Northern Ireland Protocol

Sinn Féin leader told German publication Der Spiegel that reunification would make Ireland richer, not poorer

Malachi O’Hara uses first party conference as leader to criticise North’s ‘dysfunctional politics’

Party leader Jim Allister describes implementation of EU laws in Northern Ireland as an ‘obscenity’

US academic argues that the perils are more pronounced than the prospects in any envisaged referendum

Newton Emerson: Where all the exceptions and flexibilities needed to make plan work will ultimately lead is an open question

DUP leader accepts ‘progress’ has been made but defends position in blocking restoration of power-sharing Executive

Dublin unworried by DUP vote against Windsor agreement

Largest nationalist party would remain in first place in a new Stormont election, according to latest results

Party signals it will vote against the Windsor framework designed to boost trade and the local economy

North’s largest unionist party will vote against a key part of the Windsor Framework - the Stormont brake - but stopped short of rejecting the agreement overall

Diaspora links have stood test of time and Irish Americans remain rightly proud of role they played in Belfast Agreement

DUP leader says US political figures ‘very understanding’ of party’s desire for further assurances from UK government

Stephen Collins: Intensely proud of his Irish roots, US president has a string of political and economic victories - whether the electorate recognises it or not

Varadkar and Donaldson criticise Sinn Féin for taking out ads in US newspapers seeking Border poll

Gross domestic product has more than doubled since 1998

UK prime minister begins process that will most likely see UK moving back towards the EU as Johnson and co fade away

Contrary to British claims, there was no renegotiation of the Northern Ireland Protocol

Research by Queen’s University finds DUP has ‘no mandate’ to adopt ‘hardline anti-protocol, anti-powersharing position’

Legislation would enable so-called Stormont brake to allow MLAs to flag concerns about EU law

Introduction of a Stormont Brake opens a door to pursue wider reform of community designation

Opinion: There will be no Westminster revolt over the Windsor Framework

Powersharing must be restored before any big changes made, former taoiseach says in Belfast

Sinn Féin says no reason for unionist party to stay out of Assembly while it studies latest post-Brexit proposals

Party’s confidence on full display as it plans to expand into areas where it has traditionally struggled

Chris Heaton-Harris says Northern Ireland’s place in UK secure as DUP mulls over latest post-Brexit plan

Former British prime minister Boris Johnson and former president of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, also weighed in on Thursday

Former taoiseach says EU unlikely to make any further changes to Windsor Framework after protracted negotiations

Former UK prime minister said he would find it ‘very difficult’ to support the Windsor agreement despite claiming some credit for the new pact being brokered

A long line of prime ministers have cobbled together a mountain of platitudes about how important Northern Ireland is to the rest of the UK, yet the place seems to be pushed farther and farther away

Separate guides to the new agreement on the Northern Ireland protocol published by the UK and the EU seem to agree on very little

Stena Line wants freight companies moving loads from UK to NI ‘via Irish land bridge’ to be ‘treated equally’ with those using direct routes

‘Time is of the essence’ in relation to return of Assembly and Executive, party leader Mary Lou McDonald says

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Northern Ireland Chamber of Commerce representative sees Windsor Framework as ‘an important step’ in securing stability and certainty

Dublin and Rosslare port managers say Brexit had led to dramatic increase in freight volumes on direct EU routes as traders avoid new border controls with Britain

Amid speculation on his intentions former taoiseach also says questions on who will run for Áras in 2025 are ‘disrepectful’ of current President.

Inside Politics: British prime minister said the North would be ‘the world’s most exciting economic zone’ with access to EU and UK markets

Party appears to be grasping at any straw to delay resumption of powersharing at Stormont

British prime minister visits North and hails deal as creating ‘the world’s most exciting’ economic zone

From Rishi Sunak’s warmth to the EU’s Ursula von der Leyen to Steve Baker’s emotional BBC interview calling for an end to populism, there has been a clear shift in tone