Boris Johnson has directly intervened in Northern Ireland's intensifying political crisis by urging rival parties to respect the January 2020 deal which restored the British-controlled territory's devolved institutions.

The Irish Republican group Sinn Féin is refusing to participate in the formation of a new devolved administration in Northern Ireland until its demands on Irish language legislation are met.

Newly-elected DUP leader Edwin Poots has risked the collapse of Northern Ireland's devolved institutions by declining to give firm guarantees on Irish language legislation.

A highly emotional row over the Irish language threatens to derail the establishment of a new stable leadership at the apex of the Northern Ireland Executive.

An online petition calling on the Irish government to expel Israeli ambassador to Ireland over the latest aggression against Palestinians in Gaza has garnered more than 50,000 signatures.

A disrupted bomb attack in Dungiven which was targeted at a police officer points to a highly unstable political and security environment in Northern Ireland.

An intense riot in the heart of loyalist South Belfast has raised fears of a return to violence and disorder in British-controlled Northern Ireland.

The leader of the main unionist party in Northern Ireland has spoken out against a referendum on a united Ireland as the latest opinion polls show the majority of people in NI desire just such a referendum.

A veteran Sinn Féin activist provides an insider's view on the machinations of Irish politics.

In an important symbolic ruling the Supreme Court has overturned the convictions of Irish Republican icon Gerry Adams.