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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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
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