Windsor Framework

Putting more money in voters’ pockets is one of the reasons for Fine Gael being in government, Taoiseach tells The Irish Times

Some opinion polls put the DUP and Sinn Féin tantalisingly close in Northern Ireland local elections

US president tells campaign reception his priority during visit was to preserve Belfast Agreement and support Windsor Framework

Paul Johnston believes Ireland manages to combine a great deal of pride in being a successful modern republic with a great deal of underlying affection for the UK

Former Taoiseach says DUP concerns on Windsor Framework are ‘sincere and need to be addressed’

Former congressman characterises trip to North as ‘an incredible 11 days’, notable as being ‘invigorating and powerful’

Chris Heaton-Harris was giving evidence to the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee on Tuesday

Agreement will make trade between UK and North smoother and ensure same food and medicines available in both regions, Šefčovič tells TDs

Dairy processor's chief predicts tougher year for farmers

Sarah Creighton: In 1998 a challenge was set: sell the union. Make Northern Ireland work. And yet unionism has never effectively sold the agreement

How plausible is it that Chris Heaton-Harris will risk financial meltdown to force the DUP back to work?

Two-thirds of those polled believe Executive should be re-established following deal between EU and UK, Queen’s University poll shows

UK rate will will jump from 19% to 25% next week, its highest since 2011

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

Unionists rubbished ‘dual regulation’ approach months before making it a condition of accepting Sunak’s Brexit agreement

Varadkar ‘disappointed’ at DUP’s refusal to return to Stormont in spite of Windsor Framework

Inside Politics Digest: Coalition will try to move the agenda on from evictions ban, but issue will roll into another week

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

Rebellion boosted in advance after former prime ministers Boris Johnson and Liz Truss both announced they would oppose latest post-Brexit proposals

Dublin unworried by DUP vote against Windsor agreement

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

Jeffrey Donaldson says party has unanimously agreed to vote on Wednesday against first part of Windsor Framework to come before parliament

When it comes to political strategy, the worst outcome is where every loss is permanent and every victory pyrrhic

Taoiseach thanks US president for support of Ireland’s position on Brexit

The US president is proud of his Irish roots and is expected to be coming in April, but the detail of the trip has not been settled yet

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

The party has its sights on the Department for the Economy, a DUP fiefdom. The potential is big, as are the pitfalls

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

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

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

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

Creative use of the Belfast Agreement offers a way for unionists to have real influence, and the Windsor Framework has made clear that unionist concerns are integral to the 1998 agreement and must be protected.

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

David McWilliams: Northern Ireland began with a huge economic advantage over Republic. But look at it now

Tunnels, news blackouts and tight choreography: The story of how the protocol deal was finally done