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Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Taoiseach Micheal Martin during a business roundtable at Liverpool docks, Thursday March 6, 2025: Adam Vaughan/PA Wire

Ireland 'will see what it can do to help' any peacekeeping force in Ukraine

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer (left) with Taoiseach Micheal Martin during a reception at Museum of Liverpool, ahead of the first in a new series of annual UK-Ireland Summits taking place in Britain. Picture date: Wednesday March 5, 2025. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: Phil Noble/PA Wire

Prime Minister and Taoiseach pledge to work together ahead of inaugural summit

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer departs 10 Downing Street, London, to attend Prime Minister's Questions at the Houses of Parliament. Picture date: Wednesday March 5, 2025. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Starmer to meet Taoiseach in Liverpool this evening

DUP leader Gavin Robinson. Photo: Brian Lawless/PA Wire

Unionist parties raise priorities ahead of Keir Starmer's summit with Irish PM

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and France's President Emmanuel Macron hold a meeting during a Leaders' Summit on the situation in Ukraine at Lancaster House, London. Photo: Justin Tallis/PA Wire

Belfast joins defence of Ukraine with deal to build 5,000 missiles

French President Emmanuel Macron, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, during a European leaders' summit today on the situation in Ukraine at Lancaster House, London

Starmer tells leaders step up at ‘once in a generation moment’ at Ukraine summit

Kemi Badenoch on a tour of the farm with the Jackson family during a visit to Fairview Farm in Co Down during her first visit to Northern Ireland since becoming Conservative Party leader.

Badenoch slams 'wholly inappropriate' Trump - Zelensky press conference

US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer met in Washington DC - where the pair discussed a trade deal. Photo: Carl Court/PA Wire

Trump tariffs: Lord Dodds says NI must benefit from any UK-US trade deal

One of the earliest News Letter editions dating to March 1749. Picture: News Letter archives/Darryl Armitage

Sir Winston Churchill challenged over independence of BBC (1955)

Sir Keir Starmer has slashed the aid budget to fund a dramatic increase in defence spending in response to "tyrant" Vladimir Putin and uncertainty over US President Donald Trump's commitment to European security.

Starmer slashes aid to fund defence spending

Diabetes UK has warned that diabetes “is a gateway to many other serious health issues”, like strokes, heart attacks and heart failure

Diabetes ‘hidden health crisis’

Attorney General Lord Richard Hermer. PA Photo. Photo: Jordan Pettitt/PA Wire

PM's 'confidence' in Attorney General amid row over Gerry Adams compensation

Donald Trump’s comments regarding Greenland may be egregious but at least it was and hopefully is just talk

Letter: Give Trump your example, not your criticism

Two-thirds of Brits would fail the citizenship test

Ad Feature Two-thirds of Brits stumped by UK citizenship test, research shows

Irish President Michael D Higgins signs warrant of Appointment and presents the Seal of Office to newly elected Taoiseach Micheal Martin in Aras an Uachtarain in Dublin. Photo: Maxwell's/PA Wire

Irish PM finally confirmed after yesterday's chaos in Dail

Former British Prime Minister Liz Truss attends the 'Popular Conservatives' conference on 6 February 2024 in London (Photo: Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Liz Truss makes legal threat to the PM - what you need to know
Truss’ lawyers say claiming she crashed the economy is ‘false and misleading’ 🥬
Alex Nelson

Lord Rogan

Senior Ulster Unionist challenges Prime Minister on rural crime

Ulster Unionist MP Robin Swann.

Northern Ireland left in 'political purgatory' by the Windsor Framework - Swann

Louise Haigh has resigned as Transport Secretary. In a letter to the Prime Minister, she said she is “totally committed to our political project” but believes “it will be best served by my supporting you from outside Government”

Former shadow NI secretary Louise Haigh resigns as transport secretary

Famers gather at the Nikon Exhibition Centre, near Lisburn ON mONDAY, to protest the governments new inheritance tax being put on famers in the UK. Picture by PressEye

UFU vows: 'We won’t rest until family farm tax overturned'

Justice Minister Naomi Long's decision to prioritise PSNI funding has been warmly welcomed by the PSNI chief constable Jon Boutcher.

Long prioritises PSNI in budget spending plans

Catherine Flanagan with her son David Nahle who has been in Lebanon since August 2022

DUP MP asks Starmer to help get Northern Irish toddler returned from Lebanon

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer's former chief of staff, Sue Gray, will not now take up a job as an envoy between the UK government and Stormont. Photo: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Sue Gray rejects job which would have made her UK 'envoy' to Stormont

Conservative party leader Kemi Badenoch has picked her shadow cabinet, including the return of Dame Priti Patel as shadow Foreign Secretary. Photo credit should read: House of Commons/UK Parliament/PA Wire

Kemi Badenoch's key NI appointments Dame Priti Patel's front bench return

Donald Trump acknowledges US First Lady Melania Trump alongside their son Barron Trump during at his election watch party (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

Starmer congratulates Trump on ‘historic’ US election victory

Chief Constable Jon Boutcher met the Prime Minister Keir Starmer to press him on PSNI funding.

Budget: Doug Beattie says Chief Constable's lobbying of Prime Minister worked

In an article marking the launch of the News Media Association’s Journalism Matters campaign, the Prime Minister gave his strong backing to news media

Sir Keir Starmer says journalism is the 'lifeblood of our democracy'
Journalism is the “lifeblood of democracy” and publishers must have control over their content as AI technology develops, Sir Keir Starmer has said today.
Abbey Maclure

Lord Rogan

UUP peer seeks closer UK ties with Taiwan after China launches military drills

Kieran Given, plant manager, Coca-Cola HBC Ireland & Northern Ireland, Mayor of Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council Cllr Kurtis Dickson, Tom Burke, director of corporate affairs and sustainability, Coca-Cola HBC Ireland & Northern Ireland and Sandra Wrobel, production manager, Coca-Cola HBC Ireland & Northern Ireland

Coca-Cola HBC reopens newly refurbished NI visitor experience centre

The chief executive officer of Wrightbus Jean-Marc Gales has issued a ‘heartfelt thanks’ to the people of Northern Ireland for their support over the years

Wrightbus CEO says thank you to staff and Northern Ireland

Israeli soldiers work on tanks and armoured personnel carriers in Israel on Monday 30 September, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Israel queries Gaza death toll from Hamas

Sue Gray has resigned from her position as Downing Street chief of staff and will take on a new Government role, Number 10 has announced. (Photo by Liam McBurney/PA Wire)

Sue Gray quits as Downing Street chief of staff citing ‘distraction’ fears

Prime Minister Keir Starmer addressing the Labour Party conference on Tuesday. Photo: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

No mention of Northern Ireland in Sir Keir Starmer's keynote conference speech

Rachel Reeves listens to Keir Starmer on the Labour general election campaign trail in May (Photo: JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Budget 2024: when it is and what could be in it - as PM warns of pain

Chief Constable Jon Boutcher has received support from the DUP leader over his approach to seeking more funding.

DUP Conference: Gavin Robinson backs Chief Constable over funding row

Sue Gray

'Ludicrous' to pay Sue Gray more than the Prime Minister: Wilson

The famous Harland and Wolf cranes in Belfast.

Harland and Wolff: Stormont ministers urged to ‘go direct to PM’

The Harland and Wolff cranes in Belfast. The historic shipbuilder has announced that its holding company is to go into administration

Stormont ministers urged to ‘go directly to PM’ over future of Harland and Wolff

DUP leader Gavin Robinson has expressed confident in the future of the iconic Belfast shipyard. Photo: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Robinson: Harland and Wolff news 'unsettling' - but MoD committed to Belfast

PM Keir Starmer last month backed the business secretary's view that the market was best placed to deal with issues facing the famous Belfast shipbuilder.

Harland and Wolff goes into administration weeks after PM defended his strategy

Stormont's Justice Minister Naomi Long

PSNI cannot get extra funding at expense of rest of justice system: Long

Taoiseach Simon Harris and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer attend a meeting with Irish business leaders at Farmleigh House, the official Irish state guest house in Dublin, on Saturday. Picture: Charles McQuillan/PA Wire

Harris and Starmer set terms for annual summit on trade and co-operation

Taoiseach Simon Harris (left) with Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer at Farmleigh House, the official Irish state guest house in Dublin, ahead of the Republic of Ireland v England football match in the Irish capital. Picture: Peter Morrison/PA Wire

‘Moment for reset’ in UK-Ireland relations says Starmer

NI secretary of state Hilary Benn will deliver a keynote address at the British-Irish Association Conference in Oxfordshire on Saturday

Benn to use speech to declare ‘new chapter’ in UK-Irish relations

Former EU Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier in conversation with Director of the UK in a Changing Europe, Anand Menon at the Science Gallery in London, where he is discussing his new book My Secret Brexit Diary: A Glorious Illusion. Picture date: Wednesday February 1, 2023.

Michel Barnier appointed Prime Minister of France at age 73

Chief Constable Jon Boutcher wrote directly to Prime Minister Keir Starmer asking for increased funding - prompting a rebuke by the Justice permanent secretary.

Long's response to PSNI funding bid 'deeply troubling' - DUP

Northern Ireland is more reliant on home heating oil than anywhere else in the UK, leaving households facing large single payments to heat their homes during winter. Many people used winter fuel payments to fill their tanks.

Winter fuel payment cut: DUP warning over breaking benefits parity

Former First Minister of Northern Ireland Arlene Foster at the 2023 Tory Party conference

Arlene Foster suggests MPs should be paid more

Chief Constable Jon Boutcher met the Prime Minister Keir Starmer at the PSNI training centre in Garnerville in East Belfast this week.

Long under fire as PSNI chief defends his operational independence

Justice Minister Naomi Long's top official has written to the Chief Constable reminding him of "protocols" after Jon Boutcher wrote to the Prime Minister about the financial situation facing the PSNI.

Long's slapping down of chief constable 'disgraceful' - Police Fed

Patricia Curran, the 19-year-old daughter of Mr Justice Curran, a judge of the Northern Ireland High Court, who was found murdered under a tree in the grounds of her home at Whiteabbey, near Belfast. Leading-Aircraftman Iain Hay Gordon was found to have been wrongly convicted of her murder in 2000, at 68-years-old, by the Northern Ireland Court of Appeal in Belfast.

Man wrongly convicted of notorious killing wrote to the Prime Minister

Prime Minister Keir Starmer with Police Service of Northern Ireland Chief Constable Jon Boutcher during a visit to PSNI College at Garnerville in Belfast, following the recent far-right riots in Belfast

Prime Minister meets police in Belfast injured in recent disorder

The market is “best placed” to deal with financial difficulties faced by Harland & Wolff, the Prime Minister has said

PM says financial support for Harland & Wolff ‘under review’

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer spoke to reporters during his visit to Belfast

Sue Gray causing division on Casement Park is 'complete nonsense': PM

The Chief Constable's letter was sent in the wake of several nights in which police came under attack in Belfast after anti-immigration protests. Photo by Kelvin Boyes / Press Eye.

Beattie accuses Long of ‘not fighting for PSNI’

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