# stormont - Wednesday 15 January, 2020
# Conor Murphy
# Conor Murphy
This evening, Conor Murphy said he “cannot and will not” accept the British government’s package.
# stormont - Monday 13 January, 2020
# Stormont
# Stormont
The UK Prime Minister was urged to follow through on funding commitments to Northern Ireland during his visit today.
# stormont - Sunday 12 January, 2020
# Constitutional Change
# Constitutional Change
Declan Kearney says there is a landmark opportunity to ‘advance the debate on constitutional change’.
# stormont - Saturday 11 January, 2020
# Back To Work
# Back To Work
A new powersharing deal was agreed by the North’s main parties last night.
# stormont - Friday 10 January, 2020
# 3 Years On
# 3 Years On
The Stormont executive will now sit tomorrow after a three-year impasse.
# Opinion
# Opinion
The new deal is a balanced approach that can get the parliament up and running, the Tánaiste writes.
# stormont - Thursday 9 January, 2020
# New Approach
# New Approach
The tánaiste and secretary of state for Northern Ireland were speaking following days of intense talks.
# Northern Ireland
# Northern Ireland
Three years to the day since the collapse of the Assembly, the Sinn Féin leader in the North said talks are still “a work in progress”.
# stormont - Tuesday 7 January, 2020
# Northern Ireland
# Northern Ireland
The five main parties in Northern Ireland will be urged to sign up to the document tabled by the UK and Irish governments.
# stormont - Friday 3 January, 2020
# Northern Ireland
# Northern Ireland
UUP leader Steven Aiken said he was unsure of how close the parties were to a deal.
# stormont - Thursday 2 January, 2020
# Take 5
# Take 5
Five minutes, five stories, five o’clock…
# Belfast
# Belfast
A snap election could be called if a deal is not reached by 13 January.
# stormont - Wednesday 1 January, 2020
# Centenary
# Centenary
The Government of Ireland Act was passed in December 1920.
# stormont - Friday 20 December, 2019
# Positive Talks
# Positive Talks
The Northern Assembly has been shuttered for nearly three years and all previous attempts to restore it have collapsed.
# stormont - Wednesday 18 December, 2019
# Minimum Pricing
# Minimum Pricing
The government wants to introduce minimum pricing at the same time as the North.
# stormont - Sunday 24 November, 2019
# DUP
# DUP
The DUP leader also shared her thoughts on an Irish unity poll.
# stormont - Monday 4 November, 2019
# Independent Commission
# Independent Commission
A report was published today by a paramilitary watchdog.
# stormont - Saturday 2 November, 2019
# The Disappeared
# The Disappeared
The IRA is deemed responsible for most of the 16 murders and secret burials while the INLA was behind one of the disappearances.
# stormont - Sunday 27 October, 2019
# Brexit
# Brexit
The DUP leader said there is a feeling that unionist concerns about the Withdrawal Agreement are being dismissed.
# stormont - Tuesday 22 October, 2019
# Change
# Change
The British government has assumed responsibility for introducing regulations to provide access to abortion by next April.
# Explainer
# Explainer
The first ceremonies could take place on the week of Valentine’s Day 2020.
# stormont - Monday 21 October, 2019
# Abortion
# Abortion
Private members’ legislation aimed at thwarting the imposition of abortion reform in Northern Ireland were not accepted.
# NI Assembly
# NI Assembly
Other parties are calling the return to Stormont a ‘stunt’.
# stormont - Thursday 17 October, 2019
# Brexit
# Brexit
How and when will elected reps get to cast their vote and why is it a thorny issue for the DUP?
# stormont - Tuesday 15 October, 2019
# Stormont
# Stormont
The move to decriminalise abortion will only be halted if the Stormont executive is restored by 21 October.
# stormont - Sunday 6 October, 2019
# Northern Ireland
# Northern Ireland
UUP leader Robin Swann announced that he was stepping down this week.
# stormont - Wednesday 2 October, 2019
# On Its Way
# On Its Way
Lorenzo is currently still a post-tropical cyclone over the Atlantic but will have downgraded by the time it reaches Ireland tomorrow.
# stormont - Monday 30 September, 2019
# Grave Concerns
# Grave Concerns
Abortion will be decriminalised in the North if the collapsed assembly is not restored by 21 October.
# stormont - Thursday 1 August, 2019
# Dispute
# Dispute
The DUP said it has raised the issue with Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
# stormont - Tuesday 30 July, 2019
# Stormont Assembly
# Stormont Assembly
The PM and the new Northern Ireland Secretary are to meet with the five main political parties tomorrow.
# stormont - Monday 3 June, 2019
# Stormont
# Stormont
Karen Bradley and Simon Coveney said they “believe that there is a genuine but narrow window of opportunity to reach agreement in the immediate period ahead”.
# stormont - Tuesday 7 May, 2019
# Northern Ireland
# Northern Ireland
The executive dissolved in January 2017.
# stormont - Friday 26 April, 2019
# Stormont
# Stormont
The talks are to begin following the Northern Ireland local elections.
# Crunch Time
# Crunch Time
The talks are expected to begin after Northern Ireland’s local elections.
# stormont - Sunday 20 January, 2019
# Deadlock
# Deadlock
The Northern Assembly has been shuttered for around 18,000 hours.
# stormont - Wednesday 31 October, 2018
# Deadlock
# Deadlock
Northern Ireland powersharing collapsed in January 2017 following the DUP’s and Sinn Féin’s failure to agree on a number of issues.
# stormont - Saturday 8 September, 2018
# Stormont Executive
# Stormont Executive
Karen Bradley admitted she didn’t know much about the divisive political history in the North when she took up her role in January.
# stormont - Thursday 9 August, 2018
# Michael Stone
# Michael Stone
Michael Stone is coming to the end of a 30-year sentence for murdering six people. He is no stranger to the world of ‘performance art’.
# stormont - Sunday 22 July, 2018
# The North Is Next
# The North Is Next
Northern Ireland has been without a government for over a year and a half – so Westminster and Dublin are being asked to introduce new abortion laws.
# stormont - Tuesday 22 May, 2018
# Stormont
# Stormont
The parties have varying stances on a number of issues, but have released a joint statement on their Brexit stance.
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