David Blevins
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EU and UK negotiators need to throw out the rule book and find the spirit of 1998
As talks over the Northern Ireland Protocol continue, Sky's David Blevins says it's time for politicians from all sides to show the political will and courage leaders did when they recognised the need for the greater good and forged the Good Friday Agreement. → Read More
Natalie McNally: Parents fear pregnant daughter's killer may have fled Northern Ireland
Police have released CCTV pictures of the suspect on the night of Ms McNally's murder, as her family say "somebody's bound to know the killer" and make a plea to anyone withholding information to come forward. → Read More
One of lockdown's breakout online music stars issues warning over future of social media
Patrick Dexter became a social media sensation during lockdown - and "no matter what happens" to Twitter under Elon Musk, the Irishman has vowed to keep playing the cello that made him famous. → Read More
Leo Varadkar returns as Irish PM
Mr Varadkar made history on three fronts in 2017, becoming Ireland's youngest, first ethnic minority and first gay prime minister. But he has been embroiled in controversy and a police investigation over his leaking of a GP contract and is not as popular in the polls as he was. → Read More
Under Belfast’s iconic shipyard cranes, Rishi Sunak prepares for some heavy political lifting
The prime minister's visit to "meet and greet" political leaders in Northern Ireland was compared to an "office party you'd rather not attend". → Read More
DUP leader: Another election will not break the power-sharing deadlock at Stormont
Sir Jeffrey Donaldson tells Sky News that the government in Westminster should focus on negotiations with the EU over the Brexit Protocol. → Read More
What’s the point in another Northern Ireland election if devolution is dead?
A last-ditch effort to restore devolved government at Stormont hours ahead of a deadline to call fresh Assembly elections failed on Thursday evening. → Read More
'The clock is ticking': Northern Ireland leaders to attend last-ditch meeting to form a government
The country could have its second election this year as the DUP refuses to restore power-sharing with Sinn Fein over the Northern Ireland protocol. → Read More
Five-year-old victim of Donegal blast laid to rest with her dad
The final funerals from the devastating Donegal explosion took place in the village of Creeslough on Saturday. Shauna Flanagan Garwe and her father Robert were laid to rest side by side. → Read More
Donegal explosion: Amid deep grief there is a strong sense of community in this village
They have one church, one school and they had one petrol station until three o'clock last Friday afternoon. Some people were just doing their job, others purchasing fuel. There were taken in an instant, their lives cruelly snatched away by what seems to have been a random accident. → Read More
Sir Jeffrey Donaldson to address DUP party conference for first time as leader as huge decision looms
Sir Jeffrey has refused to restore the power-sharing government at Stormont since May's election because of of the Irish Sea border, which was established as part of the Brexit deal. → Read More
Catholics outnumber Protestants in Northern Ireland for first time since its creation
The numbers from last year's census show that 45.7% of the population are Catholic, compared with 43.5% who are Protestant. → Read More
King Charles to visit Northern Ireland and meet with Sinn Fein’s Michelle O'Neill
The first minister-designate is expected to offer him her condolences during a reception at Hillsborough Castle, the royal residence in County Down. → Read More
Mourners at Lord Trimble funeral urged to 'redouble efforts' to restore power-sharing
The former first minister and Ulster Unionist Party leader, one of the architects of the Good Friday Agreement, died last week, after a short illness. → Read More
Tory leadership contenders can't avoid the Northern Ireland Protocol question forever
The candidates may not want to talk about it, but the protocol will be one of the first challenges for the next occupant of Number 10. → Read More
Former first minister of Northern Ireland Lord David Trimble has died
David Trimble was the unionist who dared to compromise and led his party to the negotiating table at Stormont. He described the Good Friday Agreement as his greatest achievement. → Read More
Michaela McAreavey: Two men apologise for 'vile' video that mocks bride murdered on her honeymoon
Michaela McAreavey, the 27-year-old daughter of Mickey Harte, who managed the Tyrone Gaelic football team for 18 years, was killed on her honeymoon in Mauritius in 2011. → Read More
Platinum Jubilee: Northern Ireland's peace-making monarch
By walking from the Protestant cathedral to the Roman Catholic one in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, in 2012, Her Majesty set a standard for others to follow. → Read More
Northern Ireland: Two U-turns in one day by the party 'not for turning'
Another significant change of policy by the UK government effectively forces victims of violence to make a choice between truth and justice. → Read More
Boris Johnson to hold talks in Northern Ireland to try to break Stormont deadlock
With the DUP blocking the formation of a new devolved administration over the Northern Ireland Protocol, Boris Johnson may be forced to choose between a government in Belfast or the treaty he agreed with the EU. → Read More