Michelle O'Neill

King Charles III and Queen Camilla walk in the Coronation Procession at Westminster Abbey on May 6, 2023 (Photo by Kirsty Wigglesworth - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Inside Westminster Abbey with oatcakes, deep time and a moment it all went still

Sinn Fein vice president Michelle O'Neill

Sinn Fein’s Michelle O’Neill confirms she will attend coronation

King Charles’ oaths will focus on the Church and on Presbyterianism

Scotland on Sunday letters: Coronation oaths show the monarchy to be out of touc...

An election to the Northern Ireland Assembly will “definitely happen” after a deadline to restore devolved government at Stormont was missed, a cabinet minister has said.

NI Assembly election will ‘definitely happen’ after deadline missed

Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Kate Hoey after the funeral of former Northern Ireland first minister and UUP leader David Trimble, who died last week aged 77, at Harmony Hill Presbyterian Church, Lisburn. Picture: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Trimble funeral should be 'inspiration' to break NI impasse, mourners told

Nicola Sturgeon is now Scotland's longest serving First Minister (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Nicola Sturgeon to miss FMQs as she continues recovery from coronavirus

Nicola Sturgeon has tested positive for covid.

Nicola Sturgeon: Covid-19 'knocked me for six' after testing positive

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon welcomes Sinn Fein Vice President Michelle O'Neill ahead of a meeting at Bute House on Friday

Nicola Sturgeon tests positive for Covid after 'mild symptoms'

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Nicola Sturgeon issues warning over EU trade war after talks with Sinn Féin

Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald and Michelle O'Neill (left) arrive at the Northern Ireland Assembly Election. Picture, Niall Carson/PA Wire

Stormont future clouded in uncertainty following Sinn Fein triumph

Paul Givan, Northern Ireland’s First Minister, is stepping down.

Paul Givan: Northern Ireland First Minister quits in row over Brexit

Paul Givan Norther Ireland’s First Minister has said he intends to announce his resignation, according to a Democrat Unionist Party source.

Northern Ireland First Minister 'intends to resign'

European Commissioner for Inter-institutional Relations and Foresight Maros Sefcovic speaks during a media conference regarding trade and Northern Ireland at EU headquarters in Brussels

EU set to offer fewer Northern Ireland border checks on British goods

PSNI officers stand behind a Land Rovers on the nationalist side of the Springfield Road in Belfast after dispersing people from the area, following further unrest. Picture: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Boris Johnson condemns Northern Ireland violence after further night of unrest

Stormont First Minister Arlene Foster (Photo by Charles McQuillan/Getty Images).

Northern Ireland extends lockdown to March

People urged to 'be cautious' over Christmas as households told they can mix - w...

Rumours are circulating about government plans for Christmas - here’s when it co...

It comes after the Irish Government announced that it is tightening its coronavirus restrictions in Co Donegal.

People urged to avoid travel across Irish border

Is Boris Johnson trying to bluff the EU to get a better trade deal or the UK public over who's to blame for a no-deal Brexit? (Picture: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire)

Brexit Britain is risking its international reputation – Scotsman comment

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AirBnB locks outside a block of flats in Edinburgh in 2019.

Ministers must 'return to drawing board' on short-term lets policy

Aldi has deployed a new laser deterrent system – which uses light beams to trick birds into thinking there is a predator in the vicinity, prompting them to flee – to stop seagulls nesting on the roof of its Bathgate distribution facility

How to stop seagulls pooing on solar panels and damaging buildings with ‘bombs’

Circular economy minister Lorna Slater confirming the delay to the planned deposit return

Deposit return scheme falls victim to constitutional bunfight