Naomi Long

Residents block Garvaghy Road in Portadown last month, ahead of a permitted and heavily restricted Orange Order parade. Pic: Kelvin Boyes/Press Eye

Cost of policing Drumcree now at £5.5m

Alliance MLAs walk out of the chamber during a confidence debate in their farming minister Andrew Muir.

Letter: Leadership that farmers deserve was missing

Alliance's Eóin Tennyson and Andrew Muir laugh off a DUP MLA saying she took no pleasure in bringing a no confidence motion in the minister.

David Thompson: Alliance panto stunt didn't help Andrew Muir or Stormont

A PSNI vehicle at the Garvaghy Road. Pic: Brian Lawless/PA Wire

Prosecution rates for blocking roads show 'clear precedent' for Drumcree - DUP

Morning View

Editorial: Stormont ministers need to do their jobs and agree a budget

First Minister Michelle O’Neill has said she has not thrown in the towel over hopes of further funding from the UK Government.

O’Neill ‘hasn’t thrown in the towel’ in the fight for a ‘fairer funding model’

Alliance MLAs walk out of the chamber during a confidence debate in their farming minister Andrew Muir.

Stormont's opposition leader brands Alliance Assembly walkout a 'stunt'

Alliance councillors in Ards and North Down last month voted to back a motion explicitly criticising their party leader, Justice Minister Naomi Long. Pic: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

'Embarrassed' Alliance politicians backtrack on criticism of own leader

Alliance's Eóin Tennyson and Andrew Muir laugh off a DUP MLA saying she takes no pleasure in bringing a no confidence motion in the minister.

Muir survives no confidence motion amid Alliance Stormont walkout

DUP MLA Jonathan Buckley, Nigel Dawson, the district master of the Orange Order in Portadown, and deputy district master Alastair Power, talk near Drumcree Church in Portadown, Co Armagh. Photo: Mark Marlow/PA Wire

Important that mediation talks over Drumcree continue – Robinson

Limavady Courthouse set to be closed permanently

Nigel Dawson, the district master of the Orange Order in Portadown, (3rd left) and Legal advisor to the Orange Order and spokesperson Jamie Bryson (left) speak with media outside Hillsborough Castle after talks over the Drumcree parading dispute. Picture: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Latest talks on Drumcree stand off end without agreement

Prime Minister Andy Burnham

PM urges people to ‘work calmly’ after Drumcree parade is given go-ahead

Sinn Fein vice president Michelle O'Neill (left) and President Mary Lou McDonald speak outside party offices on the Falls Road, Belfast, against the decision by the Parades Commission to allow the first Orange Order return parade along the road in almost 30 years. The commission has placed a number of restrictions on the procession, including an 8am start time and limiting the number of participants to 35 people

Orange Order parade decision on Garvaghy Road ‘utterly reckless’ – Sinn Fein

Justice Minister Naomi Long

Questions for Justice Minister Naomi Long accused of ‘misleading Assembly’

Undated handout photo issued by the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) of on-the-run murderer Gary Anderson, whom police are attempting to capture in liaison with Gardaí. Anderson absconded on Monday after being granted temporary release from Maghaberry Prison to attend his father’s funeral. He has not been seen since. The public have been advised not to approach him. The 29-year-old was sentenced in 2023 to 15 years for the murder of Karol Kelly in Londonderry. Issue date: Friday September 18, 2026. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: PSNI/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.

'Catastrophic failures' allowed on-the-run killer to escape - Burrows
Stormont’s justice minister must explain why she defended the actions of prison authorities over their handling of events leading up to a violent prisoner escaping custody, in light of a court ruling highlighting “catastrophic failures”, UUP leader Jon Burrows has said.
David Thompson

Naomi Long is due to give an oral statement on the case to the Assembly today

Information ‘not communicated’ to NIPS ahead of Gary Anderson temporary release

Gary Anderson was last seen in the Creggan area of Londonderry on Monday

Details of conditions imposed upon on-the-run prisoner Gary Anderson revealed

The annual official opening of the new legal year at the Royal Courts of Justice, Belfast yesterday

NI top judge issues warning over ‘inflammatory’ public commentary on live cases

Police officers look at flowers at the Cleveland Police HQ in Middlesbrough, following the line-of-duty deaths of PC Matthew Blades and PC Tom Clough who died when a car going in the wrong direction hit a police car on the A66 near Middlesbrough.

Jon Burrows: Law must punish anyone who drives a car like it’s a lethal weapon

Justice Minister and Alliance Party leader Naomi Long. Pic: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Naomi Long rejects SDLP comments slamming the Executive over Mike Nesbitt's resi...

Victims of Crime Commissioner Designate for Northern Ireland, Geraldine Hanna.

Victims of crime commissioner backs Police Ombudsman's comments

Any future games at a redeveloped Casement Park could be subject to similar anti-hooligan measures in place at football games . Photo: Ulster GAA

GAA grounds could fall under hooligan laws after Bryson intervention

DUP MLA Paul Frew.

DUP's Frew questions why only football is subject to hooligan regulations

Stormont really does work badly, so it is tricky for unionists to argue against changing it

Owen Polley: It's up to unionists to stop woke madness in NI

Michelle O'Neill (fourth left) at Dublin Pride parade in 2023. The First Minister has long courted LGBTQ+ organisations. Photo: Nick Bradshaw/PA Wire

Opinion: Irish nationalism has a problem with letting women speak

Michelle O'Neill (fourth left) at Dublin Pride parade in 2023. Photo: Nick Bradshaw/PA Wire

SF 'haven't been so quiet since they were asked what a woman is' - DUP
A DUP minister has hit out at Alliance and nationalist parties over their failure to back a women’s rights group who were booted out of a West Belfast cultural festival after a backlash from trans activists.
David Thompson

New Prime Minister Andy Burnham ahead of making a speech outside 10 Downing Street, London, after meeting King Charles III and accepting his invitation to become Prime Minister and form a new government. Picture date: Monday July 20, 2026. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire

Caution from NI leaders as Andy Burnham is installed as new Prime Minister

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Linfield 'shocked and extremely disappointed' after club badge appears on post

UUP leader Jon Burrows has accused the justice committee of lacking 'expertise and tenacity' over accepting a PSNI 'side note'. Pic: Niall Carson/PA Wire

Unionist row over Committee accepting 'side note' on PSNI trans issue

DUP MLA Paul Frew says his party has secured protections for female police officers, despite a “lack of movement” by Naomi Long.

Minister's decisions on transgender search policies 'wrongheaded' - DUP's Frew

Justice Minister Naomi Long has distanced herself from guidance published by her department this week. Pic: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

'It's actually not mine' - Naomi Long distances herself from ministry's policy

Jon Burrows says justice minister Naomi Long’s policy will put frontline PSNI officers “in an invidious position”.

Minister's policy 'risks dignity and safety of female police officers' - Burrows

Northern Ireland's justice minister Naomi Long.

Police must try to find female officers willing to search males

Stormont's Speaker Edwin Poots.

Poots says he has 'nothing to answer for' over Donaldson concerns

The Criminal Bar Association (CBA) has now voted to return to all legally aided crown court cases

Lady Chief Justice welcomes end to barristers’ strike in Northern Ireland

Taoiseach Micheal Martin said authorities in Ireland, Northern Ireland and the UK needed to 'work together' to ensure the asylum system was not exposed and is 'more robust'

Irish border is ‘wrong issue’ to focus on after Belfast stabbing – taoiseach

Irish immigration officials checking travel documents after boarding a bus travelling from Northern Ireland into the Republic in 2024.

Belfast knife attack: Calls for action on 'wide open' Irish border

Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn, pictured, Irish Justice Minister Jim O’Callaghan and Stormont Justice Minister Naomi Long spoke by phone on Wednesday where the CTA was discussed

Governments to work together to ‘prevent abuse’ of CTA after Belfast stabbing

Burned out cars and boarded up houses on McMaster Street in east Belfast after violence erupted on Tuesday night. Picture : Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Rioters condemned as Hadi Alodid appears in court over Belfast stabbing

Stormont Justice Minister Naomi Long

Common Travel Area must ‘not be exploited for ill purposes’ – Long

PSNI chief Constable Jon Boutcher speaking to the media at Parliament buildings at Stormont in Belfast following a stabbing outside apartments in the Kinnaird Avenue area of north Belfast

Appeals for calm as social media stokes tensions after Belfast attack

Independent unionist MLA Doug Beattie.

Beattie defends child crime proposal after expert brands it 'arbitrary cut off'

A general view of loyalist protestors from Scarva at the ‘Great March For Gaza’ in Scarva. Upper Bann MP Carla Lockhart received criticism from a number of political representatives including South Down MP Chris Hazzard, Alliance Party leader Naomi Long and SDLP leader Claire Hanna

DUP MP defends photo with masked men at Scarva protest

Lagan Valley Alliance MLA Michelle Guy.

Alliance bid to ban smacking children in Northern Ireland dropped

Jon Burrows has warned about the ability of police to investigate crimes if Stormont changes the law on the minimum age of criminal responsibility.

Beattie child criminal proposal at heart of UUP row still on the table

SDLP MLA Patsy McGlone.

Firearms fee hike could be 'resurrected' in future - SDLP MLA warns

Justice minister Naomi Long has cancelled a consultation into hiking the price of a gun licence

Naomi Long withdraws proposal to increase firearms licensing fees

Stormont Justice Minister Naomi Long

Justice Minister warns Stormont ‘cannot continue to absorb’ Legacy costs

Strike action by criminal barristers is damaging the justice system and the credibility of the criminal bar, Justice Minister Naomi Long has claimed

Criminal barrister strike ‘damaging credibility of the bar and justice system’

Justice Minister Naomi Long

Justice Minister defends ‘extreme’ rise in gun licence application cost

Naomi Long says it is distressing for victims to listen to good character references given for perpetrators of sexual abuse.

Naomi Long wants character references for convicted sex offenders scrapped

UUP leader Jon Burrows has warned about the ability of police to do their job under proposed law changes proposed by Alliance.

PSNI hands could be tied on rioting teens – UUP leader warns

Katie Simpson was murdered in Co Londonderry in 2020, with her death initially wrongly treated as a suicide. Pic: Family handout/PA Wire

Minister addresses claims about 'warning' call from unnamed political figure

Katie Simpson's mother Noleen Mullan in the Great Hall at Parliament Buildings, Stormont after the publication of an independent review following the murder of Katie Simpson in Co Londonderry in 2020.

Family of Katie Simpson ‘have taken heart’ from report findings

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