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Northern Ireland Assembly
DUP MP Sammy Wilson’s ‘fact-finding’ trip to Israel worth almost £4,000, declaration shows
East Antrim MP said he was looking forward to ‘hearing the truth’ and criticised ‘scurrilous lies’
Sinn Féin to back no-confidence motion in North’s minister for education
Paul Givan is ‘going nowhere’, DUP leader Gavin Robinson says
Appointment of Irish and Ulster Scots language commissioners in Northern Ireland welcomed
Appointees to take up posts on November 13th for five years
Why are the parties of Northern Ireland’s centre at each other’s throats?
If Alliance, SDLP and UUP cannot offer alternative to Sinn Féin-DUP, it is hard to see what they are for
Time for ‘definitive plan’ on Casement Park rebuild, says Stormont Minister
John O’Dowd has met with Communities Minister Gordon Lyons to discuss the ‘next steps in the delivery’ of the project
Hiring expert to engage with paramilitaries could be counterproductive, says Naomi Long
Alliance leader says appointment of interlocutor ‘could give these groups a credibility which they don’t deserve’
Racism ‘out of control’ in Northern Ireland as hate crimes reach record levels
Amnesty International says 2024/25 has been a ‘year of hate and fear’ as number of incidents spiked significantly
Why is Sinn Féin so reluctant to amend climate legislation to improve the A5?
Importance of road upgrade for constituents makes party’s tolerance of any political pain on it a genuine mystery
Who do you call if you want to speak to the leader of unionism? It’s complicated
The DUP has accepted second place at Stormont. But it doesn’t know how to lead unionism from there
The DUP couldn’t have chosen a worse moment to get tough on immigration
The party may have unleashed sentiments that carry it swiftly to the right
Tributes paid after death of former NI Civil Service chief Kenneth Bloomfield
Sir Kenneth began his career in public service in the 1950s and survived an IRA bomb attack on his home in 1988
‘This is for everyone’: Rory McIlroy transcends orange-green divide in all-island game of golf
Golf dominated everything in Northern Ireland this week following McIlroy’s Masters win
Minister keen to reinstate cross-border health scheme to tackle Northern Ireland waiting lists
A treatment reimbursement scheme with the Republic closed in 2022 due to a lack of funding
DUP to put ‘marker down’ at Executive against Irish language signs at Belfast’s Grand Central Station
DUP leader Gavin Robinson says installation of signage is ‘clearly a controversial matter’
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
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