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Invest NI to shift focus to economic productivity following review

Stormont’s business support agency is to shift focus from job creation to overall productivity in the economy following the findings of an independent review earlier this year. The Department for the Economy (DfE) has published an action plan in ...

04 Oct 2023 at 16:19

Northern Ireland

First vote in NI Assembly on introducing EU law a ‘significant moment’

A first vote in the Stormont Assembly on the extension of a new EU law to Northern Ireland is a “significant moment”, MLAs have been told. The DUP’s Jonathan Buckley said his party would be voting against a law which he insisted would create a ...

19 Mar 2024 at 15:56

First vote on extending EU law to NI fails to get cross-community support

Northern Ireland

Motion on extension of EU law to Northern Ireland is defeated at Stormont

The first ever motion on extending a new EU law to Northern Ireland has been defeated at the Stormont Assembly. The DUP’s Jonathan Buckley said his party voted against introducing a law which he insisted would create a “new regulatory border ...

19 Mar 2024 at 19:52

Northern Ireland

Beattie’s whining like a girl remark “fell well short” of expected standards

A remark by Ulster Unionist leader Doug Beattie accusing rivals of screaming and whining “like a girl” fell well short of the standards expected in the Assembly, Stormont’s Speaker has said. Alex Maskey said if the legislature was operating ...

09 Dec 2022 at 18:26

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 leader Sir ...

09 Jun 2024 at 11:00

Northern Ireland

Sorcha Eastwood rules herself out of running for Alliance deputy leader role

Sorcha Eastwood has ruled herself out of the running to become the next deputy leader of the Alliance Party, saying her focus is on her work as an MP. Nominations opened earlier this month to replace Stephen Farry in the role. Ms ...

24 Sept 2024 at 15:28

Northern Ireland

New Alliance MP speaks about husband’s rare blood cancer diagnosis

A newly elected MP has called for cancer diagnoses to be put back on the political agenda after speaking about her husband’s battle with a rare form of blood cancer. Sorcha Eastwood, the first female MP to represent Lagan Valley ...

03 Sept 2024 at 18:11

Northern Ireland

DUP councillor co-opted to Assembly to replace independent MP Alex Easton

Independent unionist MP Alex Easton has selected a DUP councillor to replace him in the Stormont Assembly. Mr Easton, a former member of the DUP, has been an independent since resigning from the party in 2021. He was elected as ...

10 Jul 2024 at 19:56

Northern Ireland

Alliance Castlereagh councillor co-opted to replace Sorcha Eastwood in Assembly

An Alliance Party councillor has been co-opted to serve as an MLA in Lagan Valley after the election of Sorcha Eastwood as an MP. Castlereagh councillor Michelle Guy will take the Assembly seat after Ms Eastwood triumphed at ...

10 Jul 2024 at 17:44

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 ...

05 Jul 2024 at 05:12

Northern Ireland

Night of shocks for DUP as Ian Paisley loses family hold on North Antrim

The DUP has suffered a bruising set of election results in Northern Ireland, with the party suffering a seismic shock when Ian Paisley lost his seat in North Antrim. In a difficult night for the unionist party, the ...

05 Jul 2024 at 10:36

Northern Ireland

DUP calls for unionist cohesion after North Antrim and Lagan Valley defeats

DUP leader Gavin Robinson has appealed for “greater cohesion” among unionists following General Election results which saw his party suffer damaging defeats in North Antrim and Lagan Valley. Following the election ...

05 Jul 2024 at 16:38

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