Sinn Féin leader says planning for border poll can happen while restoring Stormont The republican party became the largest in local government at last week’s council elections Belfast Live · May 28, 2023
Brendan Hughes: Northern Ireland business leaders send message to DUP to bring back Stormont The message from the marquee gathering at Westminster was clear - business wants Stormont back Belfast Live · May 26, 2023
Stormont £1bn call dependent on local parties agreeing “proper” plan for government Michelle O’Neill calls on DUP to “get off the fence” and show the political will to restore powersharing Belfast Live · May 25, 2023
Treasury package for Stormont return dependent on ‘proper’ plan for government Chris Heaton Harris said previous reform commitments made by local parties in exchange for funding boosts had not been fulfilled. The Independent UK · May 25, 2023
NI parties set to ask Treasury for £1bn ahead of any Stormont return The parties eligible to sit on a reconstituted executive met the head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service to discuss Stormont’s funding woes. The Independent UK · May 25, 2023
No reason why Stormont Assembly should not meet next week – Bertie Ahern Bertie Ahern and Gerry Adams reflected on the referendum on the Good Friday Agreement at a panel event in Dublin. The Independent UK · May 23, 2023
Sinn Fein ‘turning nationalist vote into republican vote’ – Donaldson The DUP leader rejected the suggestion that there was any movement towards a united Ireland after the council elections. The Independent UK · May 22, 2023
PM and Taoiseach need to chair meeting to plot Stormont return, Sinn Fein says DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson said his party had secured a renewed mandate to seek changes to the Northern Ireland Protocol. The Independent UK · May 22, 2023
'Unionism must do better' as Sinn Fein win big in Northern Irish elections SINN Fein has emerged as the largest party in local government in Northern Ireland for the first time after making large gains in the council… The National (Scotland) · May 21, 2023
Sinn Fein's Michelle O'Neill hails 'momentous' election results and calls for DUP to return to powersharing Ms O’Neill said the boycott of the Stormont Assembly by the DUP “cannot go on”. Belfast Live · May 20, 2023
Sinn Fein emerges as largest party at end of marathon council elections count The final of 462 council seats across Northern Ireland was filled shortly after midnight on Sunday. The Independent UK · May 20, 2023
Sinn Fein’s Northern Ireland election success adds to pressure on DUP Sinn Fein has become the biggest party in Northern Ireland’s local government for the first time ever, a historic victory that will heap pressure on the Democratic Unionist Party to end its Brexit-linked boycott of the region’s power-sharing government. Tribune News Service · May 20, 2023
NI council elections 2023: Sinn Fein becomes largest party in Northern Ireland local government The counting across 11 council areas in Northern Ireland is nearing completion Evening Standard · May 20, 2023
O’Neill hails ‘momentous’ result as party becomes largest in local government The counting across 11 council areas in Northern Ireland is nearing completion. The Independent UK · May 20, 2023
The Independent UK · May 20, 2023 Call for ‘greater co-operation’ to maximise unionist vote in elections Leaders have raised concerns about the number of unionists who are not voting.
The Independent UK · May 20, 2023 Sir Jeffrey Donaldson confident of ‘further progress’ on protocol He said the DUP has polled well in the local government elections giving them a mandate for their stance on Stormont.
The Guardian - UK · May 20, 2023 Sinn Féin becomes biggest party in local government in Northern Ireland Nationalist party made sweeping gains including unprecedented breakthroughs in Down and Antrim
The Independent UK · May 20, 2023 Council election results overshadowed by question of when Stormont will return Sinn Fein is on course to replicate its success in last year’s Assembly elections, and become the largest party at council level.
The National (Scotland) · May 20, 2023 Sinn Fein local elections success ‘sends message’ that Stormont must return SINN Fein president Mary Lou McDonald has said her party’s success in Northern Ireland’s local government elections is a message from the people…
The Independent UK · May 19, 2023 Sinn Fein makes strong start as local government election votes counted The party led the way with the most number of representatives elected on the first day of the count on Friday.
Irish Mirror · May 19, 2023 DUP candidate 'threatened' at polling station as counting in NI local elections gets underway Dawn Higgins was 'verbally threatened and had leaflets torn from her hand' during the Northern Ireland local elections, DUP party leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has claimed.
Belfast Live · May 18, 2023 DUP candidate threatened and told to leave polling station – Jeffrey Donaldson The party said Dawn Huggins, a Causeway Coast and Glens candidate, had leaflets ripped from her hand and was told she was not welcome in the area
Reuters · May 17, 2023 Brexit to the fore again in Northern Ireland local elections Northern Ireland holds elections to local councils on Thursday that the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) is pitching as an opportunity to bolster its call for further concessions from Britain on a revised post-Brexit trade deal.
The Independent UK · May 17, 2023 Government ‘committed’ to ensuring NI can trade freely with rest of the UK The Deputy Prime Minister was responding to a question from DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson in the House of Commons.
Belfast Live · May 16, 2023 Restoring Stormont 'main issue' for most voters in NI council election, poll suggests All 462 council seats are being contested across 80 district electoral areas covering Northern Ireland's 11 councils