Stormont

‘Bryson bounce’ not in Northern Ireland’s interests, says DUP leader

Caoimhe Archibald's economy department has published reports on the impact of the Windsor Framework. Pic: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Stormont report highlights Protocol burdens and risks for businesses

'Car shuffling' used to be a way of attempting to cheat time limits and overstay in roadside parking bays. According to council officials, it's made a comeback in Ards and North Down.

Plea to tackle parking space issue meant be extinct years ago

(Left to right) Finance Minister John O’Dowd, First Minister Michelle O'Neill, Sinn Fein President Mary Lou McDonald and Economy Minister Dr Caoimhe Archibald speaking to the media as they arrive at Hillsborough Castle ahead of a meeting with Northern Ireland Secretary Sir Chris Bryant to discuss the budget. Picture date: Thursday November 5, 2026. Liam McBurney/Press Association

Bryant ‘not amenable to reality’, says McDonald as budget deadlock drags on

Alliance Party deputy leader Eoin Tennyson wants to ban attempts to change someone's sexuality or 'gender identity'. Pic: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Stormont conversion bill is overwhelmingly rejected in public consultation

Health Minister Robbie Butler speaking to the media as he arrives at Hillsborough Castle ahead of a meeting with Northern Ireland Secretary Sir Chris Bryant to discuss the budget

Budget talks at ‘pinch point’ as strike threat looms, says minister

Upper Bann MP Carla Lockhart quit the DUP this week to sit as an independent unionist. Pic: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Lockhart wants lawbreaking politicians turfed out of office under 12 month ban

In 2016, the UK voted to leave the EU - but post-Brexit deals kept Northern Ireland in the EU's single market for goods.

Stormont bypassed as UK and EU agree new rules on AI, parcels and forced labour

Carla Lockhart has left open the possibility of running in May's Assembly election. Pic: Mark Marlow/PA Wire

Carla Lockhart doesn't rule out Assembly election run

Goods being sorted at a food bank. An emergency food parcel will be provided every 10 seconds across the UK this winter, the Trussell charity has predicted. The food bank organisation said rising costs of essentials such as food, electricity and rent are pushing more families "to the brink". Issue date: Wednesday December 3, 2025. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: Andy Buchanan/PA Wire

Almost 200,000 in NI at risk of needing to use food banks

Agriculture minister Andrew Muir said the powersharing executive would need to decide “in days” whether it was going to agree a spending plan for the current financial year.

Muir tells Executive it is ‘make your mind up time’ on NI budget

DUP leader Gavin Robinson (second from left), alongside Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly (left) and party colleagues deputy leader Michelle McIlveen MLA (third from left) and Trevor Clarke MLA (right), speak to the media during a press conference at Parliament Buildings, Stormont, Belfast, where he discussed the prospect of unionist unity following the Drumcree parading dispute. Picture date: Monday November 2, 2026. Photo credit should read: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Robinson insists party ‘fully behind’ his position on Drumcree dispute

Neasa Quigley, President, NI Chamber

Employment costs remain major barrier to NI business growth

The Assembly at Stormont is “full of people who are diametrically opposed”

Kate Nicholl MLA: Collaboration isn't rewarded at Stormont. What if it was?

A homeless couple sleeping on a corner in Belfast city centre. Picture date: Friday August 9, 2024.

Lyons pressed to end deaths of 61 homeless people per year

Jonathan Buckley prompted debate within unionism over cooperation talks. Pic: Mark Marlow/PA Wire

DUP's Buckley warns nationalists would be 'affronted' at TUV proposals
A DUP MLA has rejected proposals from the TUV to get rid of the Executive and replace it with UK ministers, saying it that nationalists would be “affronted” by the idea.
David Thompson

Firework sales and use are tightly regulated, breaches of the law carrying hefty fines

Firework safety call as Halloween 'increase in preventable incidents' predicted

Morning View

Editorial: Fix needed for parties' inability to set a Stormont budget

Intertrade UK panel Dr Esmond Birnie, Suzanne Wylie, Baroness Arlene Foster, Angela McGowan, Kirsty McManus, Roger Pollen.

Trade body to meet GB businesses over Irish Sea border challenges

DUP MP Carla Lockhart leads an Orange Order parade in Portadown, Co Armagh. Picture date: Saturday October 24, 2026. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: Mícheál Ó Scannáil/Press Association

Lockhart ready to quit the DUP as leader stops short of removing O'Neill

Chancellor of the Exchequer John Healey delivering his budget in the House of Commons, Westminster.

Stormont must spend rates relief cash on Northern Ireland scheme - Retail NI

Stormont finance minister John O’Dowd

O’Dowd wants £100 support payments to reach householders in NI

Chancellor of the Exchequer John Healey delivering his budget in the House of Commons, Westminster.

Northern Ireland to miss out on further funding if budget not agreed – Bryant

Suspected drugs paraphernalia was found in Parliament Buildings, Stormont, during the summer. Pic: Google.

No tests carried out on suspected Stormont drugs bags - PSNI

Northern Ireland Secretary Sir Chris Bryant speaking to the media at College Green, Westminster, after Chancellor John Healey delivered his first budget. Pic: Jordan Pettitt/Press Association

Bryant warns Stormont to agree budget or lose £131m Budget cash for salaries

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

Alliance MP Sorcha Eastwood. Pic: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Executive's failure to deliver a local budget is a 'damning indictment' - MP
The fact that the UK budget is being delivered without a local budget having been set at Stormont is a “shameful indictment”, an Alliance MP has said.
David Thompson

Budget ‘crucial and critical’ to Stormont finances, says minister

Morning View

Editorial: Pressures on our farm businesses need addressed

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

Stormont Infrastructure Minister Liz Kimmins (left), along with Belfast Lord Mayor Rois-Maire Donnelly speaking to members of the media at the launch of the draft Eastern Transport Plan 2035 at 2 Royal Avenue in Belfast.

Transport plan proposes new pedestrianisation across Belfast city centre

Emergency services at the scene on Springwell Road, Groomsport

Fresh NI storm warning after weekend disruption

Last week Stormont's justice minister put the cost of policing the Drumcree dispute at £5.5 million, due to the cost of police overtime as well as mutual aid from other UK forces.

Stormont ministers urged to sort out overdue pay rise for police officers

However, full restoration of all properties remains 6pm on Tuesday.

Storm Boelo: Thousands without power and flights and ferries cancelled in NI

DUP MP Carla Lockhart has defended her decision to resign as a party officer amid a deepening row with the leadership over the future of Stormont.

After News Letter exclusive Carla Lockhart says ‘It’s about principle’

Finance minister John O’Dowd was commenting on the potential implications of chancellor John Healey’s first Budget

Increased defence spend in UK Budget could hit Stormont finances, warns O’Dowd

Sinn Fein MLAs rule out quitting Policing Board

Carla Lockhart outside Drumcree Parochial Hall in Portadown. She has resigned as a party officer amid a deepening row with the leadership over the future of Stormont.

Lockhart quits as DUP party officer amid rift with leader over Stormont’s future

Ulster Unionist Mark Ovens is to be banned from sitting as a councillor for two months for code of conduct breaches over his Stormont role. Photo: Fermanagh and Omagh Council

Other politicians up to same things that got me suspended, says UUP cllr

Ulster Unionist Mark Ovens is to be banned from sitting as a councillor for two months for code of conduct breaches over his Stormont role. Photo: Fermanagh and Omagh Council

UUP councillor suspended for breaking rules over Stormont special advisor role

Education Minister Paul Givan (left) and DUP leader Gavin Robinson speak to the media at Parliament Buildings in Stormont, Belfast, following a meeting with Secretary of State Sir Chris Bryant. Picture: Rebecca Black/Press Association

DUP voices hope of funding gap ‘potentially closing’ to allow budget agreement

The Bill would ban hunting wild mammals with dogs and trail hunting

Culling foxes creates ‘chaos’ MLAs told

DUP deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly claimed Sinn Fein First Minister Michelle O’Neill had rejected an invitation for the both of them to meet Chief Secretary to the Treasury Emma Reynolds alongside Northern Ireland Secretary Sir Chris Bryant.

SF and DUP at odds on budget meeting plan ahead of talks with NI Secretary

Prime Minister Andy Burnham on his way to PMQs on Wednesday (Stefan Rousseau/PA)

PM tells Stormont ministers to ‘step forward’ and set a budget

Stormont opposition leader Matthew O'Toole

Stormont fight 'distraction from real scandal' of no pay rise before Xmas: SDLP

First Minister Michelle O'Neill today left a Stormont scrutiny committee early to travel to Musgrave Street police station in the centre of Belfast, where she was interviewed about her participation in an allegedly illegal demonstration that blocked the first permitted Drumcree Orange Order march in almost 30 years. Photo: Brian Lawless/Press Association

Stormont leaders' appearance before Assembly committee ends in acrimony

Portrush Coastal Zone welcomed a record-breaking number of visitors this year, officials said. Photo: Visit Northern Ireland

Record-breaking year for Portrush seaside attraction

In February supporters of Co Fermanagh campaigners Save Our Acute Services deliver letters to Stormont demanding the restoration of emergency surgery at South West Acute Hospital in Enniskillen. Photo: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Rural hospital campaigners across NI demand Stormont action

Northern Ireland Minister for Agriculture, Andrew Muir, photographed at Redburn, Holywood, Co. Down

Andrew Muir opens up on gun threats, Jamie Bryson and Stormont 'on life support'

Aisling Reilly announces she will not stand in 2027 Stormont election

Sinn Fein finance minister John O'Dowd gives an update on budget negotiations following a meeting of the Stormont Executive with Northern Ireland Secretary Sir Chris Bryant (Picture: Claudia Savage/the Press Association)

Budget ‘can’t be agreed without more funding’

Safety campaigners Ciara Sands, Sinead Lunny, Monica Heaney, councillor Joy Ferguson and MLA Eoin Tennyson pushed for A1 road improvements at Stormont.

Campaigners shocked as still no green light for A1 road safety boost

Sir Chris Bryant has banned the Orange Order parade at Drumcree

Letter: Diary dates with O’Neill should be suspended

Liz Kimmins

Stormont minister says proposed Translink cuts show UK Treasury must ‘get real’

Hamill case ‘reminder’ of what sectarianism can bring, ex-NI Secretary

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