Gary Gibbon
Team May: divisions over date of indyref2?
Some in the Edinburgh administration detect a division in the May team on when a second referendum might have to be granted.
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5 mins
Is Northern Ireland suffering from election fatigue?
In Northern Ireland voters could be forgiven for suffering election fatigue as they trudge to the polls for the seventh time – yes seventh time, in three years. But the parties claim the electorate are motivated by Brexit and the collapse of Stormont. And also motivated by the chance that Sinn Fein – even though…
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6 mins
‘The Journey’: Northern Ireland’s Chuckle Brothers
It’s a classic movie formula. Put two men who hate each other on a tense car journey , forced to work together; then watch as they begrudgingly come to develop a mutual respect. A new film called ‘The Journey’ does just this, but casts Northern Ireland’s deeply opposed political leaders as the central characters.
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Gary Gibbon
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6 mins
The funeral of Martin McGuinness
From the rawness of today’s violence to the scar tissue of yesterday’s. The IRA gunman turned statesman Martin McGuiness was laid to rest this afternoon.
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4 mins
NI: talks on new administration
After a major political shock in Northern Ireland’s assembly elections, fraught negotiations are under way to form an administration.
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3 mins
NI: where do parties stand?
Gary Gibbon on the positions of the parties in Stormont and the British Government.
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7 mins
Northern Ireland elections
They’ve lost the election – but Sinn Fein have hailed last night’s result as a “watershed moment” in Northern Ireland politics. The republicans came within one seat of the Democratic Unionist Party and have – for the first time – prevented the unionists having a majority at Stormont. Under the rules of the Northern Ireland…
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7 mins
Waterboarding claims in Northern Ireland
Donald Trump has drawn outrage across the world, including Britain, after he condoned waterboarding and torture. But tonight this programme can reveal allegations that warterboarding and electric shock torture were used by the Parachute Regiment against prisoners in Northern Ireland in the 1970s.
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Gary Gibbon
Martin McGuinness bows out
Martin McGuinness’ decision to stand down from the Northern Ireland Assembly robs the power-sharing institutions of one of their most important and unlikely defenders.
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2 mins
Northern Ireland elections to be held
Fresh elections will be held in Northern Ireland after the power-sharing agreement collapsed.
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6 mins
NI: appeal for parties to work together
Ministers have appealed to nationalists and unionists in Northern Ireland to come together to avert a looming political crisis.
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Gary Gibbon
Tories look to increase majority with DUP deal
The Conservatives and DUP are looking into an arrangement that could increase the Tories’ working majority.
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4 mins
Ruth Davidson’s equal marriage message to Belfast
Despite some polls showing overwhelming support for same-sex marriage, Northern Ireland remains the only country in the British Isles where it is banned.
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Liam Dutton
Spring? The temperature dropped to -8C last night
Near record-breaking cold was experienced in Northern Ireland last night. Is the recent sunshine and warmth going to return anytime soon?
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Gary Gibbon
Blair’s warning over on-the-runs: peace process ‘still fragile’
Tony Blair agrees, after several months, to give evidence to the Northern Ireland select committee over “on the run” letters sent to dozens of people.