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Derry MLA joins cross party group on micro and small businesses

Foyle MLA Sinéad McLaughlin has joined a cross-party group of Assembly members focused on supporting and championing small businesses across Northern Ireland. The newly-reconstituted All Party Assembly Group on Micro and Small Business met last week ...

01 Oct 2022 at 16:52

Northern Ireland

Biden to tell Truss in ‘some detail’ that the UK must negotiate with EU on NI

Joe Biden will tell Liz Truss she must work with the EU to find a negotiated outcome to solve post-Brexit tensions over the Northern Ireland Protocol, the White House has said. The US president and the Prime Minister will hold a delayed meeting in ...

20 Sept 2022 at 22:12

Northern Ireland

Truss’s talks with Macron do not cover Northern Ireland or migrant crossings

Liz Truss did not discuss issues with the Northern Ireland Protocol or unauthorised migrant crossings of the Channel during her meeting with French president Emmanuel Macron. The Prime Minister had a “constructive” conversation lasting around ...

20 Sept 2022 at 20:08

National News

Pre-Christmas Assembly election is not an idle threat – Heaton-Harris

New Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris has said the prospect of him calling a pre-Christmas Assembly election is not an “idle threat”. Mr Heaton-Harris has also urged people to judge him by his actions and words, rather than his ...

20 Sept 2022 at 18:15

Northern Ireland

Liz Truss and Ursula von der Leyen unite to condemn Putin’s ‘failing’ invasion

European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen has welcomed a “good discussion” with Liz Truss on UK-EU relations following talks about the post-Brexit Northern Ireland Protocol. The Prime Minister also discussed Vladimir Putin’s “failing” ...

21 Sept 2022 at 18:03

Local News

Cost of Living: SDLP seeks recall of Stormont Assembly over energy cost crisis

The SDLP is seeking the recall of the Stormont Assembly to address the energy cost crisis. The move comes after what the party termed as “deficient” proposals by the UK government to attempt to address soaring energy prices. There is ...

21 Sept 2022 at 18:47

Northern Ireland

Pre-Christmas Assembly election would be ‘absolutely diabolical’ – Beattie

The prospect of a pre-Christmas Northern Ireland Assembly election is “absolutely diabolical”, Ulster Unionist leader Doug Beattie has said. Mr Beattie was speaking following a meeting with new Northern Ireland Secretary Chris ...

20 Sept 2022 at 15:41

Northern Ireland

David Trimble’s journey from hardliner to first minister

David Trimble was the Ulster Unionist hardliner, unafraid of flexing his political muscles, who became a moderate, although tough, leader of the party and then Northern Ireland’s first First Minister. But his leadership of ...

25 Jul 2022 at 21:27

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SDLP to form official opposition at Stormont

SDLP leader, Colum Eastwood, has announced his party's intention become the official opposition in the Northern Ireland Assembly. The Assembly has failed to form and Executive since the May 5 elections, due to the DUP's ...

25 Jul 2022 at 07:10

National News

Second Citizens’ Assembly meeting on directly elected mayor ends

The second meeting of the Citizens’ Assembly on a directly elected mayor of Dublin has concluded after hearing from various mayors from the city and abroad about what the role can entail. Mayor of Greater Manchester ...

22 May 2022 at 18:03

Derry News

Aontú candidate Doyle slams "whitewash election strategy" of SDLP and Sinn Féin

Aontú Foyle candidate, Emmet Doyle, has slammed both the SDLP and Sinn Féin for seeking to employ a “whitewash election strategy” ahead of next month's Assembly election. Cllr Doyle, who is currently represents the ...

19 Apr 2022 at 11:54

Local News

Independent County Derry candidate wants to give 'decent representation'

A Dungiven man who this week has confirmed his intention to stand as an independent candidate for East Derry in the upcoming assembly elections says he wants to provide people with 'decent representation'. Despite ...

03 Mar 2022 at 13:00

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