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Calls for civility after pro-IRA chant is directed at Arlene Foster

Sinn Fein vice president Michelle O’Neill has urged people to be civil in public discourse following an incident in which a woman chanted a pro-IRA slogan during an encounter with Dame Arlene Foster. Ms O’Neill reacted following comments from former ...

22 Nov 2022 at 17:15

Northern Ireland

Annual budget will be ‘catastrophic’ for public sector, says Michelle O’Neill

Sinn Fein’s Stormont leader Michelle O’Neill has said the annual budget will be “catastrophic” for Northern Ireland’s public sector. Budget decisions will be finalised by Secretary of State Chris Heaton-Harris in the absence of a Stormont Assembly. ...

23 Mar 2023 at 17:03

Northern Ireland

Stormont must be reformed so no single party can collapse institutions – Long

Stormont must be reformed so no single party can collapse the powersharing institutions in the future, Alliance Party leader Naomi Long has said. Mrs Long said the continued suspension of the Assembly was hindering public sector reform as she ...

17 Jan 2024 at 15:27

Northern Ireland

Almost 5,000 compensation claims in a year over vehicles damaged by road defects

Almost 5,000 compensation claims have been submitted to a Stormont department in the last year over damage to vehicles caused by the poor state of roads, MLAs have been told. Infrastructure Minister John O’Dowd told the Assembly that he was ...

16 Apr 2024 at 15:55

Northern Ireland

Swann insists he is ‘100% committed’ to health job despite Westminster seat bid

Health Minister Robin Swann has insisted he is 100% committed to the job and will not be distracted by his bid for a Westminster seat. Mr Swann acknowledged that his reappointment as a Stormont minister came as a “surprise”, given the UUP ...

08 Feb 2024 at 15:00

Northern Ireland

Butler backs Nesbitt to return as Ulster Unionist Party leader

Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) deputy leader Robbie Butler has backed Mike Nesbitt to become the party’s next leader. By announcing he would not be seeking the leadership, Lagan Valley MLA Mr Butler has potentially cleared the way for Mr ...

27 Aug 2024 at 17:22

Northern Ireland

First non-unionist to win Lagan Valley says ‘change is possible’

Sorcha Eastwood said she has shown that change is possible as she became the first non-unionist to win the Lagan Valley seat. The constituency has long been considered a unionist stronghold and was held by former DUP leader Sir ...

05 Jul 2024 at 05:12

Northern Ireland

DUP aims to hold off Alliance as Lagan Valley elects first new MP since 1997

For the first time in close to three decades, Lagan Valley is set to get a new MP – with the DUP attempting to hold off the surge of the Alliance Party. A unionist stronghold since the constituency was created, former DUP ...

09 Jun 2024 at 11:00

National News

PM and Taoiseach need to chair meeting to plot Stormont return, Sinn Fein says

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Taoiseach Leo Varadkar need to co-chair a summit meeting to chart a course back to devolution at Stormont, Sinn Fein vice president Michelle O’Neill has said. The republican party insisted ...

22 May 2023 at 17:12

Northern Ireland

Election result recognises DUP stance over Northern Ireland Protocol, MP says

The DUP’s vote in the local government elections was a recognition of the stance it had taken over the Northern Ireland Protocol, party MPA Gavin Robinson has said. The DUP emerged with 122 seats in the elections, the ...

22 May 2023 at 10:19

Northern Ireland

UUP MLA reveals he turned down invitation for trip to Israel

A UUP MLA has revealed he turned down an invitation to go on a fact finding trip to Israel. Robbie Butler said while he would consider himself to be a supporter of Israel and a two-state solution, he thinks what has ...

30 Oct 2025 at 06:00

Northern Ireland

Diana Armstrong insists she has ‘political credentials’ for deputy leadership

Diana Armstrong has insisted she has the “political credentials” to become deputy leader of the UUP, despite not being elected to Stormont. The former Fermanagh and Omagh councillor was pressed on whether she and ...

08 Jan 2026 at 13:56

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