Sinn Fein, SDLP and Alliance MLAs have criticised the contribution of a women’s rights group at a “tense” Stormont committee on equality law – after they argued for single sex spaces for women and ...

​A policeman-turned-senior Orange figure has said there must be no return to quotas for entry into the PSNI. ​​Mervyn Gibson, ...

The Department for Infrastructure has made a U-turn on its decision to removed "ornate street lights" in South Belfast. DfI ...

Mike Farrar, a former high-ranking official in NHS England, has been announced as the Department of Health’s interim Permanent Secretary. | UTV News ...

Irish politicians will be heading to the US, including Washington DC, as part of the Irish Government's St Patrick's Day ...

SDLP MLA Mark H Durkan has condemned the rising cost of temporary housing placements, such as hotels and B&Bs, for people experiencing homelessness in Northern Ireland. Figures obtained by Mr. Durkan ...

Government negotiations with backbench Labour MPs have successfully averted a vote on the Climate and Nature Bill that threatened to divide the Labour Party. The bill, proposed by Liberal Democrat MP ...

The Israeli prime minister has ordered the military to gather forces in and around Gaza as fears grow over the fragile ceasefire deal ...

Sports minister Gordon Lyons has been asked to include Derry City FC’s £2m investment in a new North Terrace at the ...

Netanyahu warns Israel will end Gaza ceasefire if Hamas does not free hostages: Live - Hamas says Israel must abide by the ...

Responding to Trump's "plans," Ireland's People Before Profit (PBP) party urged all Irish politicians to not attend St.

Brian Feeney. Historian and political commentator Brian Feeney has been a columnist with The Irish News for three decades. He ...