The party’s recent gains are encouraging, but Northern Ireland still has a long way to go before its politics could be described close to “normal”.
Northern Ireland’s identity crisis continues to be of interest only to those who live there and their unfortunate neighbours in the Irish Republic.
Last month, Northern Ireland Secretary of State Julian Smith was the Spectator’s Minister of the Year. This month, to the bewilderment of politicians on both sides of
The British and Irish governments have published a draft deal aimed at restoring Northern Ireland’s power-sharing institutions. It was released on Thursday evening and rightly
In England, voters used last week’s local elections to express frustration with the two biggest parties, the Conservatives and Labour. Many outgoing councillors felt that
Northern Ireland’s political parties will have to switch their focus quickly from this week’s local government elections to hot-house talks, aimed at reviving the Assembly
Simon Coveney, the Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs announced in December that the British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference (BIIGC) would meet after an 11 year hiatus. The
In the wake of the emphatic vote to legalise abortion across the Republic of Ireland, senior MPs at Westminster have called for Northern Ireland to
The votes in last week’s abortion referendum in the Republic of Ireland had not yet all been counted when campaigners shifted their attention north. Absurdly,
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