Stephen Farry
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Villiers rejects SF call for Border poll after Brexit result
- UK
- June 25, 2016, 01:00
Northern Secretary Theresa Villiers has effectively ruled out a Border poll on a united Ireland despite calls for such a plebiscite from senior Sinn (...)

DUP in dilemma over whether to take education ministry
- Irish News
- May 8, 2016, 15:40
The DUP has first choice of which ministry to take in the new Northern Executive which is scheduled to be formed in two weeks’ time. Sinn Féin will ha(...)

Politics shifted a little in the Northern Ireland elections which finally came to a conclusion on Saturday afternoon. After the final three seats wer(...)

North Down: UUP’s Chambers, DUP’s Weir and Alliance Party’s Farry elected
- Politics
- May 6, 2016, 12:57
It was very much as case of “as you were” in the staunchly unionist constituency of North Down where Alan Chambers of the UUP Peter Weir of the DUP an(...)

North’s justice minister suggests Long or Farry will succeed him
- Politics
- April 19, 2016, 15:00
The Alliance Party leader David Ford has indicated that either Naomi Long or Minister for Employment and Learning Stephen Farry will be the Minister o(...)

North Down: Greens face big battle as UUP target second seat
- Politics
- April 14, 2016, 11:30
North Down is a predominantly unionist constituency – one which has never elected a nationalist MLA. Located on the Ards Peninsula, bordering the s(...)

Mary Minihan: It’s time to ditch ‘peace process speak’ for real answers
- Opinion
- August 29, 2015, 04:00
After the IRA came to shoot our (Catholic) neighbour, his dignified family members closed their door and grieved. Us youngsters on the street in Derr(...)

Villiers rules out ‘business as usual’ at Stormont, says DUP
- Politics
- August 28, 2015, 01:00
Political Staff in Stormont Northern Secretary Teresa Villiers does not believe “business as usual” is possible at Stormont as the row over the Pro(...)

Need for IMC or ‘fresh process’ to challenge paramilitaries
- Politics
- August 27, 2015, 16:43
The Independent Monitoring Commission (IMC) or a new organisation set up to monitor paramilitary activity in the North could help to assess the curre(...)

North’s A-level students outperform England and Wales
- Education
- August 13, 2015, 18:58
Northern Ireland A-level students have again outperformed their counterparts in England and Wales and there has been an increase in the number of fema(...)