Full coverage: Northern Ireland

Stormont is the good news story the US needs right now. But on the way back, Sinn Féin is making personnel changes to prepare for elections in the Republic, Tommie Gorman writes from Washington.

There is a severe shortage of money for policy initiatives in Northern Ireland despite the billions flowing from London. One of the options for the DUP is to put the past behind it and reach out to Dublin.

The DUP is returning to Stormont and Viktor Orbán has dropped his veto on helping Ukraine, but it could take more economic damage before the benefits of international cooperation overcome narrow domestic interests – including in Ireland.

Jeffery Donaldson has confronted his party’s hardliners in a way that Peter Robinson and Arlene Foster never managed to achieve. For the DUP and Sinn Féin, the real work begins now.

The imminent restoration of power-sharing in Northern Ireland cannot hide the fact that British interest in solving Irish issues is waning as the London government struggles to deal with a slew of critical issues.

Jeffrey Donaldson is facing the immediate test of convincing the 12 members of the DUP's officer board to restore power-sharing, but he and unionism as a whole face more challenges than internal party politics.

DC EV is turning the leap of going electric into a no-strings-attached monthly subscription, while GoPlugable lets neighbours share their home chargers for money. Both are ready to launch.

Tommie Gorman sees the hub of political power in the UK begin to drift away from the Tories towards a rejuvenated Labour Party. Prime Minister-in-waiting Keir Starmer is leaving nothing to chance and has surrounded himself with political heavyweights, many with an Irish heritage.

Five years after breeding problems emerged on an Irish pig farm, a dispute illustrating the high-tech international supply chain behind livestock genetics is going legal.

The Taoiseach’s prediction about a “united Ireland in my lifetime” has the DUP reaching for the "outrage" scripts and the Tories ruffled. Once more, Leo has set their suspicion juices flowing.