• April 22 2022
  Brexit

  US urges compromise on Britain and EU over N Ireland trade deal

  Washington says two sides should persist with talks after London threatens unilateral action

  
• April 21 2022
  Brexit

  UK prepares law to give ministers power to tear up N Ireland trade deal

  Proposal on post-Brexit accord risks fresh confrontation with the EU

  
• April 21 2022
  Britain after Brexit

  Your essential guide to Northern Ireland’s elections Premium content

  If the polls are right, the UK region could be in for months of political paralysis

  
• April 20 2022
  Brexit

  UK prepared to ‘unilaterally’ tear up Northern Ireland post-Brexit trade deal

  Rees-Mogg tells MPs if protocol with EU is not reformed London has sovereign right to take action alone

  
• April 19 2022
  Sinn Fein

  Sinn Féin takes pragmatic approach as it seeks victory in Northern Ireland

  Nationalist party is ahead in regional assembly election polls but barely mentions its unification goal

  
• April 10 2022
  FT SeriesLeading in a crisis

  Wrightbus’s Buta Atwal: ‘It was a big risk at the time: this isn’t Tesla’

  Reviving and reinventing the British bus manufacturer demanded quick, tough decisions — and emotional intelligence

  
• March 29 2022
  UK ‘interested’ in creating joint first ministers in Northern Ireland

  Officials say move would be part of a review of devolution in the region

  
• March 11 2022
  Dozens of US legislators back resolution against N Ireland amnesty

  Members of Congress want London to drop plan to scrap prosecutions related to the Troubles

  
• March 3 2022
  Brexit

  UK steps back from suspending Northern Ireland trade deal

  War in Ukraine has reshaped ministerial thinking on the protocol ahead of May’s Stormont elections

  
• February 27 2022
  News in-depth

  Northern Ireland seeks to fix longstanding productivity problem

  Region pins hopes of ‘economic revolution’ on ambitious investment plan to attract life sciences and digital industries

  
• February 21 2022
  Brexit

  UK and EU to project united front in Northern Ireland protocol talks

  Ukraine crisis keeps both sides talking but little progress made on post-Brexit trade negotiations

  
• February 19 2022
  News in-depth

  N Ireland abortion rollout faces delays that could push London to step in

  Impasse means prospect of services being commissioned by end-of-March deadline looks unlikely

  
• February 11 2022
  Brexit

  UK edges toward accord over Northern Ireland trade checks

  Move comes after months of talks with Brussels over post-Brexit arrangements

  
• February 11 2022
  UK to make new offer on Northern Ireland in talks with EU

  Foreign secretary says resolving row with Brussels is ‘absolute priority’

  
• February 9 2022
  Brexit

  Brussels launches first post-Brexit court case against UK

  ECJ challenge to UK Supreme Court decision comes amid tensions over N Ireland protocol

  
• February 8 2022
  Northern Ireland police engaged in ‘collusive behaviours’ with informants, report finds

  Ombudsman highlights ‘significant failures’ by Royal Ulster Constabulary during 1990s

  
• February 6 2022
  Donaldson gambles by pulling the plug on Northern Ireland’s executive

  A risky election is on the way and there’s no guarantee the DUP leader’s move will soften the EU on customs checks

  
• February 3 2022
  Northern Ireland first minister resigns over Brexit trade rules

  Move threatens to paralyse Stormont government weeks ahead of regional elections on May 5

  
• February 2 2022
  Brexit

  Northern Ireland minister halts post-Brexit agriculture customs checks

  Move by DUP’s Edwin Poots in defiance of trading rules put in place after UK left the EU

  
• January 28 2022
  News in-depth

  Amnesty row clouds Bloody Sunday 50th anniversary in Northern Ireland

  Victims’ families are still fighting for justice as UK government presses ahead with ban on Troubles-era prosecutions

  
• January 28 2022
  Review

  Bloody Sunday, 50 years on — how a tragedy unfolded

  Two books on Northern Ireland examine its anguished past — and uncertain future

  
• January 27 2022
  Britain after Brexit

  UK-EU trade talks put on pause as Johnson uncertainty persists Premium content

  A new prime minister could dramatically change the political calculations in Brussels and in Westminster

  
• January 21 2022
  How To Spend It In...

  Jamie Dornan’s guide to Belfast

  The actor shares his favourite hangouts in his old hometown

  
• January 20 2022
  Brexit

  EU says N Ireland trade talks with UK must conclude by end of February

  European Commission is keen to avoid the issue dominating the campaign ahead of Stormont elections in May

  
• January 14 2022
  Brexit

  UK and EU to intensify talks on Northern Ireland trade arrangements

  British foreign secretary and European commissioner hold cordial talks on a possible compromise