Alliance Party of Northern Ireland

DUP has most reason to be anxious as North’s parties prepare for Westminster vote

As Sinn Féin learned earlier this month in the South, the difference between success and failure is often about expectations

Can Sinn Féin pull off its left-right, North-South balancing act?

The party may move economically left and socially right in the Republic - but it needs to stay the course in Northern Ireland

Alliance leader Naomi Long confirms she will contest East Belfast election seat

DUP interim leader Gavin Robinson faces challenge to defend seat

DUP ‘to shortly announce’ election candidate for Jeffrey Donaldson’s seat

Former leader Donaldson, facing charges of historical sexual offences that he denies, will not seek re-election in the Lagan Valley seat

Northern Irish political parties gear up for July election with Sinn Féin seeking to overtake DUP

The DUP has eight MPs, while ‘abstentionist’ Sinn Féin has seven

Andrew Muir: Out and proud Stormont Minister in charge of Northern Ireland’s farming

‘To make a case for constitutional change in Northern Ireland, you should first show this region is successful, that people can doctor, can get a school place,’ says Andrew Muir

What’s Micheál Martin’s long game: a stronger North or a United Ireland?

There was no chance of a tub-thumping republican speech at the Alliance Party conference

No requirement to secure reconciliation ahead of Border poll, says campaign group

Ireland’s Future report outlines steps that could be taken towards vote, including establishment of new government departments

‘It’s an alternative to orange and green politics we’ve had for so long’: Why some Northern Ireland youth are turning to Alliance

Climate, jobs, health, welfare and equality trump constitutional politics for young and centrist voters at Alliance party conference in Belfast

UK government should ‘step up’ and reform Stormont, Naomi Long tells Alliance Party conference

Alliance Party leader says Northern Secretary would be largely to blame if Assembly were to collapse again

Stormont is back - what are the eight key challenges facing Northern Ireland’s new government?

Ministers face an array of problems and the top priority will be attempting to extract more money from the UK treasury to pay for everything

Who could take ministerial roles in a new Stormont Assembly?

Devolved government is set to return to Northern Ireland for the first time in two years on Saturday. These representatives could take the most prominent roles in the new Assembly

Stormont returns: who are the likely ministers in the new Northern Ireland Executive?

First step is the election of a speaker – the prerequisite for all other Northern Ireland Assembly business

DUP’s Stormont boycott ‘seriously scarring Northern Ireland’, Alliance MP says

SDLP’s Claire Hanna says ‘we’re all in this crazy waiting room’ while DUP’s ‘internal psychodramas’ set the pace

Ireland and Britain must work on ‘Plan B’ if DUP does not end Stormont boycott - Michelle O’Neill

A further attempt to recall Northern Ireland’s powersharing government failed on Wednesday, when the DUP did not support the nomination of a Speaker in the Northern Ireland Assembly

UK government ‘overindulged’ DUP and must restore Stormont with or without them, says Farry

Alliance Party deputy leader says North in ‘farcical situation’ where majority voted for parties who want powersharing but now ‘isolated’ due to DUP’s boycott

Stormont talks: ‘This is starting to feel a bit like a bad break-up, where one person has listed themselves on Facebook as single and the other one is still claiming it’s complicated’

The Northern Secretary said the political talks with the DUP were over - but that is not what the DUP heard

Is London’s offer enough to get the DUP back in to Stormont?

With new cash on the table for Northern Ireland, will this be seen as a final offer or an opening bid?

Stormont needs fixing. The big question is how

Westminster committee’s proposed reforms unlikely to get backing from all parties

North-South study: Could the Republic’s budget surplus pay for a united Ireland fund?

Survey finds a plurality of voters North and South favour the idea, with greater support in the North

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