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MPs to hear stories of six families who lost children in the Troubles in adapted play at Westminster

A former play based on the testimonies of six Northern Irish families who experienced the killing of a child during the Troubles is to be adapted for a special presentation at Westminster.

Campaigners have criticised efforts to deport asylum-seekers to Rwanda. (Photo by Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images)

Boris Johnson warned his threat to quit human rights treaty risks stability in Northern Ireland

Boris Johnson has been warned he risks destabilising Northern Ireland if he follows through on a threat to pull the UK out of the European Convention on Human Rights in response to a court ruling which thwarted his efforts to deport asylum-seekers to Rwanda on Tuesday.

Colum Eastwood and Keir Starmer at Stormont. Credit: Stefan Rousseau

I’d scrap Johnson’s NI Protocol Bill if I was prime minister: Starmer

A Labour government would axe laws designed to unilaterally override aspects of the Northern Ireland Protocol, Sir Keir Starmer said yesterday.

Sinn Fein Vice-President Michelle O'Neill (Liam McBurney/PA Wire)

Nationalists’ fury at plan to override parts of NI Protocol

The Government’s legislation to override parts of the Northern Ireland Protocol will be moved in the House of Commons next week after an apparent administrative oversight meant it can’t go ahead.

Boris Johnson ‘snapped’ at Liz Truss over Northern Ireland Protocol approach: reports

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is reported to have expressed anger towards Foreign Secretary Liz Truss over the draft legislation on the Northern Ireland Protocol.

UUP leader Doug Beattie fears violence if ‘nothing this summer’ emerges on Northern Ireland Protocol

Ulster Unionist Party leader Doug Beattie has claimed he fears potential violence in Northern Ireland this summer if there is no progress on the protocol in the coming weeks.

British prime minister Boris Johnson speaks after surviving an attempt by Tory MPs to oust him as party leader. Photo: PA

Boris Johnson won’t be able to survive much longer, warn NI MPs

Boris Johnson has been warned by two Northern Ireland MPs that his days as Prime Minister “are numbered” after he won a vote of confidence in his leadership.

Another motion filed to recall Stormont as Eastwood seeks backing to address NI’s cost of living crisis

Another motion to recall the Assembly was filed at Stormont yesterday, a move that if supported would force the DUP to decide whether once again to block the election of a Speaker and the sitting of the legislative body.

Sinn Fein’s Conor Murphy, John O’Dowd, Michelle O’Neill and Deirdre Hargey speak to the media at Stormont on Monday. Credit: Liam McBurney/PA

Parties could force the DUP to return to Stormont daily

The DUP could be forced to repeatedly return to the Assembly to defend its decision to block a fully functioning Executive as there is no limit on recall petitions under Stormont rules.

Success: Former First Minister and DUP leader Peter Robinson congratulates Naomi Long after she won the East Belfast seat in 2010. Credit: Julien Behal

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Sam McBride Opinion Alliance could topple Sinn Féin and DUP as rivals still fail to understand party’s growing success

No party has grown more in the 24 years since the Good Friday Agreement than Alliance — and yet it was the Agreement which almost killed the party.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson with Managing Director of Thales Belfast, Philip McBride, on Monday. Credit: Liam McBurney/PA

No Stormont? No full wages for MLAs then, says Prime Minister

The Prime Minister has fired a missile across the bows of Northern Ireland’s MLAs by insisting he sees no reason why they should receive full wages as long as the Stormont stalemate continues.

Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis. Photo: Victoria Jones/PA Wire

Brandon Lewis says Government is ‘ready to take further steps’ in Protocol row after meeting with Stormont leaders

Secretary of State Brandon Lewis has said the UK government is “ready to take further steps” to rectify problems with the NI Protocol, while urging Northern Ireland’s political leaders to form a new Executive as soon as possible.

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Andrew Madden Opinion Loss of Nichola Mallon puts the tin lid on an awful showing by Colum Eastwood’s SDLP

Walking into the count at the Titanic Exhibition Centre on Friday morning, there were whispers of an upset on the cards in the North Belfast constituency.

Celebration: A beaming Michelle O’Neill (right) and Mary Lou McDonald of Sinn Fein arrive at the count in the Titanic Centre in Belfast yesterday. Credit: Liam McBurney/PA

NI election results: Seismic day for our political landscape as Sinn Fein tops poll

Sinn Fein is set to romp home far ahead of the DUP in the Assembly election with Michelle O’Neill becoming First Minister if a new Executive is formed.

SDLP leader Colum Eastwood at the count in Meadowbank Sports Arena, Magherafelt. Picture by Jonathan Porter/PressEye

DUP tactics damaged our vote, claims SDLP leader Colum Eastwood

The SDLP faced a “hurricane coming at us” in the final days of the campaign as the DUP antagonised nationalists, Colum Eastwood said last night.

Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald and Sinn Fein northern leader Michelle O'Neill. Credit: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

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Jon Tonge Opinion Shrewd, gaffe-free Sinn Fein campaign ensures the DUP has lost its crown

Sometimes the predictable can be truly dramatic.

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Leona O'Neill Opinion Colum Eastwood dazzled on TV, but SDLP were hit by Sinn Fein 'hurricane'

Politicians tend to have excellent poker faces. But keeping that façade isn’t just as easy when the exhaustion of knocking endless doors, shaking countless hands, changing hearts and minds and insisting that the ‘night was cold but the reception was warm’ catches up with you on the hard plastic seats of an election count centre.

Sinn Fein's Padraig Delargy gets elected for Foyle. Picture by Jonathan Porter/PressEye

Foyle: Sinn Fein first-timers put in excellent debut performances

The Foyle election count was the focus of attention late on Saturday night as the only constituency which had not declared all five MLAs.

Sammy Wilson says DUP can’t enter Executive with ‘poison’ of protocol as he admits election will be ‘tough’ for party

DUP MP Sammy Wilson has insisted his party can't go back into the Executive with the "poison" of the Northern Ireland Protocol as he admitted the Assembly election will be "tough" for the DUP.

Polling day: A woman gives an Irish wolfhound a treat as they wait outside a polling station. Credit: Charles McQuillan/Getty Images

Busy day at the polls as voters cast ballots in crucial election

A busy turnout was reported as voters took to the polls on Thursday in an election that could transform the political landscape.

SDLP leader Colum Eastwood has said that he would not mind travelling further for an operation if it could be guaranteed (PA)

Patients should be willing to travel for health treatment, says McNulty

The SDLP’s Justin McNulty has said he agrees with his party leader that patients should be willing to travel for treatment — although he is against stripping services from Daisy Hill Hospital in his own constituency.

DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson during Tuesday night's leaders debate on the BBC (Credit: BBC NI)

Andrew Madden Opinion Election briefing: Reading behind the words and a dangerous loud haler, to polling day weather

Well, after weeks of campaigning, hustings and manifesto launches, we're nearly at the 2022 Assembly election finish line. Tuesday night saw the final televised leaders' debate before we go to the polls and it was a bruising encounter for DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson.

The election takes place on Thursday - (top l-r) DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson, Sinn Fein's Michelle O'Neill, SDLP leader Colum Eastwood, Alliance leader Naomi Long (bottom l-r) UUP leader Doug Beattie, TUV leader Jim Allister, Green NI leader Clare Bailey and PBPA's Gerry Carroll

NI Assembly Election: Party leaders make their last pleas to voters before polling day

The Belfast Telegraph invited the leaders of the eight Stormont parties to provide an eve-of-poll message to voters ahead of the Assembly election.

The BBC debate last night (William Cherry/Presseye)

Billy Weir Opinion Leaders’ debate – the TV review: We were only one small step away from ‘and your da sells Avon’

SO there we all were, just after nine on a Tuesday evening and all eagerly awaiting the next episode in the squabbling and bickering adventures of five people with seemingly no common interests thrown together for our entertainment.

DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson speaking at the anti-protocol rally in Bangor on Saturday. Picture: Colm O'Reilly.

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Ralph Hewitt Opinion Twelve huge rounds, but Sir Jeffrey still standing after leaders’ debate slugfest

The BBC leaders' debate was the heavyweight fight we’ve been waiting for in the build-up to Thursday’s election.

The SDLP leader was the clear winner of the BBC Northern Ireland leaders’ debate, according to a LucidTalk opinion poll.

Snap LucidTalk poll finds Colum Eastwood the big winner in leaders’ debate

Colum Eastwood was the clear winner of the BBC Northern Ireland leaders’ debate, according to a LucidTalk opinion poll.

Sir Jeffrey Donaldson, Naomi Long, Michelle O’Neill, Doug Beattie and Colum Eastwood pictured with BBC Northern Ireland’s Jim Fitzpatrick for BBC Election Northern Ireland 2022 - The Leaders’ Debate (William Cherry/Presseye)

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Suzanne Breen Opinion A more assertive performance from an isolated DUP leader as Eastwood continues to shine during debate

Suzanne Breen gives her verdict on the performance of each of the leaders during the BBC debate.

The five party leaders in the studio with BBC NI’s Jim Fitzpatrick and audience for the debate

Sir Jeffrey Donaldson on the defensive as rivals hit out over protocol during BBC debate

There were heated exchanges over the Northern Ireland Protocol during the final televised leaders’ debate ahead of Assembly poll.

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Sam McBride Opinion At last, a spirited leaders’ debate... but the scale of Stormont’s brokenness is ignored

As the final act in an overwhelmingly forgettable election campaign, Tuesday night’s BBC debate was the first time where the party leaders really engaged with each other with gusto.

The SDLP billboard that was destroyed in Derry

Andrew Madden Opinion Election briefing: From a cross-party SDLP effort and Alliance contradictions to an escalation of poster wars

The Northern Ireland Assembly election will be in full flow in just three days' time as the campaign trail approaches its destination.