the DUP has suggested.