Arlene Foster becomes first minister as Northern Ireland's assembly is restored
Legislators returned to Northern Ireland's assembly Saturday for the first time in three years after a deal was struck to restore the divided region's mothballed power-sharing government. Lawmakers gathered at Parliament Buildings in Belfast and chose a new executive, led by the pro-British Democratic Unionist ...
Northern Ireland's government returns after three-year suspension
Northern Ireland's government was to reopen for the first time in three years on Saturday after rival parties rallied around a new power-sharing agreement that can help the volatile province handle the pressures of Brexit. The region's devolved assembly at Stormont collapsed in January 2017 ...
Canadian manufacturing group Bombardier announced Thursday it was selling its aerostructures business to U.S. firm Spirit AeroSystems, involving operations in Belfast, Casablanca and Dallas, in a $1.2 billion cash-plus-debt deal. Bombardier announced its willingness to sell these assets last May as part of a broad ...
Northern Irish brothers wanted in U.K. probe of 39 trafficking truck victims
British police probing the deaths of 39 people in a truck said Tuesday they wanted to question two Northern Irish brothers on suspicion of manslaughter and human trafficking. Essex Police, which is investigating last week's grim discovery, said they wanted to speak to Ronan Hughes, ...
Northern Ireland's DUP grabs spotlight in Brexit showdown
"Stick to your word!" Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party has been at the heart of Britain's Brexit saga, and its leaders warned Saturday they would keep up the pressure on Prime Minister Boris Johnson not to sell them out. Once a fringe faction in the ...
Abortion and gay marriage set to be legal in Northern Ireland
Abortion and same-sex marriage are set to become legal in Northern Ireland, after a group of local lawmakers failed Monday in a last-minute bid to thwart the London-ordered liberalization of the laws. Abortion is currently illegal in the British-ruled province — except when the mother's ...
Northern Ireland's DUP says there is still time to agree on Brexit border deal
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, a senior member said Sunday. The so-called backstop mechanism to uphold the ...
New IRA planted car bomb in bid to kill Londonderry officers, police say
Dissident republicans planted a car bomb in the Northern Ireland city of Londonderry in a bid to kill law enforcement officers, police said Tuesday. A "command wire initiated improvised explosive device" was discovered in a vehicle in Creggan, a historically nationalist stronghold in the border ...
Northern Ireland marks 50 years since British Army's deployment during the Troubles
Remembering fallen comrades, veterans paraded Saturday to mark the 50th anniversary of the British Army's deployment to Northern Ireland — a key moment in the "troubles." Hundreds of ex-service personnel attended the Northern Ireland Veterans Association event in Lisburn, southwest of Belfast. A total of 722 ...
No U.K. trade deal if Brexit undermines Northern Ireland peace accord, says top U.S. Democrat Pelosi
An American trade pact with Britain is doomed if the latter's withdrawal from the EU undermines the Northern Ireland peace accord, U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi warned Wednesday. "Whatever form it takes, Brexit cannot be allowed to imperil the Good Friday Agreement, including the seamless ...
