Swinney keen to work with fellow nationalist devolved leaders in UK SNP leader wants to ensure voices of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland ‘are heard loud and clear’ The Guardian - UK · May 9
UK Government welcomes Supreme Court ruling on Troubles legacy legislation A spokesperson said the judgment ‘shows that the Government was right to address the main flaw in the Legacy Act – namely conditional immunity’. Evening Standard · May 7
Taoiseach pressed on Ireland’s interstate case against UK over NI legacy Sinn Fein welcomed the case ‘remaining live’, while the DUP called it ‘a disgrace’. Evening Standard · May 7
Chief constable says political ‘sniping’ over support for police must end Jon Boutcher urged party leaders to ‘come together to advocate for policing together’. Evening Standard · May 7
Future of former Maze prison site ‘very much a live issue’ – O’Neill First Minister Michelle O’Neill said she wants to see political agreement to develop the site. Evening Standard · Apr 27
Belfast police station car bomb was ‘an attack on all of us’, says police chief First Minister Michelle O’Neill, deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly, and PSNI chief constable Jon Boutcher jointly condemned a car bomb attack on Dunmurry police station. The trio, alongside Northern Ireland Policing Board chairman Brendan Mullan, held a press conference on Monday morning to denounce the incident. The attack, which occurred… The Independent UK · Apr 27
Political leaders unite to condemn ‘cowardly’ attack on PSNI station First Minister Michelle O’Neill said those behind the attack ‘speak for absolutely no-one’. Evening Standard · Apr 26
Mary Lou McDonald calls for by‑election backing to pressure Government The Sinn Fein leader said a unity referendum by 2030 is still possible and she hoped unionist political leaders would see the ‘chance of real wins’. Evening Standard · Apr 25
Highlands and Islands ‘central to Scotland’s prosperity’ – Swinney The party’s Highlands and Islands manifesto sets out plans for new action to support the region. Evening Standard · Apr 25
Michelle O’Neill says she is ‘not fixated on titles’ amid Stormont reform talk The First Minister also described a ‘very challenging arrangement’ with the DUP in the Executive. Evening Standard · Apr 25
O’Neill says she will work to reform Stormont to ‘end the blockage on progress’ The Sinn Fein vice president delivered the keynote address on the first evening of the Sinn Fein Ard Fheis in Belfast. Evening Standard · Apr 24
Welsh FM likens herself to canned cocktail while warning she could lose seat Baroness Eluned Morgan, the leader of Welsh Labour, said in a video posted on social media there was a ‘danger’ of her losing to a Reform candidate. Evening Standard · Apr 24
Wales’s First Minister likens herself to canned cocktail while warning against Reform She used a mojito to represent Plaid Cymru The Independent UK · Apr 24
Annual Government borrowing drops unexpectedly to lowest in three years The ONS said public sector borrowing was estimated to have dropped £19.8 billion to a lower-than-expected £132 billion in the year to March. Evening Standard · Apr 23
Evening Standard · Apr 22 Michelle O’Neill says Irish unity poll by 2030 is ‘very conceivable’ The Sinn Fein vice president described unity as the ‘big idea’ of her generation.
Evening Standard · Apr 22 UK Government ‘don’t get it’ over NI funding, Michelle O’Neill says The First Minister said she would ‘unapologetically’ continue to make the case to the Treasury for extra resources.
Evening Standard · Apr 22 Michelle O’Neill criticises ‘militarisation agenda’ after defence sector deal The UK Government said the £50 million initiative will support hundreds of jobs in Northern Ireland.
Evening Standard · Apr 22 Urgent action on oil and gas decommissioning could create 25,000 jobs – report Redwater Insights said 500 North Sea oil and gas wells are already overdue for decommissioning, and a further 1,700 are due to be plugged.
Evening Standard · Apr 21 Mandelson vetting scandal ‘raises serious judgment questions’ about PM – O’Neill The Northern Ireland First Minister was asked if she believed Sir Keir Starmer had taken sufficient accountability over recent revelations.
Evening Standard · Apr 21 Stormont leaders call for answers over vetting of former police ombudsman Gavin Robinson suggested there were security concerns around the appointment of Marie Anderson.
The Independent UK · Apr 21 Parts of Treasury review ‘absolutely preposterous’, says Little-Pengelly Northern Ireland’s political leaders have been sharply critical of the Treasury exercise.
Evening Standard · Apr 13 Decisions on fuel costs must come from Westminster, not Stormont, O’Neill says The First Minister was responding to criticism that the powersharing Executive had not taken action to respond to rising costs.
Evening Standard · Apr 10 O’Neill and Little-Pengelly call for decisive action from Starmer on fuel costs They have asked the Government to look at reducing fuel duty and a comprehensive cost-of-living support package among other measures.
The Guardian - UK · Apr 7 ‘Seismic change’: how election wins for nationalists in Celtic nations could reshape UK With polls suggesting Plaid Cymru, the SNP and Sinn Féin could be in power after May vote, constitutional challenges may lie ahead
Evening Standard · Mar 31 ‘Crude but viable’ explosive device deployed in attack on Lurgan police station A ‘terrified’ delivery driver was forced at gunpoint to drive the device on Monday night, police said.