The police officer was left with serious injuries following the incident in Downpatrick at the weekend,

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said he was hurting from ‘tough’ results in local elections in England.

Keir Starmer’s former chief of staff resigned in February over his part in the peer’s appointment.

DUP leader Gavin Robinson claimed that Marie Anderson had been appointed to the role of police ombudsman in 2019 ‘despite security concerns’.

The British prime minister was speaking ahead of a gathering of UK and Irish ministers in Cork.

‘We’ve challenged the Prime Minister now to make an announcement,’ Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald said.

A fire broke out at Larne Leisure Centre following vandalism at the facility, amid several nights of disorder in Northern Ireland.

Assistant Chief Constable Ryan Henderson said the force would be bringing extra officers, vehicles and equipment to areas where unrest has flared.

The Sinn Fein vice president has cut short a family holiday to attend Pope Francis’s funeral in Rome.

Northern Ireland’s First Minister said the family of the GAA official had ‘waited far too long for truth, justice and accountability’.

Micheál Martin’s comments came as EU leaders held an emergency summit in Brussels on Thursday,

Micheal Martin and Keir Starmer are leading talks at a major UK-Ireland summit in Liverpool.

Prime minister Keir Starmer and Taoiseach Micheál Martin will take part in the first in a series of annual UK-Ireland summits.

Micheál Martin said the country would be willing to be engaged in a peacekeeping mission if a ceasefire is reached

The Thales plant in Belfast has received an order to supply 5,000 air defence missiles to Ukraine.

The two leaders discussed the ongoing recovery efforts from Storm Eowyn when they spoke on Monday morning.

The Prime Minister spoke after criticism of the Government’s proposed repeal of legislation that had put a stop to such civil claims.

Mary Lou McDonald said the incoming government in Dublin must also take ‘urgent’ steps to start planning for unity

Data from October shows that international protection applications were around half in October compared to May, but only 25 per cent lower than in June

Mary Lou McDonald is hoping to lead Sinn Fein into government in Ireland after the election on November 29.

The Taoiseach acknowledged the risk of a transatlantic trade shock had increased.

Stormont’s leaders are attending the first meeting of the Council of Nations and Regions in Edinburgh.

Mr Robinson said that after a difficult six months, he was pledging to rebuild the party for future elections.

Sir Keir Starmer carried out his first official visit to Ireland as UK prime minister

Stormont ministers have written to the PM expressing concerns over means testing the payments.

Sir Keir Starmer also met representatives from minority ethnic communities in Northern Ireland.

The UK prime minister met frontline officers who dealt with violence that erupted following anti-immigration protests in Northern Ireland

The British government has decided not to offer financial support to the troubled Belfast shipbuilder over concerns of losing public money.

Simon Harris will participate in a roundtable discussion on securing and defending democracy at the EPC.

Sinn Féin president Mary Lou McDonald repeated her prediction that there would be a Border poll by 2030

UK prime minister Keir Starmer will be at Stormont on Monday morning

Simon Harris said he wanted to find a new way forward on the legacy of the NI Troubles with Sir Keir Starmer.

The Taoiseach said it was more important for the British and Irish governments to support the powersharing institutions at Stormont.

Simon Harris said he wanted to build a new working relationship with British prime minister Keir Starmer.

Co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe got a first hand glimpse of the issues at United’s current home.

‘If you’re going to be prime minister of the UK, either you’re against this stuff, or you just let it happen,’ Aodhán Ó Ríordáin said

The Labour leader also outlined a desire to renegotiate an improved trade deal with the EU.

Here, BreakingNews.ie has a look at what to expect