Northern Ireland

It’s 2019 all over again as top politicians are pressed on whether Brexit is a good or bad thing.

A system allowing firms to claim back EU tariffs imposed on U.S. imports is “not fit for purpose,” says Northern Ireland’s deputy first minister.

Jonathan Powell played a crucial role in securing peace in Northern Ireland — and his much-hyped skills as a negotiator are being put to the test again.

A flurry of crucial policy reviews on areas that could define the U.K. prime minister’s government are coming due. POLITICO has you covered.

The U.K. prime minister and his top security adviser worked intensively to rescue the broken relationship between Kyiv and Washington, drafting a truce plan that might one day pave the way for peace.

Tariffs from any side could create a fresh Brexit headache for traders in the sensitive region.

The British prime minister has had a shaky start at home — but is winning grudging praise for his response to Trump’s Ukraine pivot.

Keir Starmer and Donald Trump will likely be all smiles during their meeting Thursday — but a frosty encounter between the two nations’ leaders isn’t unusual.

Irish opposition party’s move highlights a diplomatic minefield for Ireland’s government ahead of expected White House meeting on March 17.

Prime Minister Micheál Martin accuses opposition chief of telling lies — but his use of “bréaga” draws a blank from the Sinn Féin leader. It highlights a parliament struggling with the national language.

Traders warn that dozens of vehicles and their drivers have been held for up to 24 hours after a UK import ban, costing importers more than £1 million.

Strong, specific questions from the Tory leader soon gave way to a scatter-shot approach.

Paul Murphy, who played a key role in the 1998 peace breakthrough, will recommend possible changes to how Northern Ireland enforces EU goods law—and, to unionist dismay, polices goods coming from Britain.

The X owner and Donald Trump pick will never, ever stop posting — governments be damned.

Irish nationalists and neutrals overpower Stormont’s British unionist minority in a bitterly disputed ‘consent’ test provided by the U.K.’s withdrawal treaty with the EU.

The party proposes Northern Irish representatives be able to attend plenary sessions without voting or speaking rights.

His more experienced coalition partner, Micheál Martin, appears best positioned to lead the next government — and insists he won’t turn left to Sinn Féin or right to anti-immigrant independents.

As political winds shift on both sides of the Irish border, the diaspora eyes the reunification of Ireland.

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner struggled when asked about the impact of inheritance tax changes in the budget — and if the government would go further.

A record number of independents — including far-right agitators aping MAGA rhetoric — compete with establishment parties fearful of drawing Trump’s ire in a country dependent on American multinationals.

The government parties of Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil both seek top billing in a renewed partnership, but Sinn Féin aims for new heights in Nov. 29 vote.

From spilling wine on Queen Elizabeth’s carpets to branding colleagues “lazy,” the new Conservative leader has an eclectic shadow Cabinet.

It’s the latest sign the idea is still very much in Brussels’ sights — despite British pushback.

The claims keep coming from the former prime minister’s memoir.