The Latest Breaking News from Paul Givan

Sinn Fein and the DUP look set to battle it out to be Northern Ireland’s largest party at the May 5 election.

It comes after retiring South Down MLA Jim Wells quit the DUP after endorsing the TUV candidate

Paul Givan resigned, effectively forcing deputy first minister Michelle O’Neill from the joint office, over the Brexit Protocol.

There is currently no First or deputy First Minister in post following Paul Givan’s resignation, which also forced Michelle O’Neill from the office.

Northern Ireland has no functioning Executive after the DUP removed Paul Givan as first minister as part of a protest against the Protocol

Just over a year after Brexit became a practical reality, the Northern Ireland Assembly is in crisis after its First Minister resigned in protest at the Northern Ireland Protocol of the Brexit deal. Ireland's Europe Minister Thomas Byrne tells FRANCE 24 the departure of Paul Givan "has caused deep difficulties…

The event comes a week after the DUP's Paul Givan resigned as First Minister in protest over the Protocol

Northern Ireland will hold elections to its devolved assembly on schedule on May 5 and the resignation last week of First Minister Paul Givan does not change that, the British minister for the region said on Tuesday.

Sinn Fein and the DUP had called for the May 5 poll to be brought forward following the resignation of First Minister Paul Givan over the NI Protocol.