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NI election analysis: Big wins for Sinn Fein while Alliance surge stalls

NI Council Elections

While votes are still being counted and many seats have yet to be filled, the broad picture is largely mirroring last year's Stormont poll

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Brendan Hughes: Northern Ireland parties' council election TV broadcasts - rated

NI Council Elections

Reviewing how well the parties have handled their moments in the TV spotlight for the council election campaign

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Brendan Hughes: King Charles coronation a day of celebration for monarchy but many challenges ahead

The crowning of a new King and Queen Consort inevitably raises questions over the future direction of the institution

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Brendan Hughes: Sinn Fein attending King Charles coronation a no-brainer for party

With local government elections less than three weeks away, Sinn Fein's gesture will play well with middle-ground voters

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Brendan Hughes: Arlene Foster remarks on Joe Biden surprising for an ex-First Minister

Even former Ukip leader Nigel Farage thought the word "hate" used by Dame Arlene was "too strong"

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Analysis: Good Friday Agreement not perfect but peace deal is the only show in town

The Northern Ireland peace deal has been far from perfect, but 25 years on it has endured

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Brendan Hughes: Joe Biden trip a grand distraction from Northern Ireland's issues

A passing glimpse of the American dream is not going to solve our problems in the immediate future

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Review: Co Down boutique hotel is the perfect spot for a stress-free staycation

It's only been open for a couple of months after renovation, but the Avoca Hotel will be a popular one this summer

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Brendan Hughes: Loyalist gangs focused on drugs, not Windsor Framework deal

Instead of red and green lanes, they are focused on ensuring their lucrative white lanes of illicit drugs keep flowing into NI

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Brendan Hughes: DUP isolation on Windsor Framework shows MPs want to move on from the Brexit wars

If the UK's sovereign parliament backs the Windsor deal, what alternative is there for the DUP other than returning to Stormont?

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Windsor Framework: What next for DUP as party opposes Stormont Brake legislation - analysis

The DUP is clearly trying to navigate a path that avoids triggering a split, both within the party and among unionist voters

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Brendan Hughes: US trip won't put pressure on DUP to end Stormont boycott

Rather than speeding up a DUP return to power-sharing, remarks from Hillary Clinton and others are likely to be counterproductive

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Brendan Hughes: Arlene Foster role in DUP panel reveals Windsor Framework strategy

This is a panel stacked with former and current DUP reps regarded as relative moderates and pragmatists

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Brendan Hughes: NI secretary offers DUP new escape route on Windsor Framework

It soon became clear after new Brexit deal was unveiled that the DUP would need something more to end its Stormont boycott

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NI Protocol deal analysis: Focus shifts to DUP as Windsor Framework is agreed

The DUP may struggle to avoid tensions playing out between pragmatists and Brexiteers who want EU law removed completely

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The Earth's Corr: Time to take big step to pedestrianisation in Belfast's chaotic city centre

All of Royal Avenue, Castle Place, Donegall Place and High Street should be completely pedestrianised – it would work so much better

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Brendan Hughes: Stormont talent pool drained as NI Protocol stalemate drags on

The longer the political impasse continues, the more Stormont will be drained of valuable experience as people head for the exit door

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Brendan Hughes: Row over NI centenary stone raises questions for Stormont parties

At a time when Northern Ireland has no government, it is galling that yet another dispute over symbols takes centre stage

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Analysis: DUP's big decision on Brexit's Northern Ireland Protocol edges closer

The PM spent much more time locked in discussions with the DUP compared to any other party during his hastily arranged trip

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Brendan Hughes: Brexit NI Protocol legal action reaches end of the road

The legal challenge was unanimously dismissed, but that didn't stop unionists and Brexiteers spinning it as a win

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Analysis: NI secretary move ends embarrassing cycle of meaningless election deadlines

But the extended period to form an Executive raises concerns that efforts to restore power-sharing are being allowed to drift

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Brendan Hughes: Nothing to stop NI secretary stepping in on Daithi's Law

On the issue of organ donation, politicians here have sat on their hands for far too long

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Brendan Hughes: Whistleblowing vet case shows lessons not learned from RHI

Three years since the RHI inquiry report, an investigation into another Stormont controversy has shown strikingly similar failures

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Brendan Hughes: Labour leader Keir Starmer's Brexit NI Protocol offer highlights Tory divisions

Beyond the criticisms of the Tory government's mismanagement of Brexit, Sir Keir was making a significant offer to the Prime Minister

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Northern Ireland football team

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