Northern Ireland Executive

Prime Minister Andy Burnham congratulating Chancellor of the Exchequer John Healey after delivering his Budget in the House of Commons, London. Pic: House of Commons/UK Parliament/PA Wire

UK Budget: What's in store for Northern Ireland from home heating oil to petrol

Secretary of state for Northern Ireland Sir Chris Bryant met with the parties at Stormont

Northern Ireland Secretary urged to ‘get real’ on funding ahead of UK Budget

Unionists became second class citizens under Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal

Letter: Damage from Boris years needs to be corrected

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

Letter: Leadership that farmers deserve was missing

Aisling Gallagher, from Crumlin, in hospital during treatment for cancer

‘Every day feels like a week’: Aisling Gallagher backs cancer reform

Nurses in NI were hoping for a 3.3% pay hike back in April (general image of a nurse with a stethoscope by Gabriel BOUYS / AFP via Getty Images)

Nursing union threatens walk-out in Northern Ireland in response to pay 'farce'

Dobbins Inn, Carrickfergus. Photo: Google

Closure of historic Carrickfergus hotel 'another warning for hospitality sector'

Every day, we see individuals and families struggling to access timely support, often only receiving help when they have reached crisis point

Letter: Need for action on funding for mental health services

There have been calls for any extra funding for NI arising from Andy Burnham's fare cap to be spent on the Province's public transport

Call made to spend any extra funding for Northern Ireland on public transport

Pictured during a visit to Northern Ireland is Logistics UK’s chief executive Ben Fletcher with Infrastructure Minister Liz Kimmins and Logistics UK’s senior policy manager Josh Fenton

Logistics UK: Freight strategy critical for NI’s future

Hillary Ben has invited the parties to meet him at Hillsborough Castle to discuss the “exact scale” of the issue and to “offer support to enable them to agree a budget”

Northern Ireland Secretary to meet Executive to discuss budget pressures

Construction output in Northern Ireland hit a new high of £4.9 billion in cash terms in the 2025/26 financial year according to the official figures published yesterday by the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA). Credit Build Homes NI

NI construction output just shy of £5 billion despite challenging environment

Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Hilary Benn said the £102.6 million funding pot was a 'clear signal of this government’s commitment to supporting the Executive to deliver better public services for the people of Northern Ireland'

‘E-Pharmacy’ initiative among projects to benefit from £100m fund

Northern Ireland now records one of the highest reported rates of autism prevalence internationally

Letter: Autism strategy is needed

An Open Book Review of the Northern Ireland Executive Budget said if Stormont ministers had taken forward “even an eighth” of options available to them, they might have avoided a budget overspend in the last financial year. Photo: Bernie Brown

Stormont decisions could unlock £3.3bn in spending power, Treasury review finds

Kailash Chada, President, NI Chamber

Resilience without momentum: What our latest survey tells us about NI’s economy
As President of NI Chamber, I regularly speak to businesspeople in all sectors across Northern Ireland.
Kailash Chada, President, NI Chamber

Undated handout photo issued by NI Chamber of (left to right) Economist Maureen O'Reilly, Queen's Business School's Richard Ramsey and NI Chamber's Suzanne Wylie. Growth in Northern Ireland's economy "remains weak and uneven", a new report from the NI Chamber has said. In the run-up to the US and Israel's war with Iran which has raised energy prices and pushed inflation figures worldwide, Northern Ireland is "holding up but failing to build sufficient momentum to support stronger growth"

Northern Ireland’s economic growth ‘remains weak and uneven’: NI Chamber

One of the images from The Executive Office's tweet

DUP and TUV trade blows after Executive tweet about Easter Rising

A cargo ship carrying vehicles sails through the Arabian Gulf toward the Strait of Hormuz in the United Arab Emirates, Sunday, March 22, 2026. (AP Photo)

Stormont to push for more energy support due to Middle East War

Alliance leader and Stormont Justice Minister Naomi Long making a speech at the Alliance Party annual conference at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Belfast on Saturday

Naomi Long ‘demonised’ by unionist politicians – Alliance deputy leader

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer during his visit to the Atlas Women's centre in Lisburn, Northern Ireland, where he met with members of the local community

Treasury to work with NI Executive on heating oil support, Starmer says

Grant Sweetnam, Head of Public Policy, Chartered Accountants Ireland

Chartered Accountants highlight key tax reforms and childcare investment to boos...

Kailash Chada, President, NI Chamber

View: A budget in NI that builds confidence and delivers value

Moving the chairs at Stormont is all about suiting the political needs and demands of some

Letter: Unionism’s last line of defence

Alan Lowry, FSB`s NI policy chair

View: Business uncertainty grows as REVAL 2026 suspended amid rates confusion

Mark Richardson, RenewableNI Director at Stormont

RenewableNI welcomes Local Power Plan projects in Northern Ireland

Communities Minister Gordon Lyons

£35 million funding boost for cross-community and cross-border initiatives
Nearly £35 million of funding for cross-community and cross-border projects has been announced.
By Claudia Savage, Press Association

A consultant analysing a mammogram of a woman's breast in order check for breast cancer

Northern Ireland’s cancer waiting times ‘to worsen without emergency action’

A new body advocating for government-run mainstream schools was overwhelmingly backed in a recent consultation. Photo: Ben Birchall/PA Wire

Questions over new schools body's practical help and Christian ethos

A new body advocating for government-run mainstream schools was overwhelmingly backed in a recent consultation. Photo: Ben Birchall/PA Wire

Body advocating for government-run mainstream schools to be set up

The offer was welcomed by the Northern Ireland Teachers Council

NI teachers consider 4% pay increase offer from management

Kailash Chada, President, NI Chamber

Why 2026 must be a year of progress for Northern Ireland...

The Stormont Assembly’s greatest challenge is the “severe underfunding of public services”, the First Minister has said.

Stormont’s top challenge is ‘severe underfunding of public services’ – O’Neill

MLAs need to level with the public: We need public sector reform alongside revenue raising. And the executive is not being open about the costs of funding pay parity

Esmond Birnie: Stormont's repeated over-spends ought to be a badge of shame

The NCD (Non-Communicable Disease) Alliance are calling on the NI Executive to introduce legislation for Minimum Unit Pricing (MUP) for alcohol in Northern Ireland, in line with Scotland, Wales and the Republic of Ireland. Members organisations pictured include: British Heart Foundation Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland Chest Heart and Stroke, Stroke Association, Cancer Research UK, Northern Ireland Alcohol and Drugs Alliance, Arthritis UK and Asthma and Lung UK.

NCD Alliance Calls for Minimum Unit Pricing Legislation in Northern Ireland

Planning for any future pandemics must include the impact on the economy, former Stormont economy minister Diane Dodds has said. Photo by Kelvin Boyes / Press Eye

'Planning for future pandemic must include economy'

Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Hilary Benn arrives to attend a cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street today (photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

'We have given considerable funds to NI - it has power to raise more itself'

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves leaving 11 Downing Street, London, with her ministerial red box, before delivering her Budget in the House of Commons (Frank Augstein/PA Wire)

Government touts benefits for Northern Ireland from chancellor

Simon Harris

Sinn Fein accused of hypocrisy over 'partitionist' approach to fuel payments

The Kilrea Bridge

Interim measures to reopen Kilrea Bridge to light vehicles before Christmas

The Kilrea Bridge has been closed to all traffic after serious cracks were discovered in it. Photo: Googlemaps

Department hopes to restore access route to village for Christmas

Pictured at the announcement of plans to run the Ulster Grand Prix in 2027 are (from left) Deputy First Minister, Emma Little-Pengelly and Minister for Communities, Gordon Lyons with MCUI officials Mark Harrison and Mark Sanlon with racer Christian Elkin at Parliament Buildings, Stormont. (Photo by Stephen Davison/Pacemaker Press)

Ulster Grand Prix set for return to road racing calendar at Dundrod in 2027

The threat of strike action over public sector pay continues to loom over Northern Ireland. Asking for more money from HM Treasury is one way to try to achieve pay parity

Esmond Birnie: Public sector pay parity in NI is becoming an impossibility

Economy minister Caoimhe Archibald has ordered her officials not to be involved in Israeli trade talks

DUP launches petition after economy minister blocks trade talks with Israel

Taoiseach Micheal Martin said greater cross-border cooperation on weather emergencies will be on the agenda. Photo: Niall Carson/PA Wire

Joint meeting to discuss emergency cooperation between NI and Republic

The government should be investing in policies that promote marriage. If we want to build a culture that values commitment, responsibility, and long-term care, we need laws that uphold those ideals, not weaken them

Letter: NI Executive should not be accelerating divorce

Infrastructure Minister Liz Kimmins is facing a court challenge mounted by loyalist activist Jamie Bryson over Irish signs at Belfast Grand Central Station.

Kimmins insists she had right to take Irish train station decision

Strike action by nurses in Northern Ireland is now “imminent”, a union has warned.

Strike action by Northern Ireland nurses ‘imminent’, RCN warns

Workers Rights is supported across the political spectrum and the bill must not be watered down.

Workers Party calls on Government not to water down the workers rights reforms

Glentoran are one of 20 clubs that have been successful in securing a share of the stadia funding from the NI Football Fund. (Photo: Presseye)

NI Football Fund announcement welcomed by NIFL chief Gerard Lawlor

TUV MP Jim Allister.

Urgent action needed to save unionism after Murphy Review 'whitewash'

Civil Service chief Jayne Brady, pictured here at Belfast Pride in 2023, found herself embroiled in a political row over this year's event.

DUP and TUV clash over Emma Little-Pengelly's comments on Pride row

Alan Lowry, chair of FSB NI

NI small businesses voice front as party conference season kicks off

The Northern Ireland Civil Service (NICS) has launched a campaign to recruit approximately 500 permanent Executive Officer 2 (EO2) roles across a range of departments and locations

500 executive officer roles now open across the Northern Ireland Civil Service

People are now dependent on food banks until payday because of food inflation.

Workers Party Representative calls for government action on food inflation

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