David Davis

First Minister Michelle O'Neill hit out at the comments. Photo: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

'IRA lawyers' comment blasted as 'shameful' by NI First Minister

Sir Keir Starmer speaking during Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons, London, today. The prime minister was quizzed on his government's Troubles Bill by DUP leader Gavin Robinson

Starmer indicates more protections for veterans could be added to Troubles Bill

The emblem of the SAS. Sir David Davis told MPs today that lawyers for the SAS Regimental Association have threatened the government with legal action over its Troubles legacy legislation

Government threatened with legal action by SAS association over Troubles reforms

David Davis said the ‘campaign of persecution sends a chilling message to the next generation’

Ex-Tory minister urges Labour to drop repealing of Northern Ireland Legacy Act

Four Provisional IRA members – Kevin Barry O’Donnell, 21, Sean O’Farrell, 23, Peter Clancy, 19, and Daniel Vincent, 20 – were shot dead by soldiers in Clonoe in February 1992, minutes after they had carried out a gun attack on Coalisland RUC station

Clonoe ambush ruling slammed as being 'based on no evidence whatsoever'

Sir David Davis MP

Clonoe ambush ruling feeds ‘IRA attempt to rewrite history’, says ex-minister

Journalists Trevor Birney (left) and Barry McCaffrey during a press conference with charity Justice at the International Dispute Resolution Centre in central London. A covert surveillance operation authorised by a Northern Ireland police chief in a bid to unmask a journalistic source was unlawful, the Investigatory Powers Tribunal has ruled

Police surveillance operation to unmask journalistic source ruled unlawful

The Conservative MP Dr Liam Fox joins campaigners for the rights of people with Down's Syndrome in Westminster. He says there is cross-party support to change laws that allow a foetus with Down’s syndrome to be aborted up until 40 weeks. "Many of us believe this is utterly against the purpose of our equality legislation," he says

Lynn Murray: Change abortion laws to give people with Down's right to be born

Polling stations will be open from 7am until 10pm on 4th May

David Davis calls for delay to photo ID for voting in local elections

Boris Johnson, then Foreign Secretary and now Prime Minister, and David Davis who has urged Boris Johnson to resign, telling the Prime Minister at PMQs "in the name of God go".

Johnson told ‘in the name of God, go’ by senior Tory MP

David Davis

Former Brexit negotiator casts doubt on quick deal

Using Vitamin D to treat Covid patients can reduce death by 60% - new study finds (Photo: Shutterstock)

Using Vitamin D to treat Covid patients can reduce death by 60% - new study find...

Boris Johnson and Arlene Foster in Stormont last month

Sam McBride: Behind the smiles, the DUP is uneasy about what Boris Johnson may d...

Head of Nations & Regions at Amnesty International UK Patrick Corrigan (left) stands with investigative journalists Trevor Birney (centre left) and Barry McCaffrey (centre right) as they speak with David Davis MP (right) outside Belfast High Court. Pic: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Tory MP David Davis backs journalists arrested over Loughinisland documentary

David Cameron

EU27 feel their flexibility is repaid with rudeness

DUP leader Arlene Foster with former Brexit secretary David Davis (centre) and Lord Lilley at the 'A Better Deal' event at the British Academy, London

Brexit: Arlene Foster says Theresa May didn't try to get rid of backstop
DUP leader Arlene Foster accused Theresa May of not trying to get rid of the Northern Ireland backstop in recent discussions with Brussels.
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Leo Varadkar

Brexit: EU '˜happy' to give assurances over backstop, says Leo Varadkar

There are now about 250 Protestants living in Londonderrys Fountain Estate

Declassified files: Ministers decided against radical measures to stem Londonder...

Who will replace Theresa May (centre) as leader of the Conservatives? - left column, from top to bottom: Jacob Rees-Mogg, Boris Johnson, Penny Mordaunt, Dominic Raab and Esther McVey; right column, from top bottom, David Davis, Jeremy Hunt, Sajid Javid, Michael Gove and Amber Rudd.

Likely runners and riders in any race for Tory leadership

Brexit

Don't get carried away with rumours on Brexit border breakthrough, Ireland warns

Chris Moncrieff

Minister's resignation is very serious issue for May

Morning View

We need to see full legal implications of keeping NI in single market

The former Brexit secretary David Davis, left, with fellow Tory MP Jacob Rees-Mogg at the launch of the Institute of Economic Affairs latest Brexit research paper in London in September. Photo: Victoria Jones/PA Wire

We need to know if attorney-general thinks backstop could tear Northern Ireland ...

Letter to the editor

This backstop time bomb started to tick last December

Prime Minister Theresa May

Theresa May facing backlash from Brexiteers over talk of extending deadline for ...

Chris Moncrieff

May vs Tory Brexiteers: an explosion looks inevitable

Prime Minister Theresa May

Theresa May still '˜confident' of getting Brexit deal
Downing Street has insisted that the Prime Minister remains 'confident' of getting a Brexit deal, despite the failure to bridge differences over the future of the Irish border ahead of this week's crunch summit.
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Michel Barnier

Brexit negotiations on knife-edge as border issue remains '˜significant problem'

Theresa May

Brexit: Theresa May facing Tory mutiny and increased DUP pressure as summit loom...

David Davis MP (left) and Jacob Rees-Mogg MP attend the launch of the Institute of Economic Affairs latest Brexit research paper, in central London

Ministers urged to ditch Chequers and embrace 'Brexit prize' by think tank

British Prime Minister, Theresa May, is attempting to negotiate a deal that will see the United Kingdom leave the E.U. in 2019.

Ministers urged to ditch Chequers and embrace 'Brexit Prize' by think tank

Chris Moncrieff

Who's Boris kidding over bid to kill Chequers plan?

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn's seat axed in proposed parliamentary boundary shake...

EU leaders attend a round table meeting regarding Article 50 at an EU summit in Brussels on Friday, Dec. 15, 2017.

European Commission to warn member states to prepare for no-deal Brexit

Morning View

Rebels should think of consequences before launching coup

July 6, 2018: Prime Minister Theresa May speaks during a cabinet meeting at Chequers, the Prime Minister's official country residence near Ellesborough in Buckinghamshire

A vassal state plays by rules of others

Chancellor Philip Hammond, Home Secretary Amber Rudd, Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and Brexit Secretary David Davis wait for the Prime Minister Theresa May to give her keynote speech at the Conservative Party Conference at the Manchester Central Convention Complex in Manchester. October 4, 2017.

Plan cements sense of betrayal

Prime Minister Theresa May pictured leaving Stormont Castle.

Photo by Kelvin Boyes / Press Eye

Now is the most perilous moment May has yet faced

Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson quits

Prime Minister Theresa May

Brexit deal at crunch Chequers meeting lets UK '˜keep NI commitments'

Theresa May holding a cabinet meeting at Chequers in Buckinghamshire in 2016. The Prime Minister is battling to keep her Cabinet together ahead of a crunch Brexit showdown at her country retreat. Photo: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Theresa May faces cabinet showdown over Brexit at Chequers

Sinn Fein President Mary Lou McDonald TD (left) and Sinn Fein Vice President Michelle O'Neill after McDonald's keynote speech during the party's ard fheis (annual conference) at the Waterfront Hall, Belfast.

Sinn Fein: Tories in fantasy over Irish border solution

Brexit no deal '˜off table' after NI border commitment

MPs in the House of Commons during Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday, ahead of day two of the Brexit votes. Photo: PA Wire

Irish Border pledge by London makes Brexit '˜no deal' impossible, say MPs

Prime Minister Theresa May and DUP leader Arlene Foster

DUP's Arlene Foster denies threatening PM over Brexit after 'red line' comments

DUP leader Arlene Foster during her interview with David Blevins of Sky News

Foster in Brexit deal warning to May

The Donegal / Londondery border at Bridgend

BREXIT: DUP MP brands leaked border '˜buffer zone' proposal as '˜half-cooked' an...

Irish border could get '˜buffer zone' under new Brexit proposals

Greg Clark and David Davis

Cabinet Ministers visit Northern Ireland over customs arrangements

Brexit Secretary David Davis offered to send junior ministers to the committee in his place

David Davis snubs invite to appear at NI Westminster committee

Brexit secretary David Davis pictured in south Armagh

Brexit: David Davis invited to NI committee to answer border questions

Michel Barnier (Houses of the Oireachtas/PA Wire)

Barnier to visit both sides of Irish border

Brexit secretary David Davis pictured in south Armagh with Middletown Centre for Autism chief executive Gary Cooper

David Davis does not ignore views of NI people: DUP

Brexit Secretary David Davis (right) with Peter Sheridan of Co-operation Ireland in south Armagh

Brexit Secretary David Davis on flying visit to Irish border

David Davis said it was likely that small cross-border businesses would in effect receive tax-free status

Cross-border farms could get tax-free status post-Brexit: Davis

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