The DUP should be allowed to extricate itself from the current crisis without being humiliated

Tánaiste believes Boris Johnson knows what is required to get a deal done

New Northern Secretary had job to ensure confidence and supply arrangement between Tories and the DUP did not break down

Other NI parties express concern over new UK prime minister’s implications on Brexit

DUP and UUP welcome election of new Tory leader as SDLP and alliance voice concerns

CBI regional chief Angela McGowan is concerned for future of North’s economy

Irish Times poll shows cross-community support in North for softest of soft exits from EU

Middle-class nationalism no longer sitting on the fence when it comes to united Ireland

Torrid time: Stormont’s collapse, Brexit, RHI scandal – and Foster’s leadership in question

Electoral hit unlikely given North’s polarised politics

Restarting Stormont without them would put squeeze on DUP

The little Englanders the DUP has aligned with have no desire to subsidise the North

Presidential candidate says he has put ‘tweetgate’ behind him and ‘shaken hands with RTÉ’

Sinn Féin says DUP leader showed a ‘reckless disregard’ for peace process

Stephen Brimstone says he told DUP leader about interest but did not step back from talks

DUP leader’s strangulated denials of the deal that never was have descended into farce

Party leadership only cares about language as a means to score a political win in North

Failure of two parties to agree restoration of government ‘bitterly disappointing’

Irish and international stars of film, music, politics, sport and real life who left us this year