‘Not wise’ to invite Sinn Fein leader to NI Protocol meeting – Heaton-Harris Sir Keir Starmer, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Micheal Martin are all in Northern Ireland for talks on the protocol. The Independent UK · Jan 12, 2023
Cleverly to meet Stormont party leaders after mini-deal on Brexit raises fresh powersharing hopes Northern Irish politicians warned voters want them ‘back at work’ The Independent UK · Jan 11, 2023
Cleverly to address protocol issues which ‘risk and undermine’ NI’s place in UK The Foreign Secretary is to meet political and business leaders in Belfast. The Independent UK · Jan 11, 2023
SDLP to propose speaker election amendment in bid to restore Assembly sittings The party said the procedural change would ‘end the one-party veto that has frustrated the democratic wishes of the people of Northern Ireland’. The Independent UK · Jan 11, 2023
Brexit Protocol 'risk' to Northern Ireland's place in UK must be addressed, says Foreign Secretary He was speaking ahead of meeting Stormont party leaders in Belfast on Wednesday to discuss the Northern Ireland Protocol Belfast Live · Jan 10, 2023
Springfield Primary School car park plan delayed for site check The plan runs against council policy for "economic zoned land" Belfast Live · Jan 9, 2023
Irish foreign minister and Northern Ireland parties welcome progress on protocol The two sides reached agreement on data sharing and EU access to UK IT systems. The Independent UK · Jan 9, 2023
Speaker urges parties to grasp spirit of 1998 peace deal and restore Assembly Alex Maskey said the reputation of the Stormont Assembly did not match the high hopes that existed for it in 1998. The Independent UK · Jan 9, 2023
Brendan Hughes: DUP needs new approach as Leo Varadkar offers olive branch The Taoiseach has made conciliatory remarks over Brexit's Northern Ireland Protocol but unionist parties remain unmoving Belfast Live · Jan 7, 2023
Climate activists fear Stormont won't deliver on Climate Bill “This year is going to be the hottest year in recorded history - it’s not the year to just sit idly and watch it” Belfast Live · Jan 7, 2023
DUP slammed for 'cherry-picking' health report to attack Northern Ireland Protocol The DUP did not mention that the report concludes Brexit is having "negative effects" on the UK's workforce, medicines and economy Belfast Live · Jan 7, 2023
The famous faces we said goodbye to in Northern Ireland in 2022 Northern Ireland lost some big names over the past 12 months Belfast Live · Dec 31, 2022
The Earth's Corr: 2022 was a major let down for the environment, people and nature in Northern Ireland Aside from the landmark Climate Bill which still has to be enacted and some new electric buses - that is Belfast Live · Dec 31, 2022
Brendan Hughes: Brexit NI Protocol letter prompting unionist fury stated the obvious The reaction yet again shows the impossible task the government faces in attempting to meet the high bar of unionist demands Belfast Live · Dec 31, 2022
The Independent UK · Dec 29, 2022 Peter Mandelson pressed Alliance Party to redesignate as unionists Declassified papers show the cross-community party resisted pressure from the then secretary of state.
The Independent UK · Dec 29, 2022 No contingency plans for collapse were included in Stormont assembly formation Declassified papers show the UUP and SDLP did not believe they should ‘plan for failure’
The Independent UK · Dec 29, 2022 Stormont Executive was to go ‘where man has not gone before’ Declassified state papers detail efforts to get Stormont ministers ready for the devolution of powers.
The Independent UK · Dec 28, 2022 New plans for checks on goods entering NI will require ‘enhanced facilities’ Lord Benyon has written to peers about arrangements to replace parts of the Northern Ireland Protocol.
Belfast Live · Dec 27, 2022 Key issues to look out for in Northern Ireland politics in 2023 It looks set to be another year full of twists and turns for Stormont
The Independent UK · Dec 26, 2022 In Pictures: Stormont still suspended as Northern Ireland sees year of changes Amid political deadlock, the country has seen pro-Irish unity party Sinn Fein become the largest at Stormont.
Belfast Live · Dec 23, 2022 Brendan Hughes: Partygate, Boris Johnson mutiny and the Liz Truss lettuce - a look back at the political year of 2022 The upheaval of the past year has left many feeling as wilted as the lettuce that outlasted Liz Truss
Belfast Live · Dec 23, 2022 Taoiseach Leo Varadkar insists security concerns will not stop him visiting Northern Ireland Some some sections of unionism and loyalism claim he was an instrumental figure in the creation of the Protocol
Belfast Live · Dec 22, 2022 Poll: 81% say DUP should return to Stormont power-sharing More than 1,500 votes were cast in the Belfast Live readers' poll
Belfast Live · Dec 20, 2022 Lisburn Castlereagh cost of living debate sees rolling pin pulled out "There have been some things close to the wire tonight."
Belfast Live · Dec 19, 2022 NI £600 energy support payment details explained including how you will be paid A rundown of what we know so far about the much-delayed support scheme and how it will operate