The DUP minister received from a number of MLAs at ministerial question time as she revealed the abuse.

The Northern Ireland Secretary was speaking at the British-Irish Association Conference.

Declassified files reveal briefing notes given to new Northern Ireland Office ministers in 1999.

The talks will also focus on budget pressures facing the region.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar declined to speculate on alternatives to devolution.

The DUP has been boycotting devolved government for the past year, pressing the UK government to address their concerns around Brexit’s Northern Ireland Protocol.

The local government elections in Northern Ireland will take place on May 18.

The former US secretary of state was speaking at Queen’s University in Belfast.

A major conference is taking place at Queen’s University in Belfast marking 25 years since the Good Friday Agreement.

Earlier, Chris Heaton-Harris claimed a restoration of the powersharing institutions was the surest way to secure Northern Ireland’s place in the UK.

Britain's Northern Ireland secretary was speaking at a conference in Belfast marking the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement

Devolution is in cold storage at Stormont due to a political ime over post-Brexit trade.

The Good Friday Agreement was not written in stone and can be changed to prevent the recurring deadlocks at Stormont.

US president Joe Biden’s special envoy took part in a roundtable business lunch in Washington DC

Former Irish premier Bertie Ahern has called for continuing dialogue with paramilitary groups 25 years on from the Good Friday Agreement.

Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris expressed his “profound disappointment” at the failure to re-establish a functioning Assembly and Executive at Stormont, adding it remains his “top priority”.

The Taoiseach warned that windows of opportunity can disappear ‘for quite some time’ as diplomatic efforts ramped up to secure a deal.

Across NI, almost two-thirds of people still back the historic peace deal, according to the results of an opinion poll.

Alec and Ann Easton died after the fire at their home in Co Down.

The party’s vice president, Michelle O’Neill, lodged a recall petition with the speaker’s office on Friday calling for an executive to be formed to deal with the cost-of-living crisis.

The Sinn Féin vice president met Chris Heaton-Harris on Tuesday as part of a series of talks involving the minister and Stormont leaders.

Much of the focus of activities is in the village of Hillsborough

A demonstration in Newry heard that relations between Northern Ireland and the Republic were at their lowest point for many years.