Caoimhe Archibald

Morning View

Editorial: Stormont has indeed at times seemed to use the begging bowl

Northern Ireland First Minister Michelle O'Neill during a meeting of the North South Ministerial Council (NSMC) in Dublin Castle

Pausing city deals funding ‘unacceptable and deplorable’ - O’Neill

Northern Ireland's Finance Minister Caoimhe Archibald (left), First Minister Michelle O'Neill (centre) and deputy First Minister Emma Little Pengelly talk to the media before meeting the Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves at the Treasury in London.

Stormont leaders deny 'begging bowl' tactics as they push for more funds for NI

Northern Ireland's Finance Minister Caoimhe Archibald (left), First Minister Michelle O'Neill (centre) and deputy First Minister Emma Little Pengelly before meeting the Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves at the Treasury in London. Photo: Jordan Pettitt/PA Wire

Suggestions calls for more funds for NI reaching out a “begging bowl” rejected

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves

Chancellor ‘may not be in listening mode’ for meeting on NI finances – Robinson

Minister with Claire McDowell, Jennifer McCullagh and Emma Thorpe from Hare and Hawthorn Ltd, Coleraine

Minister calls NI entrepreneurs to help vacant premises get ‘Back in Business’

Stormont's Finance Minister Dr Caoimhe Archibald who has said that transformation of the public sector is "essential"

‘Transformation’ of public sector essential to future of Executive’s finances

Finance Minister Caoimhe Archibald looked forward to a ‘constructive’ relationship with Chancellor Rachel Reeves. Pic: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Finance Minister Caoimhe Archibald makes case for more funding for NI in meeting...

Education Minister Paul Givan. Photo: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

More money is needed for education sector to prevent further strikes: Paul Givan

Health Minister Robin Swann in the Great Hall at Parliament Buildings at Stormont, walking into the Assembly Chamber after recess of the debate on the Budget

DUP accuses UUP of 'irresponsible' vote as rest of Executive backs plans

Stormont Assembly members have backed this year's budget in a vote that saw the outgoing Health Minister and his UUP colleagues oppose the spending plan

Stormont Assembly members have backed this year's budget despite opposition

Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris leaving no 10 Downing Street, London, following a Cabinet meeting Picture: Lucy North/PA Wire

Treasury agrees to review how Stormont is funded in the future

Northern Ireland Green Party leader Mal O'Hara - whose party received Assembly backing for more ambitious climate targets than originally planned - has criticised the Executive as 'chancers' on climate change.

Executive are 'chancers' on climate - Greens

Northern Ireland Finance Minister Caoimhe Archibald speaks to the media outside the Treasury building in Westminster, central London, after meeting with Chief Secretary to the Treasury Laura Trott and signing off on a new funding model for Stormont

Stormont and Treasury strike interim framework deal on future funding model

Sinn Fein's Caoimhe Archibald has rejected climate change funding bids from Stormont departments. Photo: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

SF blocks climate change funding

Alliance leader Naomi Long. Photo: Arthur Allison/Pacemaker

NI justice system will slow down due to budget allocation: Naomi Long
The justice minister has suggested that Northern Ireland’s criminal justice system is set to slow down due to the budget allocation her department received.
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Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris

Urgent delivery of budget needed: Claire Hanna, MP

School classroom

Budget unlikely to deliver all the funding education needs – Pengelly

Sarah Travers, Roseann Kelly CEO WiB Group, Minister of Finance Caoimhe Archibald, Nichola Robinson

New Social Enterprise Launches with Bespoke Business Offering

There are fears blue-green algae will return to Lough Neagh this summer

'Fair' budget allocation needed to address Lough Neagh issues says Andrew Muir

Sinn Fein's Caoimhe Archibald, who has said bringing financial stability to Northern Ireland's public services will require brave decisions and a "relentless focus" on innovation and efficiency. Pbhoto: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Bringing financial stability will require innovation and efficiency: Minister

Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly (left) and First Minister Michelle O'Neill speaking to the media outside the Northern Ireland Office in Belfast on Thursday after a meeting with Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris

Stormont leaders request face-to-face talks with PM over ‘upfront investment’

Minister of Finance Caoimhe Archibald says she does not support a UK law which would ban public bodies from engaging in anti-Israel boycotts. Photo: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

SF to oppose UK law banning Israeli boycotts

Demand on the Stormont budget far outstrips the funding available. Finance Minister Caoimhe Archibald has £1 billion to allocate but her department has received funding bids from ministers totalling £3.2 billion

Ministers’ resource bids ‘three times higher than funding available in budget’

Health Minister Robin Swann and Finance Minister Caoimhe Archibald be liaising over a baby loss certificate scheme for parents who have lost a baby during pregnancy before 24 weeks

Stormont ministers pledge to work together on baby loss certificate scheme

The average household rate bill in Northern Ireland is £1,180

Rates bills on the way to homes and businesses in NI

Residents of the Victoria Square apartment complex in Belfast city centre left the premises in 2019 after structural issues were found

Victoria Square: Law change advice sought as rates for flats returned
A Stormont minister has sought urgent legal advice on changing legislation on defective buildings in Northern Ireland following a controversy around Victoria Square apartments in Belfast.
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The defective apartments at Victoria Square in Belfast City Centre. Owners had to leave the building in 2019 due to structural failings and have recently had their bid for compensation struck out of court

Rates bills paused for Victoria Square apartment residents as ‘solution sought’

First Minister Michelle O'Neill (left) and Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly speak to the media following a meeting at FinTrU offices in south Belfast

Stormont executive to discuss how to help residents of defective Belfast flats

Press Eye - Belfast - Northern Ireland - 15th March 2024General view of the defective apartments at Victoria Square in Belfast City Centre. Owners had to leave the building in 2019 due to structural failings and have recently had their bid for compensation struck out of court. Photo by Jonathan Porter/Press Eye

Ministers pledge to support owners of Victoria Square apartments

First Minister Michelle O’Neill has said she is determined that Casement Park will be rebuilt in time for Euro 2028. Photo: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Michelle O’Neill ‘determined’ that Casement Park will be rebuilt

Sinn Fein's John O'Dowd is Northern Ireland's infrastructure minister.

Sinn Fein leaves question mark over free elderly travel

A general view of Casement Park GAA stadium in Belfast

Alliance Party leader Naomi Long 'concerned' over Casement Park project

Preparation work began on February 19 for the planned redevelopment of Casement Park stadium in west Belfast. Stephen Farry said his party wants to see Casement Park developed as an important asset for Northern Ireland. Pacemaker

We need a clear cost figure for Casement stadium says Alliance MP Stephen Farry,

Finance minister Caoimhe Archibald will bring options for setting the regional rate to the executive today

Executive increases regional rate by 4%

Finance minister Caoimhe Archibald is meeting with the chief secretary to the Treasury on Wednesday

Archibald says she will press funding need during Treasury meeting

Finance Minister Caoimhe Archibald said she hopes staff 'will look favourably on the offer' of a 5% pay increase and a one-off £1,500 payment

Civil servants to be offered 5% pay increase and one-off £1,500 payment

Finance minister Caoimhe Archibald: Jonathan Porter/PressEye

Audit Office: Budget needs 'transparency and scrutiny'

Stormont Finance Minister Caoimhe Archibald (left) with Irish Minister of Finance Michael McGrath speaking to media in the Great Hall at Parliament Buildings, Stormont, following an Irish government funding announcement for a number of projects, including the proposed upgrade of the A5 and rebuilding of Casement Park

Irish funding for NI ‘not intended as any kind of political statement’

Morning View

Editorial: London needs to move ahead on its vow on all-island economy

Irish Finance minister Michael McGrath. Irish Government image

Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland's finance ministers to meet at Stormont

Jim Allister MLA has slammed the decision to rush a budget bill through the Assembly without the normal time for scrutiny from elected representatives.

Budget Bill 'bulldozed' through Assembly

Stormont deputy First Minister Emma Little Pengelly and First Minister Michelle O'Neill speak to the media during a visit to a childcare facility at the Shankill Women's Centre in west Belfast. Picture: Rebecca Black/PA Wire

DUP and Sinn Fein united on no 15% rates rise as part of fundraising pressures

Neil Gibson - Department of Finance. Photo: PA

No instruction given to start work on revenue-raising, says senior civil servant

Finance Minister Caoimhe Archibald will have to decide whether or not student accommodation should continue to have a rates exemption. The Executive parties have all claimed they are capable of taking tough decisions to provide a financially sustainable government. Photo: Jonathan Porter/PressEye

Rates exemption for student blocks being reviewed

Executive kicks back on demand to raise £113m as part of £3.3bn funding package for Stormont

Executive kicks back on demand to raise £113m

Sinn Fein's Caoimhe Archibald speaking to the media following a meeting with the head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service, Jayne Brady, at Stormont Castle in Belfast. Picture date: Thursday August 17, 2023.

£3.3bn funding package: What’s on offer from the government

Proceedings of the Northern Ireland Assembly in Parliament Buildings, Stormont.

Stormont must raise £113m of revenue in its next budget, says Government

Health Minister Robin Swann

Children's Hospice financial pressures deeper than Stormont funding loss: Swann

Stormont’s Finance Minister Caoimhe Archibald has said she is “determined” to see talks on public sector pay commence as soon as possible.

Finance Minister determined to begin pay talks with unions urgently

Northern Ireland First Minister Michelle O'Neill (third right) with her Sinn Fein party MLA colleagues outside Parliament Buildings at Stormont on Tuesday

Stormont in unified call for fair funding for Northern Ireland – O’Neill

Sinn Fein vice-president Michelle O'Neill speaking after she has been appointed as Northern Ireland's First Minister - flanked by her Economy, Finance and Infrastructure ministers as the party takes control of some of Stormont's most influential departments. Photo: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Power shifts behind the symbolism at Stormont

The chamber of the Northern Ireland Assembly in Parliament Buildings, Stormont, as Northern Ireland's MLAs elected a first minister and deputy first minister for the first time in two years

Stormont: here's what happened at the Assembly as powersharing returned

Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson and MLA Emma Little-Pengelly speaking to the media following a meeting with the head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service, Jayne Brady, at Stormont Castle in Belfast. Picture date: Thursday August 17, 2023. Photo: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

DUP having “meaningful engagement” with the UK government - breakthrough elusive

QUB Prof Colin Harvey is publishing a report making the case for Irish unification.

QUB confirms giving logo to report for Irish unification