Northern Ireland is variously described as a country, province or region which is part of the United Kingdom. Located in the north-east of the island of Ireland, Northern Ireland shares a border to the south and west with the Republic of Ireland. In 2011, its population was 1,810,863, constituting about 30% of the island's total population and about 3% of the UK's population. Established by the Northern Ireland Act 1998 as part of the Good Friday Agreement, the Northern Ireland Assembly holds responsibility for a range of devolved policy matters, while other areas are reserved for the British government. Northern Ireland co-operates with the Republic of Ireland in several areas, and the Agreement granted the Republic the ability to "put forward views and proposals" with "determined efforts to resolve disagreements between the two governments".
The small Northern Irish party supporting Britain's minority government said further work was required on Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Brexit deal because gaps remain over what they can sign up to. Reuters - Published
The small Northern Irish party supporting Britain's minority government insisted on Tuesday that the region must remain within the United Kingdom customs union as part of any Brexit deal and not have.. Reuters - Published
Deputy Irish premier Simon Coveney says that a Brexit deal may be possible in the coming days, after technical teams from Britain and the European Union worked through the weekend. Coveney insisted it..
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John Downey, who is facing prosecution for the murder of two soldiers in Northern Ireland, is taken from Omagh Magistrates' Court, where he was refused bail due to the judge's assessment that he may be..
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Scotland has already had one referendum on independence, voting to remain part of the UK, but Tony Blair says a no-deal Brexit could trigger another vote. Gracie Jerome reports.
Jeremy Corbyn reacts to Boris Johnson's proposed new Brexit deal with the European Union, branding it "worse than Theresa May's deal". Mr Corbyn said the proposal was especially weak where the Northern..
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Boris Johnson has set out his "compromise" offer to Brussels in a bid to secure a Brexit deal. He said there would be no checks on or near the Irish border and the peace process would be respected. He..
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he was submitting on Wednesday "constructive and reasonable proposals" to the European Union and that he hoped that Brussels would find room to compromise to..
Britain is set to leave the European Union on October 31 2019. Here we take a look at the latest figures behind Brexit. DUP leader Arlene Foster insists that, as previously indicated, any moves which..
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Boris Johnson has said a bridge between Northern Ireland and Scotland would be “very good” – estimating the project would cost around £15 billion. The Prime Minister revealed his thoughts on the..
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Raymond McCord and solicitor Ciaran O’Hare react to the news that a legal challenge to Brexit on the grounds it would damage the Northern Ireland peace agreements has been dismissed. Lord Justice..
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Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said on Monday that the removal of the border backstop without any proper replacement would mean a no-deal Brexit for the United Kingdom. Rough Cut (no reporter..
The parents of a sick boy who has never tasted food have accused the British Government of prioritising seriously ill children in England over those in Northern Ireland. Jack McCrystal, 10, has a..
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Thousands of people have staged a silent demonstration at Stormont over the planned liberalisation of abortion laws in Northern Ireland. Protesters gathered at the front gates of the estate before..
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The sister of murdered journalist Lyra McKee received a standing ovation as she followed in her footsteps to deliver a powerful talk at Stormont. The author's Ted talk about religious education and its..
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Thousands of people in London and across Britain and Northern Ireland protested on Saturday (August 31) against Prime Minister Boris Johnson's decision to suspend parliament for about a month before..
DUP leader Arlene Foster reacts to Boris Johnson's move to suspend Parliament. Foster is keen to bring focus on Northern Ireland over the confidence and supply agreement. She supports Boris Johnson's..
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Game Of Thrones has transformed the lives of some of its actors, the author of the fantasy drama said. Writer George RR Martin returned to the scene of some of the filming in Northern Ireland on..
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Veterans parade to mark 50 years since Operation Banner. A service has been held near Belfast commemorating the British Army's decades-long deployment in Northern Ireland. Sir Robert Pascoe led..
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Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party will not support Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Brexit deal if he has to make more concessions to the European Union to get it done, the HuffPost reported.. Reuters - Published
British citizenship laws are out of step with Northern Ireland's 1998 peace accord that recognized the birthright of anyone in the British-run region to identify as Irish, British or both, Irish Prime.. Reuters - Published
A mooted eleventh-hour solution to the Brexit deadlock cannot work because Northern Ireland must remain in a full United Kingdom customs union, the deputy leader of the province's key political party.. Reuters - Published
Prime Minister Boris Johnson's proposed solution to break the Brexit deadlock cannot work because Northern Ireland must remain in a full United Kingdom customs union, the deputy leader of the.. Reuters - Published
The small Northern Irish party supporting the British government insisted on Friday that no barriers to trade be erected between it and mainland Britain in any Brexit deal and that the United Kingdom.. Reuters - Published
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday he did not want to give a running commentary on Brexit talks when asked whether Northern Ireland would be leaving the EU customs union amid hopes an.. Reuters - Published
The European Union's Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier told member states that Britain has changed its position to now accept that the proposed replacement to the backstop cannot erect a customs border.. Reuters - Published
No single party in Northern Ireland will be given a veto in any Brexit deal that is now "a distinct possibility" following a positive meeting between the Irish and British leaders on Thursday,.. Reuters - Published
A small ferry connects the hamlet of Greencastle in Northern Ireland with the village of Greenore in the Republic of Ireland. But if the UK leaves the EU without a Brexit deal, this local boat could.. USATODAY.com - Published
The backstop in Ireland cannot be subject to a time limit or be at risk of being vetoed by a third party, which Northern Ireland would be from the EU's point of view after Brexit, the bloc's top budget.. Reuters - Published
The small Northern Irish party supporting the British government would emphatically oppose any scheme to give the devolved assembly in Belfast a way out of a Brexit backstop after a number of years, a.. Reuters - Published
The European Union is ready to make a "major concession" on a Brexit deal by offering a mechanism for the Northern Irish assembly to leave a new so-called backstop after a number of years, The Times.. Reuters - Published
Julian Smith, the British minister for Northern Ireland, said any threat to withdraw security cooperation with Ireland was unacceptable and not in the interests of the province or the wider United.. Reuters - Published
The Brexit blame game began on Tuesday when a source in British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's office blamed German Chancellor Angela Merkel for scuppering any chance of an exit deal with unacceptable.. Reuters - Published
The European Union still wants a deal with Britain on the country's exit from the bloc and is also determined to protect the Good Friday agreement that ended decades of violence in Northern Ireland,.. Reuters - Published
The leader of the small Northern Irish party that supports Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government accused the European Union and Ireland on Tuesday of trying to trap the British territory in a.. Reuters - Published
A Brexit deal is essentially impossible as German Chancellor Angela Merkel has told Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson that to do one Northern Ireland must stay in the European Union's customs.. Reuters - Published
German Chancellor Angela Merkel told Prime Minister Boris Johnson that a Brexit deal was "overwhelmingly unlikely" in a call on Tuesday unless Britain left Northern Ireland in the customs union, a.. Reuters - Published
Brexit talks are close to breakdown and unless Britain accepts Northern Ireland remaining in the EU's customs union there is unlikely to be a deal, BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg cited an.. Reuters - Published
The Northern Irish Democratic Unionist Party, allies of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, said that a Brexit deal was unlikely to be achieved by an informal deadline of Friday. Reuters - Published
A team of experts has come up with a plan to use blockchain tracking for trade between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland to avoid the re-imposition of a hard border after Britain leaves the.. Reuters - Published
Britain is open to some flexibility on the proposed mechanism that would allow lawmakers in post-Brexit Northern Ireland to decide whether the British province remains in regulatory alignment with the.. Reuters - Published
Britain is open to some flexibility on the mechanism that would allow lawmakers in Northern Ireland to decide whether the British province remains in regulatory alignment with the European Union, as.. Reuters - Published
Germany welcomes Britain's latest Brexit proposals and remains of the view that any deal must protect the European Union's internal market and avoid a hard border between Ireland and Northern Ireland,.. Reuters - Published
The police in Northern Ireland will not staff border security after Brexit, the Police Service of Northern Ireland's chief constable said on Thursday. Reuters - Published
The leader of Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) said on Thursday British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Brexit proposal would not be amended and that the Irish government's negative.. Reuters - Published
Northern Ireland is one of the four countries that comprise the U.K., but it has some of the most restrictive abortion laws the Western world CBS News - Published
The deputy leader of the Northern Irish party that supports Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative government on Thursday said the reaction of the Irish government to Britain's Brexit proposals.. Reuters - Published
Britain's offer to the European Union to come to a deal on Brexit is welcome but customs arrangements and giving a veto to Northern Ireland's assembly over any future regulatory divergence from EU.. Reuters - Published
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Northern Ireland allies on Wednesday said they support his new Brexit proposals because they give pro-British unionists an effective veto over any regulatory.. Reuters - Published
The leader of the Northern Irish party that supports British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative government on Tuesday said that, if the European Union rejects Britain's latest Brexit.. Reuters - Published
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's new Brexit plan will leave Northern Ireland in a special relationship with Europe until 2025, the Telegraph newspaper reported on Tuesday. Reuters - Published
Britain will not place any physical customs infrastructure on the Irish border after Brexit and will present alternatives to the contentious "backstop" border plan in the coming days, a British junior.. Reuters - Published
The 500-km (300-mile) land border between Ireland and the British province of Northern Ireland has become the sticking point in efforts to agree on the terms of an orderly British exit from the.. Reuters - Published
The leader of Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) Arlene Foster said on Sunday that she supported British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, but could not accept leaving the EU on different.. Reuters - Published
Conservative and opposition lawmakers will likely vote through any Brexit deal that Prime Minister Johnson secures if the Northern Irish DUP party support it, Britain's House of Commons leader Jacob.. Reuters - Published
The Belfast High Court on Friday rejected an appeal by a Northern Irish rights campaigner that a no-deal exit from the European Union by Britain would undermine the peace agreement that ended 30 years.. Reuters - Published
A senior lawmaker in the Northern Ireland party whose 10 members of parliament support Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government on Tuesday said it was still possible to get a Brexit deal approved by.. Reuters - Published
The leader of the Northern Ireland party whose 10 members of parliament support Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government on Tuesday said the judgment of the Supreme Court has to be respected. Reuters - Published
EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has said he is convinced Brexit will happen, reiterating that if Britain left the European Union without a deal there would be a new border between Northern.. Reuters - Published
Inspired by the famous 11th century Bayeux Tapestry depicting the Norman invasion of England, a "Game of Thrones" version goes up in Bayeux Museum on loan from Northern Ireland. (Sept. 20)
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Ireland said on Thursday that the United Kingdom had failed to supply credible Brexit proposals, adding that there had been no breakthrough at talks last night with the Northern Irish party which props.. Reuters - Published
The Northern Ireland party whose support is crucial to Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government said on Wednesday it believed a deal could be secured for an orderly British exit from the European.. Reuters - Published
The Northern Ireland party whose 10 members of parliament back Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government said on Wednesday it wants to help secure an orderly Brexit but that the region must remain.. Reuters - Published
A Northern Irish rights campaigner whose case against Britain leaving the European Union without a deal was dismissed by Belfast's High Court last week succeeded on Monday in joining two other.. Reuters - Published
The Northern Ireland party whose 10 members of parliament support British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government believe a deal can be done in the coming weeks to maintain an open border in Ireland,.. Reuters - Published
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said huge progress had been made on resolving the Northern Irish backstop sticking point in Brexit talks, in a newspaper interview in which he likened himself to.. Reuters - Published
European Union negotiators are very concerned by the idea of handing Northern Ireland's devolved government the right to approve future regulatory changes as a part of finding a Brexit compromise,.. Reuters - Published
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