Northern Ireland Assembly

US visit gives North’s Deputy First Minister a chance to tell a new story

Emma Little-Pengelly and Donald Trump discussed the ‘long-standing and close ties’ between the US and Northern Ireland

What did voters say about governing a united Ireland?

Deliberative forum discussions showed concerns about all models

Stormont publishes first programme for government in over a decade

Hundred-page document outlines plans to tackle North’s spiralling waiting lists

Plans to talk to loyalist paramilitaries disgraceful, says Alliance

Naomi Long opposes decision of Dublin and London to look at merits of appointing representative to deal with the gangs

The Irish Times view on Sinn Féin: back to basics is not enough

It is not clear how to address the conundrum that confronted the party at the last election

Seanad bid by Conor Murphy a large blow to Sinn Féin’s Stormont operation

Regarded as a shoo-in for the Seanad post, the current economy minister will quit his job in the Assembly once elected

Sinn Féin Stormont minister Conor Murphy to run for Seanad next month

Surprise announcement would see Economy Minister depart from post if elected

Assembly elections postponement ‘the biggest single setback in years’, Sinn Féin warned

The unreasonableness of David Trimble’s behaviour sometimes obscured the reasonableness of his argument, said Tony Blair

Anna Lo: Tributes after former Alliance Party MLA dies aged 74

Lo was the first politician from an ethnic minority background elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly

Stormont vote on continuing Brexit deal the ‘most significant’ in Assembly’s history - Allister

TUV leader says MLAs are being asked to ‘surrender’ sovereignty to Brussels

Can Lough Neagh be saved by challenge-oriented prize funding?

The North’s Department of Environment has awarded £450,000 to five bidders to tackle algal blooms

Overhaul of Sinn Féin governance promised by Mary Lou McDonald as reference controversy grows

Michelle O’Neill apologises on behalf of Sinn Féin to the Northern Ireland Assembly over references provided for child sex offender Michael McMonagle

Two Sinn Féin press officers resign over references for former colleague convicted of child sex offences

Press officers provided references for Michael McMonagle who will be sentenced in November

Stormont Executive guilty of ‘enormous shortcomings’, warns report

Northern Ireland facing ‘persistent challenges’ in all public services with ‘little evidence of proper plans to take these on’ being shown by Stormont, warns report

Northern Ireland has a nationalist majority, but that doesn’t mean reunification will happen soon

The North’s intractable Gordian knot of disdain and desire is not loosening any time soon, an analysis of voting trends shows

The Irish Times view on the UUP leadership: time for a shift

The difficulty for the party is it is hemmed in on one side by the DUP and on the other by Alliance

Stormont Assembly to be recalled to discuss anti-immigration protest violence

Assembly to be recalled on Thursday after a recall petition submitted by the Alliance Party and backed by the SDLP and Sinn Féin

UK election: everything you need to know, from how it works to seats to watch

UK general election: Westminster will seat 650 MPs by first-past-the-post, with the first counts expected hours after polls close

Government ‘absolutely committed’ to pursuing redevelopment of Casement Park for Euro 2028

Taoiseach says it’s up to GAA and Northern Ireland Executive to confirm overall funding approach

Stormont leaks during Covid pandemic ‘became a frustration’, ex-NI minister for health tells inquiry

Michelle O’Neill and Arlene Foster also due to give evidence this week

Stephen Grimason obituary: First journalist to get a copy of Belfast Agreement

‘I believe I was given the document to nudge [the agreement] over the line,’ he later said

Maybe now the Irish Government will accept that the UK and unionists had a point about open borders

Britain and Ireland can at least agree on one thing: nobody wants to start talking about the border again

Robin Swann to step down as NI health minister for general election campaign

North Antrim MLA returned to the job following the return of powersharing at Stormont

‘Showboating and grandstanding’: Green Party’s new senator says Stormont engaged in acts of ‘symbolism’

Mal O’Hara said the Sinn Féin and DUP ‘joint First Ministers’ were involved in ‘carefully choreographed photo shoots’

The Irish Times view on Jeffrey Donaldson’s resignation: a shock to the political system

It is difficult to see how such a cataclysmic event would not lead to political aftershocks

Does the Belfast Agreement need reforming, and can this be done now that Stormont is back?

Now more than 25 years old, the Belfast Agreement is showing signs of age. So how can it be reformed, if at all?

‘Difficult interventions’ needed to address Lough Neagh crisis, warns Stormont minister

Fears noxious algae blooms will return to North’s largest fresh water lake as well as nearby waterways and beaches during summer

Lough Neagh is personal and political for the new Stormont

Executive must break with cycles of failure and safeguard this precious natural resource

Civic nationalist group seeking united Ireland says Border poll ‘could and should be held in 2030′

Ireland’s Future outlines in a discussion paper proposals to ‘prepare the ground’ for the next six years

Northern Ireland health workers to be balloted on new pay deal

Vote welcomed by health minister Robin Swann after strike action and working to rule over pay

Climate change should be prominent on Northern Ireland Executive agenda

Compared to the Republic, Northern Ireland has actually reduced greenhouse gas emissions by almost a quarter since 1990

Stormont is back - what are the eight key challenges facing Northern Ireland’s new government?

Ministers face an array of problems and the top priority will be attempting to extract more money from the UK treasury to pay for everything

The Irish Times view on Sinn Féin’s unity predictions: unhelpful magical thinking

It would be preferable if the party’s legitimate policy goals were not used to put forward a misleading narrative about contemporary political realities

Laois GAA hopeful Justin McNulty will remain as football manager despite political controversy in SDLP

SDLP suspended McNulty from party after the MLA left first sitting of the new Northern Assembly on Saturday to manage Laois in a league fixture

Real work starts now, Rishi Sunak tells Stormont leaders

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, also at Stormont, said it was a ‘very positive day’

How the world reported Michelle O’Neill’s election as First Minister of Northern Ireland

Sinn Féin’s vice-president made headlines as Saturday marked ‘a pivotal moment for Irish nationalism’

In Profile: the new Ministers in the Northern Ireland Assembly

Restoration of the powersharing Executive comes two years to the day since DUP collapsed institutions

Michelle O’Neill elected first nationalist First Minister in ‘new dawn’ for Northern Ireland politics

Sinn Féin vice-president pledged to work with unionists in an ‘Assembly for all - Catholic, Protestant and dissenter’, as Stormont reconvenes following two years of political deadlock

First Minister Michelle O’Neill makes the most of her moment as Stormont Assembly recalled after two-year impasse

Sense of occasion felt throughout the Assembly Chamber as Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly acknowledged ‘historic moment’, with one lone dissenting TUV voice

Sinn Féin’s Michelle O’Neill elected first ever nationalist First Minister of Northern Ireland

Restoration of the powersharing Executive comes two years to the day since the DUP collapsed the institutions

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