Sinn Féin will have to write 'Londonderry', not 'Derry' for election
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Foreign Affairs Minister Peter Barry didn’t like that Sinn Féin representatives were being listened to.
The SDLP are laying down a motion in Stormont.
It’s the largest military exercise in Northern Ireland since the beginning of the troubles
A civilian was also killed in the gunfight which was the biggest single loss of life for the IRA during The Troubles.
The incident happened off Shaw’s Road in Belfast at around 8pm last night.
The incident happened in Derry early this afternoon.
It’s believed the man was trying to swim out to the island to replace them with a Union flag.
They called the talks “fruitless” after a contentious parade in north Belfast was blocked.
They haven’t raced ahead however.
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Northern Ireland is now the only part of the UK which has not passed a law to introduce same sex marriage.
Martin McGuinness disagrees saying that if the DUP’s outbusts are about appeasing hardline unionists and electioneering.
The Tánaiste says there may be a joint intervention by the Irish and British Governments if parties are unable to make progress.
The leaders of the five main Northern Ireland parties held talks yesterday to discuss the fallout from Haass, and have agreed to a further meeting next week.
The vice-chair of recent talks told RTÉ’s Prime Time that some parties are continuing to focus on the parts of the deal they disagree with.
Sinn Féin says that the proposals ‘did provide a basis for agreement’ while the DUP wants more time to consider areas of ‘profound disapproval’.
The US diplomat is back for “one final effort” to reach agreement on some of the most contentious outstanding issues of the peace process.
“It’s going to be an interesting night,” the US diplomat told reporters, as he arrived at Belfast’s Stormont Hotel.
McGrady, who passed away today, was one of the founding members of the SDLP.
Dublin-born Conall McDevitt is to quit politics with immediate effect after failing to declare earnings from a PR company.
The order has vowed to stage a protest at the location every weekend until it is allowed complete its ‘July Twelfth’ parade.
In a decision announced this evening, the Commission said it had received no representations from unionists ahead of Saturday’s march.
The law was passed by the Northern Ireland Assembly last night.
MLAs voted 53 to 42 against a motion which called on the Northern executive to allow civil marriage for same-sex couples.
A by-election is being held to fill the Westminster seat vacated by the Sinn Féin MLA last December.
The SDLP has condemned the death threat, with Conall McDevitt saying it will not prevent him from doing the job he has been elected to do.
Police in Northern Ireland found a suspicious object after intercepting a van in Derry last night.
Earlier today the Chief Constable of the PSNI said that marches and protests in Northern Ireland which do not notify the Parades Commission “must now come to an end”.
A 9mm bullet and a sympathy card containing the name and photograph of the SDLP MLA were intercepted at a sorting office.
The head of the Police Federation of Northern Ireland said loyalist paramilitaries have hijacked the flags protests and are using “any excuse” to attack the police.
The city council has voted to restrict the flying of the Union flag to 15 days during the year. It has previously flown all year round.
The nationalist parties and three UUP members backed the motion, which was opposed by the two main unionist parties.
Derry Man becomes member of the Order of St. Gregory. But why does the Pope award knighthoods?
McDonnell’s victory over his three opponents was announced at the party’s annual conference in Belfast today.
The number of constituencies in Northern Ireland will fall from 18 to 16 by 2015, according to the Boundary Commission’s new proposals.
The former IRA member’s partner has told of her joy after Mr Lillis, who is seriously ill, was released in the North.
A new poll in Northern Ireland has shown that a majority of Catholics want to remain in the UK. What do you think?
More than half would now prefer to remain part of the UK – double the previous figure before the Republic’s economic crisis hit home.
Six of the ministries in the Northern Ireland Executive change party hands, as the DUP and Sinn Féin retain the prize positions.