You may have noticed that there's lots in the news lately about the political issue of devolution. But what is devolution, and why is everyone talking about it right now? Here's everything you need to ...

WHEN EDWIN POOTS was chosen as leader of Northern Ireland’s largest political party on May 14th, he described politics as “a rough-and-tumble game”. Defending his role in ousting his predecessor, ...

HILLSBOROUGH (Reuters) - The two sides in the Northern Ireland Assembly were expected to resume talks on Friday on a deal that could prevent the collapse of their power-sharing government. Without ...

HILLSBOROUGH, Northern Ireland (Reuters) - The two sides in the Northern Ireland Assembly resumed talks Friday, striving to seal a deal on police and justice powers needed to keep their fragile ...

Northern Ireland's political parties are resuming negotiations in a last-ditch attempt to restore devolved government before time runs out. If there is no agreement by 13 January, the Northern Ireland ...