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Cleaning staff at Stormont-run government departments are facing job cuts - partly due to an increased use of robots.

Cleaning staff at Stormont departments face cuts - as humans replaced by robots

Palmerstown Recycling Centre in East Belfast has seen an increase in usage. Photo by Google

Belfast ratepayers footing the bill for those outside the city

Irish premier Simon Harris is hugged by his mother Mary as his wife Caoimhe (left) claps, after he was re-elected to the Dail parliament as a TD for Wicklow on the first count at the election count centre at Shoreline Leisure Greystones in Co Wicklow

Counting resumes in Irish election as focus shifts to coalition permutations

Sinn Fein president Mary Lou McDonald (left) and deputy Michelle O'Neill speak to the media as they arrive at the count at RDS Simmonscourt, Dublin after voters went to the polls to elect 174 TDs across 43 constituencies during the General Election. Photo: Brian Lawless/PA Wire

McDonald on reduced SF vote - 2020 'a high water mark' for republicans

Fianna Fail leader Micheal Martin speaks to the media as he arrives at the count at Nemo Rangers GAA Club in Cork, after voters went to the polls to elect 174 TDs across 43 constituencies during the General Election. Pic: Jacob King/PA Wire

First TD elected in Irish election, with votes spread across political spectrum

Raied Al-Wazzan (front right) takes part in the Belfast For All: Anti-Racism Rally

Stormont challenged to strengthen race hate legislation

Taoiseach Simon Harris will meet his Irish government coalition partners on Monday to discuss the calling of a general election

Irish general election expected to be called before end of year

Shoppers in Belfast city centre

Alliance Party 'flogging a dead horse' over plans to expand Sunday opening times

Olympia Leisure Centre in south Belfast

Belfast councillors vote to confirm Irish signs at Olympia Leisure Centre

One of the images tweeted out by Sinn Fein's local branch in Londonderry from the city's Pride march

Sinn Fein faces flack over LGBTQQIA+ Pride appearance

Alliance ministers Andrew Muir, Naomi Long - pictured here with former MP Stephen Farry - are likely to face a future decision on whether to extend a ban on puberty blockers, after a claim from the party's Lord Mayor of Belfast that it continues to "support those in need of access to puberty blockers". Photo: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Alliance faces decisions on puberty blockers ban

abour leader and incoming Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and wife Victoria enter 10 Downing Street

Watch: Keir Starmer makes first speech as Prime Minister outside No 10

Existing aerial view of Stormont sports site

Plan to fell 400 trees for Stormont development breaches council's own policy

Tim Collins (seventh from right), UUP Westminster candidate for the constituency of North Down, pictured with his canvassing team in the Skipperstone Road area of Bangor

Alliance and unionism battle for hearts and minds in North Down

A man looks at the ballot papers before casting his vote in the local and European elections at the Deaf Village in Dublin. Photo: Niall Carson/PA Wire

Counting under way in Ireland in three landmark elections

A total of 136 candidates have entered the race for Northern Ireland’s 18 seats in the House of Commons

Revealed: FULL list of all 136 candidates in NI standing in general election

Nominations closed on Friday for the general election on July 4.

Rebecca Black and Roderick McMurray

Everyone should be able to breathe cleaner air. Photo: Adobe

Going Green: Voters are putting environmental issues first

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

Kilroot Power Station near Carrickfergus will continue to burn fossil fuels after switching electricity generation from coal to gas

Northern Ireland's 2030 climate target 'near impossible' warns Elliott

Roderick O'Gorman of Ireland's Green Party

Green Party stresses value of 'debate' despite backing Ireland's hate speech law

The Dublin Dart instructions and destinations names are in Gaelic. This Irish language stuff has crept up on the country without the Irish people noticing

Letter: Watch out for having the Irish language forced on you, as it is on us

Simon Harris (centre) celebrates with colleagues after being confirmed as the new leader of Fine Gael, paving the way for him to become Ireland's youngest premier, at the Midlands North-West European Election Selection Convention, at the Sheraton Hotel, Athlone

New Fine Gael leader Simon Harris says it is time for the party to ‘reset’

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar speaking to the media at Government Buildings in Dublin

Leo Varadkar to step down as taoiseach and quits as Fine Gael party leader

Green Party leader Mal O'Hara - whose party forced the issue of climate legislation in Northern Ireland - says Stormont must do more, calling the record "shameful"

Executive must address NI’s 'shameful environmental record'

Queen Street Hotel CGI artist’s impression at the back

New Belfast hotel approved at site of old police station

Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald during an interview at her office in Leinster House, Dublin. Photo: Brian Lawless/PA Wire

A Sinn Fein-led Irish government would deliver ‘step change’ in Irish unity push

Street preachers appear to be the chief targets of the proposed byelaws from Belfast City Council

Samuel Morrison: Draconian council doesn’t believe in freedom of speech

​Whether or not Martin Luther ever nailed his 95 Theses to the church door in Wittenberg remains a matter of some controversy.

Samuel Morrison

Belfast City Hall. Pic Colm Lenaghan/Pacemaker

Irish signs survey goes back to residents after Alliance and Greens back DUP

Cllr Rachel Woods is to stand down as Holywood and Clandeboye representative

Rachel Woods to resign as Green Party councillor on Ards and North Down Council

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

Sinn Fein president Mary Lou McDonald and vice president Michelle O'Neill. Sinn Fein has been performing strongly in opinion polls, with a survey, carried out by Ireland Thinks for the Sunday Independent, indicating that support for the party is at 34%.

Sinn Fein policies ‘incompatible’ with Fianna Fail – Martin

Orangemen take part in the annual Rossnowlagh procession in Donegal earlier this month. President Higgins has been invited to attend the annual demonstration since 2011 and despite initially indicating he hoped to attend a future annual Twelfth he has not managed to find the time

Letter: Ireland rejects a holiday on Twelfth but it should be one for whole UK

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

Green Party’s only MP to stand down at next election

Letters to editor

Letter: It's misleading to compare all unionist votes to one nationalist party

“The requirements for political parties are clear, so it’s disappointing when they are not fully complied with.” said Louise Edwards

Two NI political parties rebuked by watchdog over donations rules failings

Green Party NI leaders Mal O'Hara (centre) tallying ballots as ballot boxes are opened in Belfast City Hall. He later lost his seat to Carl Whyte of the SDLP

Green Party Northern Ireland leader loses seat on Belfast City Council

Sinn Fein and DUP logos

DUP says unionist voters 'must not repeat the mistake of 2022' on May 18

Pacemaker Press 12/01/23L: SDLP Leader Colm Eastwood

SDLP says that the 2023 budget spells no chance of solid pay deal

Kate Forbes congratulates Humza Yousaf on becoming the new Scottish National Party leader

Kate Forbes’ commitment to honesty and integrity sets high bar for others

Anna Henry

TUV conference: DUP daughter explains why she's standing for Jim Allister

The Green Party has criticised plans to plant more trees across Belfast

Green Party criticises plans to plant extra trees across Belfast

The New Decade New Approach agreement ‘lies in tatters’

Letters: Empower the people through citizen  assemblies

Stephen Farry and Paula Bradshaw of the Alliance Party welcomed the move

Politicians hail Scottish trans law and call for Northern Ireland to mimic it

Mal O'Hara with erstwhile Green leader Clare Bailey

Green leader: DUP councillor should make more of a public issue about being gay

Sinn Fein spent over twice as much as their nearest spending rival in the May 2022 Assembly election. Sinn Fein leader, Mary Lou McDonald (right) and deputy leader Michelle O'Neill, left.

Sinn Fein spent more than twice any other party in last election

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

A Green Party proposal for Belfast City council to be given the power to pedestrianise streets has been blocked by the DUP and Sinn Fein.

SF and DUP block council devolution powers to pedestrianise city centre

Belfast City Hall

Councillors back plan to invest in city parks

Simon Lee

Green Party councillor defects to SDLP

Councillors at Belfast City Hall heard that there are 'real long-term structural issues with the city centre'

‘Dirty’ Belfast city centre is the result of ‘decades of inaction’

Belfast city centre

Concerns grow over 'dirty and unclean' perception of Belfast

The Alliance Party's Sorcha Eastwood was delighted to be elected in Lagan Valley.

Positive campaign behind record Alliance vote –MLA

Padraig O Tiarnaigh spokesperson for Conradh na Gaeilge, who are calling for local parties to sign up to key Irish language commitments for the Irish language community in run up to Thursday's 2022 Northern Ireland Assembly Election.

Unionists silent over 
language commitments

There is an average of 13 candidates per constituency, vying for five MLA seats in each one

Green Party candidate in Mid Ulster withdraws from campaign

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