This time last year Sinn Fein were riding high in the polls, but now the party finds itself assailed from all sides over a slew of controversies. 

Tracey Magee: Sinn Fein's crisis as election looms large

General Election 2024: Key NI battlegrounds

The shocks and surprises to look out for in NI election count

Secretary of State refuses to say how much the redevelopment of Casement Park will cost and whether the government will make up the shortfall in the funding.

Heaton-Harris refuses say if Government will make up Casement Park shortfall

The party has established itself as the third strongest in Northern Ireland’s elections and it now boasts 17 MLAs in the newly reformed Stormont Assembly.

'Alliance a party on the up' as Long calls for Stormont reform at conference

Ms McDonald used her leader's speech at the party's ard fheis to call for "a new Ireland".

'Sinn Féin a party believing its day has come'

Speaking to reporters, she accused the UK government of "pandering to the DUP".

Government needs to 'call time' on DUP negotiations: O'Neill

Negotiations between the DUP and the UK government are coming to an end – the party leader has made that clear. 

 'Donaldson message clear, the best protection for the union is Stormont'

Custom and practice for a Prime Minister to do a round of interviews ahead of his party’s annual conference.

'Clear Prime Minister bewildered on NI position'

Northern Ireland Assembly Election 2022. 

Our Political Editor Tracey Magee breaks down what we should look out for in the Northern Ireland council election results

What to look out for in council vote results

While politics in Northern Ireland is stuck in a mire of arguments, the public purse is in an increasingly precarious state.  

The woman who doesn't do politics at heart of political crisis

UTV's Political Editor Tracey Magee analyses President Joe Biden's speech marking the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement.

A finely calibrated and carefully crafted Presidential speech

King Charles will deliver this year's Christmas message from a former hospital chapel.

King's Christmas message to reflect on his and Kate's cancer

File photo. Lord Peter Mandelson pictured in July 2023.

ITV News Political Editor Robert Peston explains how Lord Peter Mandelson might yet not be packing his bags for Washington DC.

Why Washington could reject Mandelson as Britain's next US ambassador

ITV News Political Editor Robert Peston breaks down potentially the most important diplomatic decision Starmer will ever make. 

Was PM blindsided by Mandelson reaction or did he hope to weather the storm?

Ruth Jones and James Corden attend a BBC launch event for Gavin and Stacey: The Finale, at Ham Yard Hotel in London. Picture date: Wednesday December 18, 2024. 

After the show's 2019 Christmas special ended on a cliffhanger, with a marriage proposal, viewers will hopefully get an answer on Christmas Day.

James Corden and Ruth Jones to give Gavin & Stacey ‘lovely’ send off

ITV News' Robert Peston looks at why the prime minister has given Lord Mandelson the UK's top diplomatic job to the US and what risks are involved

Why Starmer picked Mandelson for Washington

File photo dated 02/02/24 of Lord Peter Mandelson at St Mary the Virgin church in Primrose Hill, north west London. The UK needs to transform itself into a high investment economy to shift out of its low growth "doom loop", Lord Peter Mandelson claims, adding that he will will hit out at "persistent underinvestment". Issue date: Thursday October 10, 2024.

The Labour peer and former 'spin doctor' to Tony Blair would replace Karen Pierce, who has served as ambassador to the US since 2020. 

Peter Mandelson expected to be made Britain's new ambassador to US

The Queen's longtime hairdresser has spoken to ITV News about her decades-lasting friendship with Her Majesty.

Royal warrant for the long-serving hairdresser to the Queen

ITV News' Chloe Keedy reports from Avignon, France, after attending the sentencing of Gisèle Pelicot's ex-husband and 50 other men in the mass rape trial.

Tracey Magee

Political Editor, UTV