Chris Heaton-Harris

Former Tory Northern Ireland Secretary made his comments to Cool FM. Photo: Cool FM.

Ex-NI secretary says Hilary Benn is '100% committed' to implementing DUP deal

Northern Ireland secretary Hilary Benn was in Belfast this week, where he made a keynote speech marking the first anniversary of the restoration of the Stormont Executive

Alex Burghart: Government must implement Safeguarding the Union

Secretary of State Hilary Benn has hailed the first anniversary of the deal which ended the unionist boycott of Stormont - The Safeguarding The Union agreement.

Benn hails Safeguarding deal anniversary, despite implementation doubts

Sue Gray pictured at the Clayton Hotel in Belfast City Centre to take questions at the UK Covid-19 Inquiry which is sitting in the city for three weeks. Photograph by Declan Roughan / Press Eye

Sue Gray's role in push for Casement cash under scrutiny

Labour MP Hilary Benn leaves 10 Downing Street, London, after being appointed Secretary of State for Northern Ireland following the landslide General Election victory for the Labour Party

Hilary Benn says it's 'a great honour' to be appointed Sec of State for NI

Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris is set to address the Conservative manifesto launch event in Belfast on Saturday

Conservatives to emphasise benefits of Union at NI manifesto launch

Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris

Heaton-Harris says he would place election bet if allowed

Morning View

Editorial: The DUP should make clear how it will respond if Casement is funded

Taoiseach Simon Harris, Alfred Cannan, Chief Minister of the Isle of Man and Stormont deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly during the British-Irish Council (BIC) summit at the Comis Hotel on the Isle of Man

‘More to do’ to maintain peace and improve Anglo-Irish relations – taoiseach

Artist's impression of proposed new Casement Park in Belfast

Heaton-Harris suggests Casement Park won’t lose out on chance to host Euro 2028

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak during his visit to the maritime technology centre at Artemis Technology in Belfast

Rishi Sunak promises 'major contribution' to Casement Park

Morning View

Editorial: GAA report on the value of Casement should be treated with caution

Casement Park in west Belfast. Photo: Pacemaker

New report on Casement's economic benefits an attempt to 'obscure reality': TUV

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

Letters to editor

Letter: Heaton-Harris should stand down now

Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris, who has announced he will not be standing at the next general election, said he would be continuing to campaign for the Conservatives as the 'only party that has and can deliver for the whole of the United Kingdom'

DUP urges Heaton-Harris to use remaining time to deliver for NI
The DUP has urged Chris Heaton-Harris to use his remaining time in office to deliver for Northern Ireland on the NI Protocol, public sector funding and immigration.
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Ray Burrows MBE of the Ulster Aviation Society at the Balmoral Show 2024. Photo: Mark Rainey

Balmoral Show day two: lots of fun, with an environmental protection focus also

Belfast will welcome a UK Digital Twin Centre later this year from a £37.6m investment. The Centre will give businesses across the UK access to the expertise, technology and resources necessary to accelerate the adoption of Digital Twins to reduce design and manufacturing costs, help meet net zero targets and drive competitive advantage globally

Revolutionary £37.6million UK Digital Twin Centre announced for Belfast

Taoiseach Simon Harris speaking to the media on his way into Cabinet in Dublin, where he said Ireland has a "legitimate expectation" that a 2020 agreement between Ireland and Britain on migration should be honoured. Photo: Grainne Ni Aodha/PA Wire

Simon Harris: ‘Legitimate expectation’ Irish-UK migration deal will be honoured

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak

Risha Sunak: Of course we won’t accept migrant returns

Major ground work is underway at Casement Park in west Belfast. Photo: Arthur Allison/Pacemaker Press

Final report from UEFA following Belfast visit expected in June

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said he was “not interested” in any sort of returns deal with Ireland if the European Union did not allow the UK to send back asylum seekers who had crossed the English Channel from France

Sunak ‘not interested’ in asylum seeker returns deal with Ireland

A group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to Dover, Kent

Rwanda: UK and Irish ministers to meet amid row over migration

Paddy Fox (left), son of murdered Charles and Tess Fox, and Tommy McKearney (second left), brother of murdered Kevin McKearney, speak to the media outside Belfast Coroners Court

'Disgraceful' attempt to stop justice says UVF victims’ families

Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Hilary Benn

Shadow NI secretary Hilary Benn questions effect of legal action on legacy

Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris

Urgent delivery of budget needed: Claire Hanna, MP

Morning View

Editorial: It is the GAA that should meet the Casement stadium funding shortfall
News Letter editorial on Thursday April 25 2024:
Editorial

Lord Caine, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (centre), with co-chairs of the independent advisory panel, Lord Bew and Dr Caoimhe Nic Dhaibheid. A group of independent historians are to write a "public history" of Northern Ireland's troubled past

Book to be released on Northern Ireland's troubled past

A general view of Casement Park GAA stadium in Belfast

Government 'trying to figure out' Casement Park redevelopment: Heaton-Harris

PSNI Chief Constable Jon Boutcher has said he is "at odds" with Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris (pictured) over the disclosure of some sensitive security force material in Troubles cases

Jon Boutcher 'at odds' with Chris Heaton-Harris over legacy disclosure

More than 700 subpostmasters in the UK were prosecuted by the Post Office and handed criminal convictions between 1999 and 2015

Bill to exonerate Horizon scandal victims to be extended to Northern Ireland

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’

The plan is to replace Belfast to Dublin Enterprise trains with new models by 2029. Photo: Must Credit Milepost98

EU body announces plans for hourly Belfast to Dublin train

New Fine Gael leader Simon Harris leaving Aras an Uachtarain on Tuesday after meeting the President of Ireland Michael D Higgins

Election of new taoiseach Simon Harris 'is a chance to reset relations'

Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Chris Heaton-Harris

UK and Ireland praise Stormont leaders for backing cohesion

DUP MP Sammy Wilson, speaking alongside Gavin Robinson MP in the House of Commons, on a Brexit Withdrawal Agreement Bill debate in 2019, On the left is the then MP and DUP deputy leader Nigel Dodds. Credit UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor

Wilson rejects DUP leadership vote

(left to right) Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris, First Minister Michelle O'Neill, Deputy First Minister Emma Little Pengelly and Minister for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, Michael Gove, pose for a photograph at the first East-West Council meeting at Dover House in London

East-West Council is not a 'talking shop' says government after first meeting

Minister for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, Michael Gove

Inaugural meeting of East-West Council to take place today in London

Queen Camilla (centre) with First Minister Michelle O'Neill (left) and Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly (right) as she attends an event hosted by the Queen's Reading Room to mark World Poetry Day at Hillsborough Castle in Belfast, during her two-day official visit to Northern Ireland. Picture date: Thursday March 21, 2024. PA Photo.

Queen joins Stormont’s top two for poetry event steeped in symbolism

Queen Camilla (right) meets First Minister Michelle O'Neill

Queen Camilla meets Michelle O'Neill and Emma Little-Pengelly at event

Morning View

Editorial: Unionists could have influential friends in America

Khaula Bhutta, Congressman Joe Kennedy III, Emma Stephenson and Queen's Vice Chancellor Professor Sir Ian Greer pictured at the event in Queen’s University Belfast

Congress invited to invest in forward-looking NI that's reaping peace dividends

WASHINGTON, DC

Northern Ireland’s leaders head stateside for first international visit

Education Minister Paul Givan at his office in Parliament Buildings at Stormont. Mr Givan has entered into correspondence with Mr Heaton-Harris to outline his concerns over funding for integrated and shared education in Northern Ireland

UK Government ‘undermined education commitment’ by moving ring-fenced funds

Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris will be in the United States later this week ahead of the traditional St Patrick's Day events in Washington

Chris Heaton-Harris to visit USA ahead of St Patrick's Dav events

There has been a consultation on compensation rates for bovine TB cases

Bovine TB compensation rates 'dependent on Stormont budget'

Justice Minister Naomi Long has written to Secretary of State Chris Heaton-Harris seeking confirmation of the costs and funding arrangements for the new arrangements for investigating Troubles deaths, introduced by the Legacy Act

Legacy Act has caused ‘huge problems’ in justice system – Naomi Long

Morning View

Editorial: Sunak should dismiss idea that he apologise for Stakeknife

NI secretary Chris Heaton-Harris says the "bravery, courage, dedication and sacrifice" of security services in seeking to uphold democracy and the rule of law must never be forgotten.

Heaton Harris: terrorists responsible for 90% of deaths

NI Secretary Chris Heaton Harris

NI terror attack still 'likely' as threat reduced

They funding had already been allocated for capital work on building and rebuilding 10 integrated schools

Letter: PM said integrated education should be norm yet £150m was taken from it

Morning View

Editorial: The suggestion that money was no object helped Casement costs soar

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,

Clearance work Casement Park got under way last month

Estimated costs of Casement Park rebuild hit over £300m

In the House of Commons today, Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris said the government remains committed to implementing the Legacy Act. Earlier, at the High Court in Belfast, Mr Justice Adrian Colton ruled that the provision for conditional immunity from prosecution for Troubles offences in the Act is not compliant with the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)

Government remains committed to Legacy Act despite judge’s ruling

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