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Past articles by David:

White House officials visit Belfast ahead of potential Biden trip

The officials also toured sites in Dublin and elsewhere as part of planning for a presidential visit by Joe Biden to the island. → Read More

Non-Irish nationals in Ireland will not need UK visa waiver to cross border

The Government appears to have abandoned plans that would have required non-Irish nationals permanently resident in Ireland to apply for a visa waiver to travel to Northern Ireland. → Read More

MPs set to vote on new Brexit deal by end of month, says Heaton-Harris

The Windsor Framework struck between the EU and UK Government seeks to reduce the red tape on the movement of goods from GB into Northern Ireland. → Read More

DUP leader sets up panel to inform deliberations on Windsor Framework deal

Former DUP leaders and Stormont first ministers Dame Arlene Foster and Peter Robinson are among those who will sit on the new panel. → Read More

Sunak protocol meetings high on positivity but low on detail, parties claim

The Prime Minister held bilateral meetings with the five main Stormont parties in the a hotel on the outskirts of Belfast on Friday morning. → Read More

Northern Ireland Protocol: Key questions answered

The controversial arrangements have created red tape on trade between Great Britain and Northern Ireland. → Read More

DUP leader ‘hopeful' deal can be done on NI protocol but insists work remains

Sir Jeffrey Donaldson held talks with the Prime Minister in Belfast amid mounting speculation that the UK and EU are poised to strike an agreement. → Read More

Rishi Sunak meeting Stormont leaders over Northern Ireland Protocol

The Prime Minister and Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris are meeting politicians at a hotel near Belfast. → Read More

Two men killed in separate crashes in Mayo and Kerry

Both incidents were single vehicle collisions. → Read More

Four charged after discovery of major drugs-mixing facility in Dublin

It is understood that gardai suspect the large haul is connected to the Kinahan organised crime group. → Read More

MLAs should have finished job they started on organ law – Naomi Long

The UUP and SDLP also expressed regret at the failure to implement the stalled regulations at Stormont. → Read More

Bid to restore Stormont to pass organ donation law ends in failure

The DUP again blocked the attempt to reconvene Northern Ireland's powersharing legislature. → Read More

Irish officer who died in parachute accident an ‘outstanding soldier and leader'

Acting Sergeant Major Declan O’Connell, 54, from Co Kildare, was killed in the incident in Spain on Sunday. → Read More

DUP under mounting pressure to drop Assembly veto to let organ donor law pass

The case of six-year-old Daithi MacGabhann, who is waiting a heart transplant, has become the focus of the political debate on the Stormont impasse. → Read More

Stormont leaders told they could implement Daithi's Law in one Assembly sitting

Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris told politicians they could have new organ donation laws in place in days by electing a Speaker. → Read More

Stormont election deadline pushed back by a year

Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris said holding an election at this time would not be the best way to secure a return to powersharing. → Read More

Heaton-Harris set to outline plans to further delay Assembly election

The DUP collapsed the devolved executive last February in protest at Brexit’s Northern Ireland Protocol. → Read More

Supreme Court rejects challenge over Northern Ireland Protocol

A collective of unionists and Brexiteers had challenged the legality of the trading arrangement. → Read More

Supreme Court set to rule on lawfulness of Northern Ireland Protocol

The appellants argue that the legislation passed at Westminster to give effect to the Withdrawal Agreement conflicts with the 1800 Acts of Union. → Read More

Two men arrested by detectives investigating New IRA

Police said the arrests were part of an ongoing investigation. → Read More