Robin Newton

Traffic problems, due to the construction of Grand Central Station and demolition of Boyne Bridge, have negatively impacted on and highlighted the plight of Sandy Row traders

Letter: Development plan could see Sandy Row thrive again

Letter to the editor

Remember how the Protestant minority suffered in Cork

Gormanston military camp in Co Meath, which will be used to house up to 350 Ukrainian refugees in military tents as an emergency measure. The Taoiseach reported “he had not set limits”, now he says numbers accepting the invitation has gone way beyond expectations. Photo: Department of the Taoiseach /PA Wire

Dublin blames UK over refugees when it should look at its own planning failures

Letter to the editor

Delay in allocating the £36 million Sub-Regional Stadia fund is a scandal

Letter to the editor

Wishing us down as we celebrate the centenary of Northern Ireland

Letter to the editor

Comment affirms Alliance negativity towards unionists

Pictured at the launch of the report is USPCA Chief Executive Brendan Mullan, MLA Robin Newton, Dr Marc Abraham OBE, and MLA John Blair

Illegal puppy traders netting £11.7m a year

Letter to the editor

The unionist electorate isn’t as thick as the DUP clearly believes

There have been calls for investment in rural roads

Over 2,500 road and footpath repairs in NI below acceptable standard

Northern Ireland Centenary rose

NI Centenary rose a thorn in side for Sinn Fein

A Glider bus

‘One-in-20’ Glider riders are dodging their bus fares

Letter to the editor

Robin Newton: We need to avoid a loneliness health crisis caused by lockdown

Letter to the editor

Unless we take radical steps to improve our manufacturing performance we will ha...

President Donald Trump during a re-election campaign rally, on Monday February 10, 2020, in Manchester, New Hampshire. "The Democrats may have strengthened Donald Trump's prospects of a second term" (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Robin Newton: The positive politics of President Donald Trump contrasts with the...

Man in fifties dies after being rescued from house fire

A growing number of older persons will spend the holidays alone. Age UK indicates the number at nearly a million

The elderly can feel particularly lonely over Christmas period, and we can all p...
The Christmas holidays are fast approaching and the majority of us will enjoy the festivities with family and friends.
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Martha Brown (left, grey t-shirt) with her partner Louise McCullough (right, black t-shirt) and equal marriage supporters at Maverick Bar, Belfast, celebrate the change to abortion and same sex marriage laws in Northern Ireland at 00:01.

Law change decriminalising abortion in Northern Ireland comes into effect

SDLP members leaving the chamber today prior to the departure of the DUP and then the UUP

Farcical scenes as last-minute DUP attempt to prevent abortion fails

DUP leader, Arlene Foster. (Photo: P.A. Wire)

'A shameful day for the unborn' says Arlene Foster - SDLP MLAs walkout of chambe...

Forensic experts at the scene in east Belfast where a murder investigation has been launched after a 53-year-old woman's body was found on Sunday night in the Whincroft Way area of the Braniel estate.

Picture: Jonathan Porter/PressEye

Police name Braniel estate murder victim

Colin Grant, 47, lives close to the scene of the incident on Whincroft Way.

East Belfast murder probe: Neighbours shocked and saddened by discovery of woman...

Karen Bradley has repeatedly delayed in cutting MLAs pay, despite no immediate prospect of Stormont returning

Further delay in cutting MLA pay

David 'Dee' Stitt pictured near Charter NIs offices on the lower Newtownards Road in east Belfast

Dee Stitt: I'm no longer a UDA commander and I'm on good terms with DUP

An independent review has recommended that MLAs wages be slashed unless the political deadlock at Stormont is broken

MLAs tell Brokenshire: Don't cut our staffing costs

There has been no functioning Assembly or Executive at Stormont since earlier this year

MLAs should have pay cut by Â£14,000, says report

Catriona Ruane said she had given her salary to charities

SF disowns issue of ex-MLA's Â£55,500 salary as she finally quits post

David 'Dee' Stitt, CEO of Charter NI, which featured heavily in the BBC broadcast

PSNI mulling complaint after BBC Spotlight show
The PSNI are reviewing a complaint after the BBC's investigative Spotlight show was broadcast about the Social Investment Fund (SIF) this week.
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Assembly Speaker Robin Newton (centre)

BBC Spotlight alleges Assembly misled by its Speaker

Assembly Speaker Robin Newton

Stormont chaos means Speaker Robin Newton keeps his Â£87,000 salary

Martin McGuinness (left) follows the coffin of IRA man Charles English in Londonderry in 1984 PACEMAKER BELFAST

Death of Martin McGuinness: From IRA terrorist to Stormont statesman

MLAs spent 45 minutes in the chamber

After seven weeks, MLAs back in Assembly chamber ... for 45 minutes

UUP leader Mike Nesbitt

Transferring votes to SDLP does not weaken unionism: Nesbitt

The posters have been prominently displayed in the window of Mr Newtons taxpayer-funded office in breach of Assembly rules

Assembly rules on electioneering broken by the Assembly speaker

John Robinson, left, and Timothy Johnston

DUP rebuts as '˜untrue' dramatic Bell RHI allegations about Spads

The view into the Stormont Estate on the night that the Executive fell.

Picture by Jonathan Porter/PressEye.com

Furious MLAs protest amid farcical scenes in speakerless chamber

Video grab taken from the Northern Ireland Assembly of Speaker Robin Newton during an Assembly Plenary Session at Stormont in Belfast. Picture date: Monday January 16, 2017. Photo credit: PA Wire

Failure to debate no-confidence motion against speaker '˜disgraceful'

Alliance leader Naomi Long

Speaker utterly compromised: Long

Secretary of State for Northern Ireland James Brokenshire

Brokenshire expected to be urged to set Stormont election date

Arlene Foster and Martin McGuinness at the White House last March

Sam McBride: A day which is likely to have profound political implications

Sinn Fein's Catriona Ruane

SF's Ruane will not stand again

Assembly Speaker Robin Newton

Speaker Newton personally blocks release of advice to the News Letter

Secretary of State, James Brokenshire.

Brokenshire: Brexit will not be derailed by NI political crisis

Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly Robin Newton

Motion of no confidence lodged against speaker after '˜shambolic' performance

Assembly speaker Robin Newton has been criticised for his actions on December 19

DUP could use petition of concern on speaker motion

It is time for a new Stormont speaker

Lord Trimble, pictured at the time of the Good Friday Agreement, said Speaker Robin Newton had clearly lost the confidence of MLAs

RHI scandal: Trimble says speaker should consider his position

Caral Ni Chuilin said Robin Newton had 'undermined his impartiality'

RHI scandal: SF says Robin Newton's position is '˜untenable'

Robin Newton had been guilty of months of poor decisions said SDLP leader Colum Eastwood

RHI scandal: Major rebellion as parties cast doubt on speaker's ability

Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly Robin Newton MBE

Nesbitt tells Assembly speaker: Quit over '˜poor judgement'

Morning View

RHI inquiry needs to have the power to compel witnesses

Robin Newton faced a barrage of points of order from MLAs on Monday

RHI scandal: Speaker '˜lost control' in Assembly

UUP leader Mike Nesbitt pictured in Stormont on Monday

RHI scandal: Stormont speaker '˜should consider quitting'

The speaker at Stormont yesterday morning as the chamber descended into chaos.
Photo Colm Lenaghan/Pacemaker Press

Sam McBride: An astonishing full-frontal assault on the Speaker, weakening him

Robin Newton taking up the role as speaker in May

RHI scandal: I have to make tough judgments, says speaker

First Minister Arlene Foster

RHI scandal: DUP MLAs virtually alone at Foster statement

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