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The Latest Breaking News from Stormont

Final Seanad seats filled after marathon counting process

The last elected were independent candidate Eileen Flynn, Sinn Fein’s Nicole Ryan and Fianna Fail’s Fiona O’Loughlin and Diarmuid Wilson.

Evening Standard · Feb 3, 2025

Seanad election count continues in final vocational panel

The final count is taking place in the administrative panel.

The Independent UK · Feb 3, 2025

Murphy vows to drive momentum towards Irish unity after winning Seanad seat

The veteran Sinn Fein politician is leaving his job as Stormont economy minister to take on a new role in the upper chamber of the Irish parliament.

Evening Standard · Feb 3, 2025

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Taoiseach denies delay in request for help from the EU after storm

Micheal Martin said it is not his understanding that there was a significant delay in requesting help, including generators and additional crews.

Evening Standard · Jan 28, 2025

Government working hard to support Northern Ireland following Storm Eowyn – Benn

Approximately 60,000 customers remain without electricity across Northern Ireland.

Evening Standard · Jan 27, 2025

Stormont Executive ‘could be £100m short to deal with national insurance rise’

Finance Minister Caoimhe Archibald sounded the alarm while appearing before the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee.

Evening Standard · Jan 22, 2025

Stormont powersharing ‘no longer reflects progress of our society’, says MP

Alliance MP Sorcha Eastwood said powersharing continues to define Northern Ireland politics in ‘purely binary terms’ at the expense of ‘stability’.

Evening Standard · Jan 21, 2025

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Benn ‘wrong to reject brake request’ but Government now acting – Little-Pengelly

The deputy First Minister said the move on the Stormont Brake had forced a change of view in the Government.

Evening Standard · Jan 21, 2025

Northern Ireland Secretary insists Stormont Brake process has ‘worked’

Mr Benn said he has dealt with concerns in a sensible way and he ‘will take the necessary measures to ensure that there aren’t regulatory barriers’.

The Independent UK · Jan 20, 2025

Failure to activate Stormont brake a grave mistake, DUP leader Robinson says

Northern Ireland’s political leaders have been reacting to Hilary Benn’s decision not to activate the mechanism from the Windsor Framework.

Evening Standard · Jan 20, 2025

‘Time running out’ to press institutions to contribute to redress fund

The Stormont Executive committee also heard concerns that not all victims and survivors may know about the fund.

Evening Standard · Jan 15, 2025

Stormont MLA targeted by deepfake video urges legal clampdown

Cara Hunter said she was targeted just weeks before the 2022 Assembly election.

Evening Standard · Jan 14, 2025

O’Neill warns of disruptive effect on trade of triggering Stormont Brake

The Northern Ireland First Minister said the DUP had moved to use the mechanism last month without informing her or her colleagues of their intention.

Evening Standard · Jan 13, 2025

Windsor Framework review must be honest assessment of problems – Robinson

Lord Murphy is to report back in six months after examining the operation of the trading arrangements.

Evening Standard · Jan 10, 2025

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Evening Standard · Jan 9, 2025

Lord Murphy to conduct review into Windsor Framework

The annoncement was made following a vote by the Stormont Assembly to extend post-Brexit trading arrangements for the region for another four years.

The Independent UK · Dec 31, 2024

Call for water rates to be considered by Stormont to help algae-hit Lough Neagh

An alarm bell was sounded over the state of waste water infrastructure in Northern Ireland and the impact on waterways.

Evening Standard · Dec 30, 2024

Sinn Fein Stormont minister to run for election to Irish Seanad

Economy Minister Conor Murphy has lodged his nomination papers for elections to the Dublin parliament.

The Independent UK · Dec 30, 2024

Concern that British tourism agency acted like ‘Ireland did not exist’

Revealed in declassified files from 2003

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Evening Standard · Dec 30, 2024

DUP minister rejected suggestion licensing laws could be relaxed for jubilee

Stormont minister Maurice Morrow told an official he would not raise the issue with the Northern Ireland Executive.

Evening Standard · Dec 27, 2024

Northern Ireland secretary aware of Stormontgate ‘for months’, records reveal

Stormontgate in 2002 led to the suspension of devolution and the reintroduction of direct rule in Northern Ireland.

The Guardian - UK · Dec 20, 2024

Starmer faces first major Brexit test as unionists request Stormont brake

UK government has been asked to veto EU law update applying in Northern Ireland relating to chemical labelling

The National (Scotland) · Dec 19, 2024

DUP looks to trigger post-Brexit mechanism for the first time

The DUP has moved to trigger a new post-Brexit Stormont mechanism for the first time in an effort to prevent an EU law coming into force in Northern…

Evening Standard · Dec 19, 2024

DUP moves to pull post-Brexit ‘Stormont Brake’ for first time

Gavin Robinson said the party was seeking to act over an EU regulation on chemical labelling.

Evening Standard · Dec 10, 2024

Stormont votes to extend post-Brexit trade arrangements for four more years

The vote passed on a straight majority basis in the face of opposition from unionist MLAs.

The Independent UK · Dec 10, 2024

Northern Ireland votes to extend post-Brexit trade arrangements for four more years

The vote passed on a straight majority basis in the face of opposition from unionist MLAs.

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