Cross-Border co-operation to ensure mother and baby home records in North can be found
Issue featured during meeting of North South Ministerial Council in Dublin, the second in less than four months
Issue featured during meeting of North South Ministerial Council in Dublin, the second in less than four months
First Minister acknowledges aims are ambitious but executive ministers are in ‘listening mode’ ahead of eight-week public consultation
Confidential resolutions were reached in their competing and ‘potentially very costly’ lawsuits over the handling of Covid restrictions in Northern Ireland, a judge was told.
Algae problems at Lough Neagh which is the source of 40% of NI’s drinking water illustrate gravity of situation, says Watchdog
Sole candidate said he was confident he had support of vast majority of UUP representatives
The North’s intractable Gordian knot of disdain and desire is not loosening any time soon, an analysis of voting trends shows
Belfast City Council, which owns the zoo, says it takes safety of all staff, visitors and animals ‘very seriously’
PSNI chief constable says minority communities in fear after violence in city
North-South engagement on the lough’s future is becoming ever more urgent
Sinn Féin’s Mary Lou McDonald compared working with Labour rather than the Conservatives ‘as the daylight to the dark’
New British prime minister, however, makes no firm policy commitments as he meets party leaders in Belfast
New UK prime minister can expect warm welcome, but difficult decisions lie ahead
Mr Benn was speaking after meeting with Stormont leaders Michelle O’Neill and Emma Little-Pengelly
Scheme to improve road linking Derry and Aughnacloy first approved by executive in 2007 but held up by legal challenges and funding issues
Gas storage saga has been dragging on for years for facility that should have been operational in 2022 and which would have helped following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Stormont committee told it is not known what happened to vast majority of remains and body parts after use in research and teaching
Shankill activist speaks of regret at marching against deal
Minister for Justice pressed over whether she would back call by Amnesty International for a public inquiry
Ms Long says there has been ‘no recognition’ of the 35% increase in prisoner numbers in the North
Sinn Féin says party leader Mary Lou McDonald shares regret expressed by First Minister for attending 2020 funeral
Michelle O’Neill and Arlene Foster also due to give evidence this week
MLAs to debate party’s motion calling on First and Deputy First Ministers to commit to publishing programme for government
Former executive minister Deirdre Hargey to step in to role on interim basis
Stephen McGlade (44) is an accomplished Sinn Féin backroom operative with vast experience and a talent for looking to the future
Arlene Foster, Michelle O’Neill and Edwin Poots are expected to be among those witnesses to give evidence
Executive agrees £14.5 billion budget, with spending on health criticised by minister as too low
Leaders of both countries hold ‘very good call’ before Taoiseach spoke to North’s First Minister and Deputy First Minister
Funding totalling €165 million towards the scheme announced by Peace Plus programme
Jeffrey Donaldson’s resignation letter to DUP said he intends to contest charges, it has been reported
Gavin Robinson appointed interim party leader following emergency meeting of party officers
From Enoch Powell to post-Brexit negotiations, former DUP leader has been an influential figure for decades
News of DUP leader’s resignation over 'historical' charges has stunned Northern Ireland
Now more than 25 years old, the Belfast Agreement is showing signs of age. So how can it be reformed, if at all?
Large-scale meetings between Cabinet members and counterparts in North did not take place with powersharing on hold
Fears noxious algae blooms will return to North’s largest fresh water lake as well as nearby waterways and beaches during summer
Michelle O’Neill rejects suggestion that council’s creation could be seen as undermining peace deal, saying she would not allow anything to do so
DUP has never promised this test would block an EU law. The party has only said it will show Stormont has been given “democratic scrutiny” and “the ability to have a say”.
‘Applicability motion’ engages a democratic consent process of the Windsor Framework in the context of a vote on extending an EU law to the North
Proposed regulation would create ‘new regulatory border within the UK’, DUP says as party votes against law
Claire Hanna says ‘those of us who want to talk about a new Ireland have an obligation to spell out a lot more exactly what we mean by that’
Alliance Party leader says Northern Secretary would be largely to blame if Assembly were to collapse again
Executive must break with cycles of failure and safeguard this precious natural resource
Up to 77 delayed flagship schemes such as roads and a hospital will cost £2.45 billion more as prices have spiralled, Northern Ireland Audit Office says
Recent restoration of North’s devolved institutions earlier cited as main reason for keeping existing arrangements
Pledge to invest €600m on North dual carriageway upgrade is welcomed by crash victims’ families and pressure groups
Taoiseach also commits €50m to redevelopment of Casement Park in Belfast
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It’s hard to believe that neither the DUP nor Sinn Féin will collapse Stormont without explanation
Money is part of £3.3bn package awarded by UK government to support restoration of powersharing institutions
When Sinn Féin ducks difficult decisions in the north, southern rivals accuse it of populism. Meanwhile, business at Stormont suffers
Freshwater lake in centre of Northern Ireland supplies 40% of its drinking water and has been beset by noxious blue-green algae
Colum Eastwood believes 10-year timetable for a Border poll put forward by Sinn Féin is ‘realistic’
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
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, also at Stormont, said it was a ‘very positive day’
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