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# Northern Ireland Assembly

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2022
# Deadline Day
Bertie Ahern: ‘Sad day’ for people of Northern Ireland as they face another election
The former Taoiseach said an election will not ‘change a damn thing’ because the Northern Ireland Protocol is not even on the agenda.
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Oct 28th 2022, 4:15 PM
# Stormont
Stormont Assembly recalled in new bid to elect speaker
Jeffrey Donaldson has said his party will continue to block a return of powersharing until there is action over the protocol.
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May 26th 2022, 4:12 PM
# Stormont
Taoiseach says Northern Ireland politicians must return to power sharing after May election
Speaking this morning, Micheál Martin urged political parties to work “collectively” after the election.
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Apr 28th 2022, 12:51 PM
# Brexit
Solution on Northern Ireland Protocol needed before Assembly elections, McGuinness says
The EU commissioner said she hopes the appointment of Liz Truss as chief Brexit negotiator brings some ‘pragmatism’ to talks.
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Jan 11th 2022, 12:45 PM
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# Northern Ireland Assembly
No paramilitary involvement in threats to port workers, says PSNI
The EU asked its officials in Northern Ireland not to go to work and condemned ‘any threats’ to port staff
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Feb 2nd 2021, 8:13 PM
# Northern Ireland
DUP motion on abortion passed by Northern Ireland Assembly
The motion doesn’t impact or change Northern Ireland’s abortion legislation.
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Jun 2nd 2020, 9:18 PM
# Stormont Executive
After a dramatic election, the DUP and Sinn Féin are to talk today about reviving Stormont
“All the old certainties are gone,” Sinn Féin president mary Lou McDonald said.
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Dec 16th 2019, 8:30 AM
# Stormont
Foster backs call for Stormont restoration as NI abortion to be decriminalised by Westminster
The move to decriminalise abortion will only be halted if the Stormont executive is restored by 21 October.
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Oct 15th 2019, 8:59 PM
# Snap Election
Gerry Adams says Stormont collapse is not a threat to the peace process
Adams said he does not think the Taoiseach has “good instincts” when it comes to dealing with these issues.
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Jan 16th 2017, 2:11 PM
# Collapse
The deadline has passed and Northern Ireland is heading for a snap election
Northern Ireland Secretary James Brokenshire will have no choice but name a date for elections later today.
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Jan 16th 2017, 12:25 PM
# Watch Out
Northern Ireland may soon be allowed set its own corporation tax
This would mean Northern Ireland could match our very attractive 12.5% rate. Let the games begin…
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Dec 2nd 2014, 7:14 AM
# can cola coalyer
Now the 'curry my yoghurt' MP has been barred from speaking in Stormont...
… but only for today, and he wasn’t there.
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Nov 4th 2014, 4:57 PM
# civil marriage
Northern Ireland Assembly votes against calls for same-sex marriage
MLAs voted 53 to 42 against a motion which called on the Northern executive to allow civil marriage for same-sex couples.
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Apr 30th 2013, 12:27 PM
# Gay Marriage
Northern Ireland assembly rejects motion calling for same-sex marriage
The nationalist parties and three UUP members backed the motion, which was opposed by the two main unionist parties.
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Oct 2nd 2012, 9:21 AM
Voices
Column: Sinn Féin is partitionist when it comes to party policy
Can SF hope to represent voters on a 32-county basis, asks David McCann, when they can’t keep their policies aligned north and south of the border?
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Aug 7th 2012, 8:15 PM
Voices
Column: ‘Listening to a dull speech in Stormont was the happiest day of my life’
Senator George Mitchell, who oversaw the negotiation of the Good Friday Agreement, recounts his experiences planting the first seeds of peace.
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Apr 27th 2012, 7:30 PM
# Elections
DUP and Sinn Féin in command as North's 'shambolic' assembly count resumes
There have been widespread delays in counting across the region with less than half of the assembly’s seats filled so far.
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May 7th 2011, 11:45 AM
# Catholic Bishops
Catholic bishops warn of violence in aftermath of financial crisis
The bishops have criticised cuts in the minimum wage and say that the new government needs to learn from the “wrongs of the past”.
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Feb 22nd 2011, 3:00 PM