Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party leader, Arlene Foster, conducts TV interviews at the Parliament Buildings in Belfast. (Paul Faith/AFP/Getty Images) ...

DUP agrees to restore Northern Ireland parliament after two years of political deadlock over Brexit: Jeffrey Donaldson endorses devolution deal in breakthrough for Stormont power-sharing ...

Sir James Craig became Northern Ireland's first prime minister a century ago Almost exactly a century ago, on 7 June 1921, the Parliament of Northern Ireland met for the first time in the council ...

On Monday afternoon, a debate will take place in Parliament on a petition entitled “Protect Northern Ireland Veterans From ...

Northern Ireland's first prime minister Sir James Craig came into office exactly 100 years ago. It took another 11 years for the new parliament in which he sat to move into a permanent home.

Overall, if there is a hung parliament, a DUP-Tory coalition is the only real way May could cling on to that big black door which bears that glinting No 10 by its knocker.

King George V and Queen Mary arrive for the opening of the parliament of Northern Ireland in Belfast, June 23rd, 1921. Photograph: Daily Mirror/ Mirrorpix/Mirrorpix via Getty ...

These wishes were fulfilled, and in 1921 the Government and Parliament of Northern Ireland were constituted. In Southern Ireland there were no contested elections.

Almost exactly a century ago, on 7 June 1921, the Parliament of Northern Ireland met for the first time in the council chamber of Belfast City Hall. At the meeting, the 40 unionist MPs present ...

Northern Ireland's first prime minister Sir James Craig came into office exactly 100 years ago. It took another 11 years for the new parliament in which he sat to move into a permanent home. Craig ...