Clare Bailey

Economy Minister Conor Murphy pictured with Clare Bailey and Gerard McCurdy

Economy Minister announces appointments to the CCNI Board

Stormont passed climate legislation in 2022 - but now questions have arisen about whether the huge costs have been factored in to the Executive's spending plans.

Executive facing £2.3bn Climate Change Act cost

A sister organisation of Abolish Abortion NI - the Camapign against RSE - organised a parade to the offices of Secretary of State Chris Heaton Harris in Belfast on 2 September to protest against his imposition of compulsory contraception and abortion lessons on all post-primary pupils in Northern Ireland.

PSNI to warn pro-life campaigners before parade to abortion clinic

Craigavon Area Hospital. In the Southern Trust, zones will be at Craigavon Area Hospital and Daisy Hill Hospital. Photo by Jonathan Porter / Press Eye

Safe access zones at health settings to be introduced from Friday

An anti-abortion protest taking place in the Castle Lane / Cornmarket area of Belfast in 2021

Abortion 'safe zones' in Northern Ireland by September after legislation passed

Crowds of people in Belfast taking part in a rally against Westminster liberalising abortion legislation in Northern Ireland.

Royal Assent given for abortion clinic buffer zones law

Politics lecturer Lesley Veronica who was bereaved by the IRA as a young child and is to become the next deputy leader of the Green Party in Northern Ireland.

New Green Party deputy says IRA murder of father led to interest in politics

Mal O'Hara, the new leader of the Green Party in Northern Ireland at City Hall, Belfast

We’ll bounce back after MLA losses: New leader of Greens

Green Party election candidates attend the party's manifesto launch for the Assembly election at the Belfast Barge attraction on the river Lagan on Thursday

Greens: Stormont is broken and we are main alternative

Fr Patrick McCafferty (right) with Pastor James McConnell outside court in Belfast in December 2015.

Picture: Jonathan Porter/PressEye

Priest slams SDLP from pulpit as he backs anti-abortion election candidate

Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Brandon Lewis

Presbyterians says Brandon Lewis may overrule schools on sex education

Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis has set out plans to force the Stormont Department of Health roll out abortion services across NI.

MLAs pass law to exclude pro-life protestors from abortion clinics

NI Green Party leader Clare Bailey speaking at their party conference in Belfast on Saturday

NI Green Party conference: Clare Bailey says Stormont crisis ‘very damaging and ...

Agriculture and Environment Minister Edwin Poots. Picture: Jonathan Porter/PressEye

Assembly passes Edwin Poots’ climate change Bill

People from the Northern Ireland farming Community gather outside Stormont ahead of a debate on NI Minister for Agriculture Edwin Poots' Climate Change Bill.

Climate bill step closer to passing

Daithi McKay called on the Assembly to pass climate change legislation before it breaks up before the election

Climate change: Poll shows 61% support in NI for 2045 net-zero target
More than 60% of the public in Northern Ireland support a net-zero emissions target by 2045 in any climate change legislation passed by the Assembly, according to a new opinion poll.
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A Climate Coalition NI protest took place outside Parliament Buildings at Stormont yesterday ahead of a vote on setting a target for net zero emissions. Photo: Jonathan Porter/Presseye

MLAs vote for renewable energy goal of 80% by 2030

Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots

Agriculture Minister to push for farming exemption from net-zero target

News Letter editorial

Yes, we must cut CO2 – but mustn’t be reckless in doing so

Farmers from across Northern Ireland protesting today to urge politicians to reject attempts to toughen up proposed climate change laws.

The Ulster Farmers Union and agri-food business groups are calling on Stormont's elected representatives to back proposed legislation that would seek to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions by 82% by 2050. Photo by Jonathan Porter // Press Eye

MLAs agree to climate bill zero emissions concession

Victor Chestnutt

Northern Ireland farmers fear trade ‘no man’s land’

Edwin Poots said a 2045 net zero target for Northern Ireland was 'not credible and morally wrong'

Edwin Poots: Sinn Fein abandoning NI farmers with support for Green Party climat...

Infrastructure minister Nichola Mallon speaking to the media outside Parliament Buildings, Stormont. Picture date: Tuesday November 2, 2021.

Stormont minister brands competing climate change bills ’embarrassing’

A pro-life protest 'March for Their Lives' in Belfast city centre in September 2019. Photo: Bill Smyth

Abortion clinic no-protest zones ‘are not a risk to freedom of speech’

Letter to the editor

Pro-abortion media does not show scans of a human infants at three months

Clare Bailey said that she had been spat at and assaulted while volunteering with the Marie Stopes clinic in Belfast

Stormont backs protest exclusion zones outside abortion facilities in NI

Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has issued a stark warning about the Green Party bill.

'Climate change legislation would cause devastation to farming in NI'
Stormont agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has warned that Northern Ireland’s first ever climate bill would cause “devastation” to the agricultural sector.
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Professor John Barry of Queen's University Belfast (left) speaking during a demonstration with climate activists at the steps of Parliament Buildings, Belfast, calling for a Net-Zero Climate Act to stop the climate crisis. Picture date: Monday September 13 2021.

Climate protestors at Stormont fear effect of Assembly collapse

Northern Ireland has been hit by flooding in recent days, following record-high temperatures last month

Extreme NI weather shows need to act on UN warning, says Green MLA Clare Bailey

Tristan Brennan, Gary Niblock and Jamie Craig take a dive off the rocks at Orlock, Co Down yesterday as Northern Ireland sweltered again in record-breaking temperatures

Pic: Jonathan Porter/PressEye

Extreme heat a sign of things to come in NI, say climate experts

Agriculture Minister, Edwin Poots.

Edwin Poots: Proposed climate change legislation is ‘Disneyworld Bill’

Victor Chestnutt, Claire Bailey, Edwin Poots

UFU: Climate Change Bill ‘a step towards destroying NI farms’

Clare Bailey

Bill tabled at Stormont to set 2045 target for net zero carbon emissions

Actor Ian McElhinney with pupils from Lagan College, Belfast

NI school to celebrate its 40th anniversary with appearance on The One Show

Clare Bailey MLA, Green Party NI leader, seen outside Stormont

Clare Bailey: Five party Stormont model has not helped Covid decision making

Sand extraction on Lough Neagh

Anger at ‘appalling’ decision to permit dredging in Lough Neagh

Simon Coveney

Simon Coveney says NI Protocol must be implemented in full and in good faith

Is an 800 calorie diet safe to follow? (Photo: Channel 4)

Is it safe to follow the 800 calorie diet in Channel 4 programme Lose a Stone in...

Edwin Poots

Top civil servant apologises to Edwin Poots for climate change advice

DUP MLA Joanne Bunting, above, and Sinn Fein MLA Emma Sheerin during the debate

DUP and Sinn Féin agree to oppose abortions for Down’s Syndrome – but still disa...

Clare Bailey MLA is Green Party NI leader

Clare Bailey: Stormont is lifting lockdown in a measured manner

Letter to the editor

Clare Bailey: Brexit signals only discord and division

The new SDLP MP for South Belfast delivered a resounding victory

Claire Hanna hails pro-Remain voting arrangements after thumping SDLP South Belf...

Letter to the editor

There are so many environmental issues to care about yet the Green Party backs ‘...

Letter to the editor

There are so many environmental issues to care about yet the Green Party backs ‘...

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Ulster Unionist Fermanagh candidate pledges no election posters in town centres

Tom Elliott

Ulster Unionist Fermanagh candidate pledges no election posters in town centres

Green Party NI leader Clare Bailey is elected South Belfast MLA in 2017.

Photo by Jonathan Porter / Press Eye

Ben Lowry: This is a vital time for environment, yet at times it can seem that t...

Green Party NI leader Claire Bailey said the decision was made to maximise the pro-Remain vote

Greens stand aside for Sinn Féin, in contrast to their past stance

Emma Little Pengelly (left) is under enormous pressure in South Belfast. If she loses, it would in turn put pressure on DUP leader Arlene Foster

General election: Greens join Sinn Fein on sidelines to tighten squeeze on Penge...

Claire Hanna

Green party throws weight behind SDLP in south Belfast

NI Secretary of State Karen Bradley pictured at a garden party this week

As Theresa May quits, pressure on Karen Bradley to go

Northern Irelands new MEPs may only spend a few weeks in the European Parliament

Northern Ireland goes to polls again for European election

Letter to the editor

I am a unionist who won’t vote for any unionists

Letter to the editor

Clare Bailey: It is time that women at last had right to choose in Northern Ire...

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