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Martin McGuinness alongside fellow SF elected representatives at its party gathering

McGuinness calls for all-island NAMA probe

Northern Ireland Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness has said an all-island investigation into the sale by NAMA of its Northern Irish loans should begin as soon as possible.

News • 16 Sep 16

Arlene Foster and Martin McGuinness have written to Theresa May

NI leaders seek inclusion in Brexit talks

Northern Ireland's first and deputy first ministers have said they must be fully involved in negotiations regarding the UK's future following the referendum on Britain leaving the European Union.

News • 11 Aug 16

Enda Kenny said a post-Brexit forum was not discussed at the talks

All-island forum not discussed at NI-South talks

The first meeting between the Taoiseach and the North's First and Deputy First Ministers since the UK voted to leave the European Union has taken place in Dublin.

News • 04 Jul 16

Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh

Queen visits Giant's Causeway during NI trip

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth has visited the famous stones of the Giant's Causeway as part of her 90th birthday tour of Northern Ireland's north coast.

News • 28 Jun 16

At the age of 32, Colum Eastwood is the SDLP's youngest ever leader

SDLP ready to battle Sinn Féin, says Eastwood

The new SDLP leader Colum Eastwood said the SDLP is prepared to battle Sinn Féin in his home town Derry in the May Assembly elections.

News • 12 Mar 16

Arlene Foster was speaking to the party faithful at the DUP's spring conference in Limavady, Co Derry

It is me or McGuinness - Foster warns voters

Democratic Unionist leader Arlene Foster has told voters that May's Assembly election boils down to whether she or Martin McGuinness will be Northern Ireland's First Minister.

News • 05 Mar 16

Martin McGuinness was speaking at a Sinn Féin press conference this morning

People in NI disgusted at 'language and lies'

Northern Ireland's Deputy First Minister has said that some people in the North are looking at the behaviour of politicians in the Republic with disgust with what he described as the "language and lies" that are being directed towards Sinn Féin.

News • 22 Feb 16

Sinn Féin hope the move will help the party take a third seat in Derry

McGuinness to contest election in native Derry

Stormont Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness has announced he is to contest the upcoming Assembly elections in his native city of Derry.

News • 23 Jan 16

Martin McGuinness shakes hands with Queen Elizabeth

Dissidents planned rocket attack on McGuinness

Dissident republican terrorists planned to use a rocket launcher to kill Northern Ireland's Deputy First Minister, it has been revealed.

News • 09 Feb 15

Martin McGuinness criticised the DUP for failing to implement the agreed programme for government

McGuinness calls for talks on NI impasse

Sinn Féin's Martin McGuinness has called for immediate talks to be convened by the British and Irish governments on the political impasse in Northern Ireland.

News • 12 Sep 14

Peter Robinson warned that Northern Ireland's coalition could not continue in its current form

Stormont faces fresh crisis, warns Robinson

Northern Ireland's power-sharing government is no longer fit for purpose, the First Minister has warned.

News • 09 Sep 14

Martin McGuinness acknowledged the tensions in the power-sharing administration in his speech

McGuinness confident in Stormont administration

Northern Ireland Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness has said he is confident that the power-sharing administration at Stormont will not collapse, even though it faces immense challenges.

News • 31 Aug 14

Martin McGuinness met Queen Elizabeth in a private meeting yesterday

Queen Elizabeth speaks of progress in NI

On the second day of her visit to Northern Ireland, Queen Elizabeth urged politicians to continue their search for reconciliation.

News • 25 Jun 14

Martin McGuinness said the reconciliation phase of the peace process has taken a very powerful step forward

Queen's invitation sends 'powerful message'

Northern Ireland's Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness has said the invitation to him from Queen Elizabeth to visit her home clearly sends a very powerful message.

News • 10 Apr 14

Norman Tebbit was injured during the 1984 IRA bombing of the Grand Hotel in Brighton (Pic: EPA)

British peer says he hopes McGuinness gets shot

Northern Ireland Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness has rebuked Lord Tebbit for saying he hopes Mr McGuinness is shot in the back for attending a state banquet at the invitation of Queen Elizabeth II.

News • 10 Apr 14

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and Martin McGuinness met in Belfast in 2012

Windsor banquet is 'historic event' - McGuinness

Northern Ireland's Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness has said he is conscious that his decision to attend a State banquet hosted by Britain's Queen Elizabeth II involves political and symbolic difficulties.

News • 06 Apr 14

Martin McGuinness shook hands with Britain's Queen Elizabeth in June 2012

McGuinness to attend Windsor Castle banquet

Sinn Féin's Martin McGuinness has accepted an invitation to attend the Windsor Castle banquet and several other events during the State visit of President Michael D Higgins to Britain next week.

News • 06 Apr 14

Peter Robinson said Martin McGuinness had an exaggerated view of his role in the talks process

McGuinness speaking like 'dictator' - Robinson

Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson has accused Martin McGuinness of being in denial on how to make progress on contentious issues of parades, flags and the legacy of conflict.

News • 17 Jan 14

Martin McGuinness said: 'I am on the public record that I was a member of the IRA'

Claims Adams was in IRA 'irrelevant' - McGuinness

The issue of whether or not Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams was a member of the IRA during the Troubles is irrelevant, Martin McGuinness has insisted.

News • 26 Nov 13

Johnathan Ball and Tim Parry were killed when the IRA planted bombs in Warrington in March 1993

McGuinness delivers Warrington peace lecture

Northern Ireland’s Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness has said "his heart goes out" to protesters at a peace lecture he gave in a town bombed by the IRA.

News • 18 Sep 13

Martin McGuinness has said Peter Robinson's decision to withdraw support for a peace centre development at the site of the former Maze prison is a mistake

McGuinness - DUP Maze centre decision 'a mistake'

Sinn Féin's Martin McGuinness has said the DUP leader, Peter Robinson, had made a “gargantuan mistake” in deciding to pull back from supporting the construction of a peace centre at the site of the old Maze Prison.

News • 17 Aug 13

Sinn Féin supporters parade past Castlederg PSNI station earlier this afternoon

Republican parade passes off peacefully

A controversial republican parade has passed off without major incident in Castlederg, Co Tyrone.

News • 11 Aug 13

Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore met with political leaders in Northern Ireland

Tánaiste confident over EU funding for NI

Tanáiste Eamon Gilmore has said he is confident €150 million of EU funding for Northern Ireland and the border counties will be in place before Ireland's EU presidency ends in June.

News • 29 Apr 13

First Minister Peter Robinson and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness deny a developing rift over political powersharing in Northern Ireland

NI ministers deny rift over powersharing

Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness have denied reports of a developing rift over political powersharing.

News • 23 Apr 13

Gerry Adams said Labour should leave Fine Gael to implement the policies of Fianna Fáil

Adams tells Labour Party to leave government

At the Sinn Fein Ard Fheis in Castlebar, Co Mayo, party president Gerry Adams called on the Labour Party to leave Government.

News • 13 Apr 13