# stormont - Thursday 12 August, 2021
# Northern Ireland
# Northern Ireland
Close contacts will no longer have to quarantine for 10 days as long as they test negative and have had both Covid-19 vaccine jabs.
# stormont - Tuesday 3 August, 2021
# Belfast High Court
# Belfast High Court
It comes after a relaxation of coronavirus regulations by the Stormont Executive to allow live music to resume.
# stormont - Monday 26 July, 2021
# Stormont
# Stormont
The rules will change at 6pm on Tuesday.
# Stormont
# Stormont
Northern Ireland has the worst waiting times for elective care procedures in the UK.
# stormont - Thursday 22 July, 2021
# Stormont
# Stormont
The North’s abortion laws were liberalised in 2019 but full services have not been commissioned due to disagreements between the Executive parties.
# stormont - Tuesday 20 July, 2021
# The North
# The North
The Assembly was recalled from its summer recess as anger grows over proposals to deal with legacy in NI.
# stormont - Thursday 15 July, 2021
# Nothern Ireland
# Nothern Ireland
A former chief constable said the plans for a statute of limitations did not sit comfortably with him.
# stormont - Tuesday 6 July, 2021
# Shake Up
# Shake Up
The DUP has been rocked by bitter divisions played out in public in recent weeks.
# stormont - Thursday 1 July, 2021
# DUP
# DUP
The new DUP leader today issued his first keynote speech to party members.
# The North
# The North
The relaxations include the return of live music across the hospitality sector.
# stormont - Wednesday 23 June, 2021
# Stormont
# Stormont
McDonald claimed that a DUP “failure to accept rights and equality” was a factor in the “political storm” that has hit unionism
# stormont - Friday 18 June, 2021
# Poots Gets The Boot
# Poots Gets The Boot
Edwin Poots announced last night he is to quit as as DUP leader after only three weeks.
# stormont - Thursday 17 June, 2021
# Stormont
# Stormont
The Tánaiste has said he welcomes the “agreement on an Irish Language Act going ahead”.
# stormont - Wednesday 16 June, 2021
# The North
# The North
Brandon Lewis flew into Belfast for talks, saying he is exploring ‘all options’ in his efforts to keep powersharing on track.
# Stormont
# Stormont
Paul Frew’s comments came as Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis faced calls from Sinn Fein to end the impasse.
# stormont - Tuesday 8 June, 2021
# Stormont
# Stormont
At 39, Givan would be the youngest person to serve as First Minister.
# stormont - Monday 31 May, 2021
# Stormont
# Stormont
New DUP leader Edwin Poots won’t be putting himself forward but the new FM has not been confirmed.
# stormont - Wednesday 19 May, 2021
# Stormont
# Stormont
The committee chairman said they’re being asked to give evidence on the impact of Brexit and the NI Protocol.
# stormont - Thursday 13 May, 2021
# Northern Ireland
# Northern Ireland
A number of restrictions will also ease on 24 May in Northern Ireland.
# stormont - Saturday 1 May, 2021
# DUP LEADERSHIP
# DUP LEADERSHIP
A source close to the Lagan Valley MP told the News Letter that he could contest the election.
# stormont - Wednesday 28 April, 2021
# Northern Ireland
# Northern Ireland
Former BBC correspondent Brian Rowan looks at the embattled DUP leader’s position today.
# stormont - Thursday 22 April, 2021
# Data-sharing Impasse
# Data-sharing Impasse
First Minister Arlene Foster and deputy First Minister Michelle O’Neill both expressed frustration over the issue.
# stormont - Thursday 15 April, 2021
# Stormont
The executive has signed off on a plan with three key relaxation dates - 23 April, 30 April and 24 May. Northern Ireland marked reaching one million Covid-19 vaccines last weekend. Yesterday, Health Minister Robin Swann said the “scales are tipping” in favour of accelerating the pace of the exit from lockdown.
# stormont - Friday 9 April, 2021
# Northern Ireland
# Northern Ireland
Emma DeSouza says the unrest in the North is not a failure of peace but a failure of leadership.
# stormont - Thursday 8 April, 2021
# Belfast Violence
# Belfast Violence
The former BBC correspondent and author says it’s like a rewind button has been pressed to the past in the North.
# stormont - Tuesday 23 March, 2021
# Brandon Lewis
# Brandon Lewis
Brandon Lewis could have the power to rollout services from London next month.
# stormont - Tuesday 16 March, 2021
# Stormont
# Stormont
The plan includes up to six people from two households being able to meet outdoors in a private garden from 1 April.
# Stormont
# Stormont
Sinn Féin abstained from a vote on the Severe Fetal Impairment Abortion (Amendment) Bill last night.
# stormont - Friday 12 March, 2021
# Centenary Plans
# Centenary Plans
It will also pay tribute to those who worked tirelessly to support the region during the pandemic, Boris Johnson added.
# stormont - Tuesday 2 March, 2021
# Northern Ireland
# Northern Ireland
The plan is likely to outline the sequence in which current lockdown restrictions will lift.
# stormont - Monday 1 March, 2021
# Stormont
# Stormont
The plan is likely to outline the sequence in which current lockdown restrictions will lift.
# stormont - Wednesday 24 February, 2021
# Pigeon Hold
# Pigeon Hold
The pigeon was dragged into a video call by an attendee’s cat.
# stormont - Tuesday 16 February, 2021
# Don’t Screen Us Out
# Don’t Screen Us Out
The DUP private member’s bill will attempt to prevent terminations up to birth in cases of non-fatal serious disabilities.
# stormont - Monday 18 January, 2021
# Cross Border
# Cross Border
Northern Ireland’s Deputy First Minister Michelle O’Neill described the situation as ‘regrettable’.
# stormont - Thursday 14 January, 2021
# Sharing Is Caring
# Sharing Is Caring
Arlene Foster and Michelle O’Neill said repeated efforts to secure the information had failed.
# stormont - Wednesday 6 January, 2021
# Stormont
# Stormont
It comes amid stricter lockdown measures to stop a rise in transmission of coronavirus and prevent hospitals from being overwhelmed by new cases.
# stormont - Saturday 26 December, 2020
# Covid-19
# Covid-19
There have been almost 1,000 new cases of the virus in the North in the last 48 hours.
# stormont - Monday 21 December, 2020
# Northern Ireland
# Northern Ireland
Michelle O’Neill said there is “no time to lose in agreeing a travel ban”.
# stormont - Thursday 10 December, 2020
# Reopening
# Reopening
A two-week circuit-breaker is ending tomorrow.
# stormont - Friday 13 November, 2020
# Dr Tom Black
# Dr Tom Black
The DUP had disagreed with other parties in the Stormont Executive on continuing the Covid-19 restrictions after today.
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