Hillsborough

HILLSBOROUGH, Northern Ireland - A breakthrough deal Friday to save Northern Ireland's Catholic-Protestant government has given a new lease of life to an awkward partnership of former foes that still must overcome many obstacles to survive.

HILLSBOROUGH, Northern Ireland - Northern Ireland will take over its own law-and-order powers from Britain by April 12, the British and Irish leaders announced Friday as they unveiled a breakthrough that saves the province's Catholic-Protestant government.
HILLSBOROUGH, Northern Ireland - Northern Ireland will take over its own law-and-order powers from Britain by April 12, the British and Irish leaders announced Friday as they unveiled a breakthrough that saves the province's Catholic-Protestant government.
HILLSBOROUGH, Northern Ireland - Northern Ireland's major British Protestant party unexpectedly held back Monday from accepting a deal with its Irish Catholic partners to save their 2-year-old administration.
HILLSBOROUGH, Northern Ireland - The prime ministers of Britain and Ireland presented a compromise plan Wednesday to keep Northern Ireland's fractious politicians from breaking up their Catholic-Protestant government, but neither side accepted the deal.