The Latest Breaking News from Stormont

Brendan Hughes: Big challenges but low bar of expectations for next Northern Ireland secretary

For a role long seen as a poisoned chalice, it is perhaps refreshing that someone appears to actually want to be appointed as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

Belfast Live · Sep 3, 2022

Sinn Féin and DUP block council devolution powers to pedestrianise Belfast

A Green Party call to devolve infrastucture powers to City Hall was snubbed by the two largest parties

Belfast Live · Sep 3, 2022

Stormont election could be called in October if parties fail to agree a return to the Executive

The DUP withdrew from the Executive earlier this year in protest over the post-Brexit Northern Ireland Protocol

Belfast Live · Sep 2, 2022

Stormont parties warned of ‘bleak outlook’ even with return of proper Executive

Party leaders met with the head of the Northern Ireland civil service at Stormont Castle on Thursday.

The Independent UK · Sep 1, 2022

Stormont caretaker ministers' limited decisions 'opaque' without Assembly, report says

The report warned the continuing absence of a power-sharing Executive is "not healthy for any democratic state"

Belfast Live · Sep 1, 2022

Stormont and councils in Northern Ireland 'exploring options' to save energy in winter

It comes after sweeping energy-saving measures limiting the use of lighting and heating in public buildings were approved in Germany

Belfast Live · Aug 31, 2022

Brendan Hughes: Stormont funding pressures piling up in absence of Executive

The UK government may not have stepped into the breach this time, but no action is increasingly not an option

Belfast Live · Aug 27, 2022

Stormont 'passing the buck' on concerns over major traffic junction at Ulster University Belfast campus

There are fears over an influx of thousands of students having to cross a busy road up to eight lanes wide to reach the campus

Belfast Live · Aug 26, 2022

Sinn Fein's wage bill in Northern Ireland 'averages at more than £53,000 per full-time role'

The equivalent of 15 full-time staff were on the payroll including their seven MPs, according to the party's accounts

Belfast Live · Aug 26, 2022

Government confirms £400 energy discount will be delivered in Northern Ireland

But the DUP and Sinn Fein have disagreed about when people could receive the discount.

The Independent UK · Aug 26, 2022