The veteran Sinn Fein politician is leaving his job as Stormont economy minister to take on a new role in the upper chamber of the Irish parliament.

I recall Nicola Sturgeon saying that a referendum should be held when polls showed a desire for a referendum being maintained at 60 per cent over ...

In April 1640 Charles was forced to summon a new Parliament in order to raise enough funds for war. In November 1641, further antagonisms came to the fore, this time in Ireland. Irish Catholics, ...

will generate enough green energy to power the equivalent of more than half of all Scottish homes. Bank of Ireland acted as joint Mandated Lead Arranger (MLA) with an international lending ...

Ireland began its Six Nations three-peat bid by blowing away England during 30-plus minutes of controlled aggression in the ...

The Scottish Parliament does not have a second chamber like the House of Lords. Instead, it has a powerful committee system which can propose as well as scrutinise bills. Committees are made up of ...

The Queen’s collection of brooches, including the legendary Cullinan III and IV, were as iconic as her reign itself. The ...

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s parliament is expected to vote Friday on an opposition bill calling for tougher rules on migration that could become the first legislation to pass thanks to a far-right ...

A European Parliament member from Slovenia says he nominated tech giant Elon Musk for a Nobel Peace Prize for his free speech advocacy. “The proposal that Mr. Elon Musk, for his consistent ...

Scotland v Italy, Scottish Gas Murrayfield at 2.15 p.m. Ireland v England, Aviva Stadium at 4.45 p.m. Italy v Wales, Stadio Olimpico at 2.15 p.m. England v France, Allianz Stadium Twickenham at 4. ...

Several generators were due to arrive from Romania in Dublin Airport on Thursday evening as efforts continue to restore electricity and water to all parts of Ireland almost a week after Storm Éowyn.

Watch this video to find out what happens at the Scottish Parliament and what MSPs do. Every four or five years, voters in Scotland elect the 129 MSPs who representthem in the Scottish Parliament.