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Benn challenges Stormont to reform public services and balance books

The NI Secretary delivered a speech in Belfast to mark the first anniversary of the return of devolved government to the region.

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Stormont has missed many opportunities to transform public services, Benn to say

The NI Secretary is due to deliver a keynote speech in Belfast on Tuesday to mark a year since the return of restored government to the region.

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Final Seanad seats filled after marathon counting process

The last elected were independent candidate Eileen Flynn, Sinn Fein’s Nicole Ryan and Fianna Fail’s Fiona O’Loughlin and Diarmuid Wilson.

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Seanad election count continues in final vocational panel

The final count is taking place in the administrative panel.

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Murphy vows to drive momentum towards Irish unity after winning Seanad seat

The veteran Sinn Fein politician is leaving his job as Stormont economy minister to take on a new role in the upper chamber of the Irish parliament.

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Taoiseach denies delay in request for help from the EU after storm

Micheal Martin said it is not his understanding that there was a significant delay in requesting help, including generators and additional crews.

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Government working hard to support Northern Ireland following Storm Eowyn – Benn

Approximately 60,000 customers remain without electricity across Northern Ireland.

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Stormont Executive ‘could be £100m short to deal with national insurance rise’

Finance Minister Caoimhe Archibald sounded the alarm while appearing before the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee.

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Stormont powersharing ‘no longer reflects progress of our society’, says MP

Alliance MP Sorcha Eastwood said powersharing continues to define Northern Ireland politics in ‘purely binary terms’ at the expense of ‘stability’.

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Benn ‘wrong to reject brake request’ but Government now acting – Little-Pengelly

The deputy First Minister said the move on the Stormont Brake had forced a change of view in the Government.

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Northern Ireland Secretary insists Stormont Brake process has ‘worked’

Mr Benn said he has dealt with concerns in a sensible way and he ‘will take the necessary measures to ensure that there aren’t regulatory barriers’.

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Failure to activate Stormont brake a grave mistake, DUP leader Robinson says

Northern Ireland’s political leaders have been reacting to Hilary Benn’s decision not to activate the mechanism from the Windsor Framework.

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‘Time running out’ to press institutions to contribute to redress fund

The Stormont Executive committee also heard concerns that not all victims and survivors may know about the fund.

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Stormont MLA targeted by deepfake video urges legal clampdown

Cara Hunter said she was targeted just weeks before the 2022 Assembly election.

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O’Neill warns of disruptive effect on trade of triggering Stormont Brake

The Northern Ireland First Minister said the DUP had moved to use the mechanism last month without informing her or her colleagues of their intention.

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Windsor Framework review must be honest assessment of problems – Robinson

Lord Murphy is to report back in six months after examining the operation of the trading arrangements.

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Lord Murphy to conduct review into Windsor Framework

The annoncement was made following a vote by the Stormont Assembly to extend post-Brexit trading arrangements for the region for another four years.

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Call for water rates to be considered by Stormont to help algae-hit Lough Neagh

An alarm bell was sounded over the state of waste water infrastructure in Northern Ireland and the impact on waterways.

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Sinn Fein Stormont minister to run for election to Irish Seanad

Economy Minister Conor Murphy has lodged his nomination papers for elections to the Dublin parliament.

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Concern that British tourism agency acted like ‘Ireland did not exist’

Revealed in declassified files from 2003

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DUP minister rejected suggestion licensing laws could be relaxed for jubilee

Stormont minister Maurice Morrow told an official he would not raise the issue with the Northern Ireland Executive.

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Northern Ireland secretary aware of Stormontgate ‘for months’, records reveal

Stormontgate in 2002 led to the suspension of devolution and the reintroduction of direct rule in Northern Ireland.

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Starmer faces first major Brexit test as unionists request Stormont brake

UK government has been asked to veto EU law update applying in Northern Ireland relating to chemical labelling

The National (Scotland)

DUP looks to trigger post-Brexit mechanism for the first time

The DUP has moved to trigger a new post-Brexit Stormont mechanism for the first time in an effort to prevent an EU law coming into force in Northern…

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DUP moves to pull post-Brexit ‘Stormont Brake’ for first time

Gavin Robinson said the party was seeking to act over an EU regulation on chemical labelling.

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