Bangor and Newtownards 'Pipe Band War' sparked again amid rising cost concerns A proposal to have championship in Bangor this year and next fails Belfast Live · Feb 1, 2023
Northern Ireland organ donation law: Daithi MacGabhann family may take legal action "We were at the funeral of a young boy last week who died of the same condition as Daithi, time is not on our side, we don’t have the time" Belfast Live · Feb 1, 2023
Former SDLP MLA Pat Catney to stand in NI council elections "My reasons are just to make the place where we live a better place. Maybe that sounds old fashioned" Belfast Live · Feb 1, 2023
Dungannon in 'gridlock' due to road closures, councillors say Local DUP and independent republican councillors questioned the length and timing of the A29 closure Belfast Live · Feb 1, 2023
Rishi Sunak warned over Northern Ireland Brexit deal DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson respondied to speculation that the UK and EU are close to finally agreeing a deal Evening Standard · Feb 1, 2023
Brexit: UK and EU ‘strike customs deal’ in protocol breakthrough Brussels also said to have made concessions of role of European Court The Independent UK · Feb 1, 2023
DUP urges Sinn Fein to explain £4m rates exemption for student apartment blocks It follows concerns that an unresolved tax "loophole" means some student accommodation blocks do not pay rates Belfast Live · Jan 31, 2023
Brendan Hughes: Whistleblowing vet case shows lessons not learned from RHI Three years since the RHI inquiry report, an investigation into another Stormont controversy has shown strikingly similar failures Belfast Live · Jan 28, 2023
Opposition to Northern Ireland Protocol vindicated – DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has addressed party members and supporters in Co Fermanagh. The Independent UK · Jan 27, 2023
Belfast City Council review of response to ex-councillor's property interests delayed twice The council six months ago pledged a review of its processes in response to findings by a standards watchdog Belfast Live · Jan 27, 2023
Mid Ulster councillors reject King Charles coronation events A motion brought forward to host council-led events for the coronation in May was rejected by councillors Belfast Live · Jan 27, 2023
No party or group should put Northern Ireland’s peace in peril – Sir John Major The former UK prime minister was speaking as he gave evidence to an Irish government committee on Thursday. The Independent UK · Jan 26, 2023
Belfast deputy lord mayor Michelle Kelly won't seek re-election to be 'more present' for baby daughter The Alliance councillor said it was a "difficult decision" but she has been "balancing council with a full-time job" Belfast Live · Jan 26, 2023
M&S chair says UK Government’s ‘baffling’ post-Brexit plans will wreck trade Archie Norman, who is also an ex-Conservative MP, has urged the Government to convince the EU not to consider separate labelling for goods sold in Northern Ireland Wales Online · Jan 26, 2023
The Independent UK · Jan 25, 2023 UK not placing any deadlines on EU talks to resolve NI Protocol – Heaton-Harris The Northern Ireland Secretary is currently on an investment-focused visit to the United States.
Belfast Live · Jan 25, 2023 Lisburn and Castlereagh CEO labels council 'worst in NI' during debate on rubbish plan Concerns also raised over holding meeting behind closed doors
Belfast Live · Jan 25, 2023 No paper trail of key decisions in £1.5m legal dispute with whistleblowing vet, Stormont report finds Stormont commissioned an independent review of how it dealt with issues raised by Dr Tamara Bronckaers
Belfast Live · Jan 25, 2023 Arc21 chairperson labels concerns over Co Antrim incinerator "propaganda" "The council would gain about half a million pounds alone in rates, they have a golden goose sitting at their gates, but some would look to boil it."
Belfast Live · Jan 25, 2023 Tony Blair says Brexit NI Protocol dispute can be resolved by setting aside 'ideology' The former PM also said the Good Friday Agreement has "mostly" worked "but it's not working as it should at the moment"
The Independent UK · Jan 24, 2023 Tearing up Northern Ireland legacy Bill risks five-year delay, minister warns Lord Caine holds out the prospect of further changes to the proposed law in a bid to meet the concerns of victims and survivors
The Independent UK · Jan 24, 2023 Protocol deal ‘bound to fail’ if it does not address unionist concerns DUP MP Gavin Robinson also dismissed the suggestion that powersharing rules could be changed to override his party’s veto on forming an executive.
Belfast Live · Jan 24, 2023 Sinn Fein MPs don't need to declare party wages on register, says parliamentary standards watchdog TUV leader Jim Allister has written to the standards commissioner questioning the "obvious loophole" in the rules
The Independent UK · Jan 23, 2023 ‘Large gap to be bridged’ over Northern Ireland Protocol, minister warns Steve Baker said ‘we simply must make progress on the protocol’, adding that he hoped the exchange ‘will be heard in the EU’.
Belfast Live · Jan 23, 2023 Taoiseach Leo Varadkar stresses hard border must be avoided as UK-EU talks continue The DUP has refused to enter the Stormont Assembly until unionist concerns are dealt with
Daily Mirror · Jan 23, 2023 UK politician's heartbreak after he loses both parents in devastating house fire Former DUP politician Alex Easton lost both his parents Alec and Ann, who were both in their eighties, in a fire at their home in Co Down on Monday morning