Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn held talks with the leaders of Executive parties on Thursday

The Stormont Speaker said Donaldson had tried to ‘extinguish’ his career.

Sinn Fein has called on the Stormont Speaker to step aside pending a DUP investigation into claims of inappropriate behaviour by Donaldson.

Edwin Poots has faced pressure from Stormont parties over his role in an incident where a woman raised concern about behaviour by Jeffrey Donaldson.

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The DUP leader said his party was not made aware of allegations against the former MP.

The Northern Ireland Assembly debated revelations about the conduct of Jeffrey Donaldson.

The Sinn Fein president said the Irish Government must start ‘detailed work’ preparing for Irish unity.

A police spokesperson said inquiries are currently ongoing to establish the circumstances.

Sinn Féin is trying to ‘engineer protests’ by accusing the Government of increasing fuel prices, the Taoiseach has said.

Kenneally, one of Ireland’s most notorious sex offenders, died on Thursday aged 75.

Free vote for Government TDs as legislation advances to remove mandatory delay before accessing abortion care.

Jon Burrows said he is open to unionist co-operation but has not had talks on pacts.

Sinn Féin is to bring forward legislation to remove a three-day wait period for abortions in early pregnancy.

In a letter, the DUP leader said ‘the answer is not a so-called hard border’ which ‘nobody is proposing’.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin said the stabbing attack on Monday was ‘savage’.

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There are suggestions the football authorities in Ireland may seek to get the October game scheduled for Dublin moved to a neutral venue.

There has been continuing disagreement over the stone designed to mark the centenary of Northern Ireland which passed in 2021.

DUP MP Carla Lockhart said she ‘stepped in to ensure calm heads prevailed’ during a counter protest to a pro-Palestine march.

Sinn Féin remains the country's most popular party on 20 per cent despite losing two points, with Fianna Fáil down one point to 16 per cent.

The party has published a reform document which advocates removing several ‘vetoes’ on nominating the speaker and first ministers.

The latest political opinion poll shows Holly Cairns of the Social Democrats is the country's most popular party leader

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Mary Lou McDonald hit out at Micheál Martin, claiming he has told disabled people ‘to wait’

Sinn Féin councillor, Niamh Fennell, was first elected in the Dublin Mid-West area in 2024.

Kyne narrowed the gap over subsequent counts to clinch the seat.

Fine Gael minister Peter Burke said it had been a ‘very strong election for Fine Gael’.

The Social Democrats leader said she believes voters are looking for a ‘straight-talking type of politics’.

Leader of Independent Ireland Michael Collins said it is ‘down to transfers now’

Mary Lou McDonald said ‘pressure is for tyres’ when asked if her leadership was coming under pressure

Ennis said the party performed well because “we didn’t bend on who we were”.

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Pam Cameron said the video posted by the youth branch of Sinn Féin is a ‘misrepresentation of the facts’.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin was speaking after being pressed over the UK’s handling of dealing with Northern Ireland’s troubled past.

Sinn Féin president Mary-Lou McDonald said the party will ‘not be goaded into kneejerk reactions’.

The Dubliner, aged in his 60s, has been described in court by a judge as the patriarchal figurehead of the Hutch criminal organisation.

The Government is doing ‘diddly squat’ to support working families with energy costs, Sinn Féin has said.

Ireland will hold the EU Council presidency until the end of 2026.

It comes after The Sunday Times reported that there was dissatisfaction with Ms McDonald’s leadership within the party amid pressure on Sinn Féin to win a seat in the upcoming by-elections on May 22nd.

Gavin Robinson was speaking after a dissident republican attack on a police station in Co Antrim.

Claire Hanna described a ‘sham fight’ between the DUP and Sinn Fein, and a ‘pile-on’ on members of her party.

The Sinn Fein leader said a unity referendum by 2030 is still possible and she hoped unionist political leaders would see the ‘chance of real wins’.