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Platform given to loyalist organisation risks ‘eroding democracy’

There are fears that the platform being given to an organisation which represents loyalist paramilitary groups risks “eroding democracy”, an MP has said. Alliance MP Stephen Farry told the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee that the Loyalist ...

08 Mar 2023 at 15:56

Northern Ireland

Givan hits back over meetings with group linked to loyalist paramilitaries

Education Minister Paul Givan has accused political parties, which criticised his meeting with a group linked to loyalist paramilitaries, of hypocrisy. During heated exchanges at the Assembly, Mr Givan referred to members of his own family ...

14 Oct 2024 at 16:37

Northern Ireland

Paul Givan ‘ignored advice from official’ by meeting loyalist group

Education Minister Paul Givan went against the advice of a department official when he met a group linked to loyalist paramilitaries, MLAs have heard. He told the Assembly that the meeting with the Loyalist Communities Council (LCC) was ...

11 Nov 2024 at 17:51

Local News

O’Neill insists she can still lead as First Minister in stormy committee meeting

Michelle O’Neill has said she is confident she can continue to lead in the office of First Minister during a heated session of her Stormont scrutiny committee. Ms O’Neill told MLAs that she believed work needed to be done to improve ...

23 Oct 2024 at 17:36

Northern Ireland

‘Important for ministers to listen to all’ – Lyons

It is important for Stormont ministers to listen to everyone, Communities Minister Gordon Lyons has said. He made the comments after his DUP party colleague and Education Minister Paul Givan faced criticism for meeting a group ...

26 Sept 2024 at 15:17

Northern Ireland

Minister defends meeting group which represents loyalist paramilitaries

The Stormont Education Minister has defended meeting a group which represents loyalist paramilitaries. Paul Givan was criticised last week after it emerged he met the Loyalist Communities Council (LCC). In a statement after ...

04 Oct 2024 at 15:26

Northern Ireland

Committee seeks minutes of minister’s meeting with Loyalist Communities Council

A DUP minister’s Assembly scrutiny committee is to formally request the minutes of his meeting with a group that includes representatives of loyalist paramilitary gangs. Communities Minister Gordon Lyons met the Loyalist ...

10 Oct 2024 at 12:12

Northern Ireland

PM discusses city and growth deals with O’Neill and Little-Pengelly

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has spoken to Stormont’s leaders about city and growth deals during the first meeting of the Council of Nations and Regions in Scotland. Northern Ireland’s First Minister Michelle O’Neill ...

11 Oct 2024 at 15:03

Northern Ireland

Policy meetings with active paramilitaries should not be facilitated – O’Neill

The First Minister has told MLAs there must be no facilitation of active paramilitary groups in any public policy discussions, as she called for a “zero-tolerance” approach to the organisations. Michelle O’Neill said ...

15 Oct 2024 at 15:36

Northern Ireland

O’Neill insists she can still lead as First Minister in stormy committee meeting

23 Oct 2024 at 16:47

Northern Ireland

Lyons did not ‘directly’ ask for end to criminality during LCC meeting

Communities Minister Gordon Lyons said he did not directly ask representatives of loyalist paramilitary gangs to end criminality during a meeting with an umbrella group. However, he told MLAs that he had made ...

24 Oct 2024 at 12:39

Local News

No paramilitary groups should exist 26 years after GFA, says Michelle O’Neill

No paramilitary groups should exist in Northern Ireland 26 years after the Good Friday Agreement, First Minister Michelle O’Neill has said. The UK and Irish governments announced plans this week to appoint ...

27 Feb 2025 at 17:00

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