Heather Humphreys is a republican but has family ties to the Orange Order.
- Lecturer in Politics, Queen's University Belfast
There remain questions about how authorities in both Ireland and the UK handled the events around the 1998 bombing that killed 29 people.
Follow along with The Conversation’s coverage of the general election results.
Sinn Féin won in 2019 by just 57 votes and the Ulster Unionist Party hopes to overturn that tiny majority.
Northern Ireland has been without a government since the executive collapsed in February 2022.
There are plenty of valuable parallels to be drawn from the Good Friday peace process that might be applied to Braverman’s thinking on protests. But she instead chose to inflame tensions.
The pageantry of the coronation will be broadcast around the world. Here’s what to expect over the three days of celebrations.
Sinn Féin refuses to sit in the Westminster parliament because that would mean recognising the British crown. Here’s why the coronation is a different matter.
Bill Clinton and senator George Mitchell were central in keeping the players at the table so that the historical deal could be signed in 1998.
Political instability is a powerful tactic when a Brexit deal is on the horizon.
La victoria del Sinn Fein no refleja un aumento del apoyo nacionalista, sino la división de los unionistas.
Sinn Fein’s win does not reflect a surge in support but rather other factors including the divisions in unionism.
Northern Ireland is preparing for a potentially seismic election on May 5.
After Lord Frost’s departure, the future of Brexit negotiations – and the Northern Ireland protocol – are in Liz Truss’s hands.
With the resignation of shortlived DUP leader Edwin Poots, unionism in Northern Ireland is in turmoil.
An incoherent Brexit policy has ended the DUP leader’s career – but her party can’t pretend they didn’t giver her full support.
An ill-advised threat from Brussels has heightened tensions over border checks.
A new deal has been signed that seeks to encourage Sinn Fein and the DUP to work together.
Belgium held the previous record with 541 days without a government. What’s holding up power-sharing?
A deal could have huge implications for Brexit and politics in Northern Ireland.
The former deputy first minister was once a feared IRA sniper but became a central figure in the move towards peace.
The two ruling parties live by the letter of the Good Friday Agreement, but not the spirit.
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