Jeffrey Donaldson has launched his second bid for the DUP leadership amid mounting concerns over his hardline views on the Northern Ireland Protocol and Irish language legislation.

The G7 summit in Cornwall has been overshadowed by a bitter row between British leaders and the French President over Northern Ireland's constitutional status.

Relations between the UK and EU continue to deteriorate as the UK threatens to fundamentally breach the Northern Ireland Protocol.

US President Joe Biden has waded into an intensifying dispute between the UK and EU centered on Northern Ireland by imploring both sides not to 'imperil' the fragile peace on the British-controlled territory.

As expected Paul Givan has been appointed Northern Ireland's First Minister but his first few months as head of the Executive are expected to be marked by tension and volatility.

Loyalists have staged 'un-notified' processions and a protest in Portadown both against the Northern Ireland Protocol and their own embattled leadership.

Newly-elected leader of the Democratic Unionist Party Edwin Poots has accused the European Union of attempting to undermine the peace process in Northern Ireland.

London and Brussels cross swords on the controversial Northern Ireland Protocol as political and community tensions rise in the north of Ireland.

The leader-designate of the Democratic Unionist Party Edwin Poots has vowed to use every legal avenue to undermine the Northern Ireland Protocol.

Embattled DUP leader Arlene Foster prepares to depart the political arena amid unprecedented division in the unionist and loyalist camps in Northern Ireland.