DUP issues agreement warning
DUP leader Ian Paisley says the general election has signalled the burial of the Good Friday Agreement.
View ArticleDr Deeny apologises to unionists
The independent candidate in West Tyrone, Kieran Deeny promises unionists he will never join a political party.
View ArticleDUP stay tight-lipped over Berry
The DUP refuse to comment on a newspaper report about their candidate Paul Berry meeting a gay man in a hotel.
View ArticleBookies offer odds on hot seats
Two Northern Ireland bookmakers publish odds on local politicians in the general election.
View ArticleUUP figures support DUP man
Two senior UUP members apprently lend support to the DUP's general election candidate in South Belfast.
View ArticleBenn's call for SF to take seats
Veteran politico Tony Benn says Sinn Fein should rethink taking their Westminster seats in order to restart dialogue.
View ArticleNew NIO ministers appointed
Prime Minister Tony Blair has made three new appointments to the Northern Ireland Office in his cabinet re-shuffle.
View ArticleNI secretary arrives in Belfast
The new secretary of state for Northern Ireland, Peter Hain, meets the DUP as he arrives in Belfast.
View ArticleMurder 'lost' seat for Sinn Fein
There are claims that Robert McCartney's murder was behind Sinn Fein's failure to retain a council seat.
View ArticleNI council election is completed
The DUP and Sinn Fein make the most gains in NI's local government elections as counting is completed.
View ArticlePolice praise for peaceful poll
The collection of ballot boxes in part of Londonderry passes off peacefully for the first time in 30 years.
View ArticleIRA 'has started internal debate'
The IRA has started an internal debate on whether it should pursue its goals exclusively through politics, Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams says.
View ArticleMinisterial changes are unveiled
Northern Ireland's departments have been redistributed among the new direct rule ministers.
View ArticleUUP's Hermon holds North Down
The UUP's Lady Sylvia Hermon holds North Down despite predictions that the DUP could take it from her.
View ArticleSDLP victorious in South Belfast
The South Belfast seat is taken by Alasdair McDonnell of the SDLP with the DUP in second place.
View ArticleEast Antrim landslide for the DUP
The East Antrim seat is won by the DUP's Sammy Wilson as Ulster Unionists continue to suffer losses.
View ArticleWillie McCrea takes South Antrim
The Ulster Unionists lose another seat as David Burnside is unseated in South Antrim by the DUP.
View ArticleSinn Fein win Newry and Armagh
Sinn Fein's Conor Murphy wins the Newry and Armagh seat previously held by SDLP veteran Seamus Mallon.
View ArticleSDLP's Durkan wins seat in Foyle
The SDLP leader Mark Durkan wins the Foyle seat despite a strong challenge from Sinn Fein's Mitchel McLaughlin.
View ArticleTrimble is beaten in Upper Bann
As the UUP leader David Trimble suffers a humiliating defeat by the DUP there are suggestions that he may resign within 48 hours.
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