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Calls for Government to u-turn on ‘double-jobbing’ plans for NI politicians

Opposition to a Government plan to temporarily restore double-jobbing for Northern Irish politicians intensified on Sunday, amid calls for an immediate u-turn. The UK Government is facing criticism over plans to allow MPs to retain their seats in ...

16 Jan 2022 at 13:49

Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland Office ‘failed to comply with equality scheme over legacy Bill’

The Northern Ireland Office (NIO) “failed to comply” with equality scheme commitments in its controversial Bill to deal with the legacy of the Troubles, the Equality Commission has found. The Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) ...

22 Mar 2023 at 00:01

Northern Ireland

Streetlights could be turned off in cost-cutting measure, warns DfI

Streetlights could be turned off in Northern Ireland and roads remain ungritted in winter months due to a budget crisis, a Stormont department has warned. The Department of Infrastructure said it had been left with a 14% cut in its funding ...

03 May 2023 at 15:33

National News

Irish government ‘has duty to take legal action against UK over legacy Bill’

The Irish government has a “moral” and “legal” obligation to take an interstate case against the UK if the Westminster government’s controversial legacy Bill becomes law, a protest has heard. Mark Thompson, CEO of Relatives For Justice, ...

21 Jun 2023 at 15:55

Northern Ireland

Irish ‘liked to roll pitch in their favour’ in intergovernmental conferences

The Irish government liked to “roll the pitch in favour of their own team” in intergovernmental conferences with the UK, a senior Northern Ireland Office (NIO) official said in 1998. Declassified state papers reveal behind-the-scenes ...

24 Aug 2023 at 00:01

Northern Ireland

MLAs to return to Stormont in doomed bid to pass organ donation law

The Stormont Assembly will be recalled later in a doomed bid to pass a new law on organ donation in Northern Ireland. Rival parties are attempting to ramp up the pressure on the DUP to end its boycott of devolution, but the unionist ...

14 Feb 2023 at 02:45

Northern Ireland

Bid to restore Stormont to pass organ donation law ends in failure

A bid to restore the Assembly at Stormont has failed, thwarting the chances of the devolved legislature passing a new organ donation law for Northern Ireland. The DUP once again exercised its veto to prevent the election of a ...

14 Feb 2023 at 17:29

Northern Ireland

Important to get legal clarity over Legacy Act, says reconciliation commission

A new body established to investigate Troubles deaths has said it is important that legal clarity is provided by the courts over the UK’s Legacy Act. The Irish government announced on Wednesday that it was to initiate an ...

21 Dec 2023 at 14:15

Northern Ireland

Minister ‘cannot rule out consequences’ over Irish Legacy Act challenge

Consequences for UK-Irish relations cannot be ruled out because of legal action over the Troubles Legacy Bill, a Northern Ireland Office minister has said. Lord Caine said he deeply regretted the decision by the Irish ...

21 Dec 2023 at 09:11

National News

Blair was urged to use ‘government machine’ to push for 1998 referendum Yes vote

Tony Blair was advised that he should use the “government machine” to push for a Yes vote in the referendum on the Good Friday Agreement – but not to the extent that it would risk calling the result of the historic ...

29 Dec 2022 at 00:01

Northern Ireland

Quinn murders ‘changed mood’ in NI at height of Drumcree standoff

The murders of three young children in Ballymoney were recorded as having “changed the mood” in Northern Ireland following a period of sustained violence at the height of the Drumcree standoff in 1998. Newly ...

29 Dec 2022 at 00:01

Local News

Bloody Sunday Inquiry: NIO wanted Treasury to cover spiralling costs

Northern Ireland Office ministers wrote to the Treasury in 1998 and 1999 seeking assurances that it would cover the spiralling costs of the Bloody Sunday Inquiry, newly released Government papers have ...

29 Dec 2022 at 11:09

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