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# First Minister

This year
2023
# Scottish First Minister
Humza Yousaf to be confirmed as Scotland’s next first minister after winning SNP leader race
The 37-year-old will be formally elected by MSPs as Scotland’s sixth first minister today.
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Mar 28th 2023, 7:20 AM
# First Minister
Humza Yousaf promises to bring 'independence for Scotland' as he's elected SNP leader in tight vote
Nicola Sturgeon announced in February that she would resign after more than eight years.
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Mar 27th 2023, 3:53 PM
Last year
2022
THE MORNING LEAD
Dublin property price ceilings under First Home Scheme to increase to €475,000
A report by
Christina Finn
Maximum property price ceilings are to increase from 1 January.
Maximum property price ceilings under the First Home Scheme for every county are to increase on 1 January, Political Correspondent Christina Finn reports.
Price caps for Dublin City; Cork City; Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, Fingal, and South Dublin are to increase from €450,000 to €475,000.
Since its launch in July, 2,400 people have registered under the scheme.
Rory Hearne: The housing game is rigged and it's time we called it out
Housing minister welcomes mortgage rule change but concerns raised about house price increases
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Dec 20th 2022, 12:05 AM
# NI politics
DUP can't give timetable for return to powersharing at Stormont, Donaldson says
His comments came ahead of the latest attempt to restore Stormont by way of a recalled sitting of the Assembly.
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Aug 3rd 2022, 10:44 AM
# First Minister
McDonald says Donaldson's refusal to renominate First Minister is 'astonishing'
Jeffrey Donaldson has urged Executive parties to focus on efforts to release £300m to ease the cost of living crisis.
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Mar 14th 2022, 5:00 PM
All time
# DUP
NI Protocol - not DUP - threatens Stormont stability, Jeffrey Donaldson says
The new DUP leader today issued his first keynote speech to party members.
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Jul 1st 2021, 4:34 PM
# DUP
Outgoing First Minister Arlene Foster speaks of regrets during time as North's leader
Foster said the coronavirus pandemic changed the administration’s course.
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Jun 10th 2021, 9:27 PM
# Scotland
'We did not get this right': Sturgeon apologises to pupils over downgraded exam results
Pass rates for pupils in the most deprived data zones were reduced by 15.2% – for pupils from the most affluent backgrounds the reduction was 6.9%.
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Aug 10th 2020, 5:32 PM
# Brexit
Arlene Foster says she fears Brexit trade talks ‘are not going particularly well’
The NI First Minister said she wants to see a trade deal agreed.
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Jun 7th 2020, 10:23 AM
# Trial
Alex Salmond trial over sexual assault accusations due to begin today
The former first minister of Scotland is facing 14 charges of alleged offences against 10 women.
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Mar 9th 2020, 8:10 AM
# dup leader
Police investigating 'beheading' threats made against Arlene Foster
The threats have been condemned by former Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness.
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Jan 13th 2017, 2:22 PM
# cash for ash
McGuinness resignation: The latest chapter in a remarkable political career
Martin McGuinness’s career to date has seen some surprising twists.
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Jan 10th 2017, 12:05 AM
# Arlene Foster
Pressure mounts on North's First Minister to resign after energy scheme scandal
The flawed Renewable Heat Incentive scheme cost the Northern Irish taxpayer around £400 million.
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Dec 13th 2016, 10:05 AM
# Everyday sexism
'Her second most important job': One politician's take on the North's first female leader
Edwin Poots has found himself in bother after his congratulatory speech.
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Jan 11th 2016, 7:44 PM
# health concerns
DUP leader Peter Robinson has been admitted to hospital
His party says it’s “a precautionary measure”.
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Sep 20th 2015, 11:08 AM
# will he stay or go
Cameron orders review of secret IRA deal after Peter Robinson’s resignation threat
The Northern Ireland Assembly is to be recalled tomorrow to discuss Peter Robinson’s concerns about protection for IRA suspects.
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Feb 27th 2014, 4:40 PM
# Investigation
Man charged over death threats to Peter Robinson
The 34-year-old man is alleged to have made the threat by phone on Wednesday as tensions remained high in Northern Ireland.
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Dec 13th 2012, 8:25 AM
# Unionism
Grand Secretary of Orange Order calls image 'outrageous and unacceptable'
Drew Nelson was responding to a photograph which appeared to show a bandsman urinating outside a Catholic church during Saturday’s marches.
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Oct 1st 2012, 1:07 PM
# Northern Ireland
Why can't Northern Ireland have a Sinn Féin First Minister?
Gerry Adams and Ian Paisley agree: there’s no reason for a republican not to hold the top job.
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Aug 6th 2010, 12:46 PM