# 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.
# stormont - Friday 30 March, 2018
# 20 Years On
# 20 Years On
The 20th anniversary of the landmark deal is being marked – here’s what’s in it.
# stormont - Tuesday 13 March, 2018
# No Laughing Matter
# No Laughing Matter
Secretary of State Karen Bradley ‘is minded’ to reduce their pay.
# stormont - Thursday 8 March, 2018
# Stormont
# Stormont
The budget also sets out £80 million in support of immediate health and education pressure.
# stormont - Saturday 17 February, 2018
# Stormont
# Stormont
Mary Lou McDonald said there is “no question of a return to direct rule” from Westminister in the North.
# stormont - Wednesday 14 February, 2018
# Vacancy
# Vacancy
Leo Varadkar previously said he would like to see people from both nationalist and unionist communities take seats.
# stormont - Tuesday 13 February, 2018
# Roadblock
# Roadblock
Yesterday, British Prime Minister Theresa May said there is a “basis for an agreement” at Stormont and the Executive could be running soon.
# stormont - Monday 5 February, 2018
# Bolt Cutter
# Bolt Cutter
Kelly, who has been an MLA since 1998, is the party’s policing spokesman.
# stormont - Wednesday 24 January, 2018
# Northern Ireland
# Northern Ireland
As we creep towards direct rule, time is running out for politicians on both sides to strike a deal.
# stormont - Wednesday 11 October, 2017
# Robin Newton
# Robin Newton
The allegations were made in a BBC Spotlight programme last night.
# stormont - Thursday 31 August, 2017
# Power Sharing
# Power Sharing
Michelle O’Neill said the DUP has not acknowledged the reasons for Martin McGuinness’ resignation.
# At Odds
# At Odds
Unlikely to reach a deal anytime soon, the Northern Ireland Assembly has remained empty since January.
# stormont - Friday 4 August, 2017
# Referendum
# Referendum
Varadkar will also give a speech at Queen’s University as part of his first trip to Northern Ireland as Taoiseach.
# stormont - Sunday 30 July, 2017
# Nigel Dodds
# Nigel Dodds
“Just what is going on in Dublin?” DUP deputy Nigel Dodds has asked provocatively.
# stormont - Wednesday 5 July, 2017
# Northern Ireland
# Northern Ireland
The DUP have said that they are all “miles from agreement”.
# stormont - Monday 3 July, 2017
# Deadlock
# Deadlock
Earlier, Arlene Foster said that Sinn Féin’s ‘shopping list’ is holding up a deal in the North.
# stormont - Sunday 2 July, 2017
# Looming Deadline
# Looming Deadline
The Sinn Féin leader doesn’t expect a power-sharing deal to be reached in Northern Ireland by tomorrow.
# stormont - Saturday 1 July, 2017
# Looming Deadline
# Looming Deadline
Theresa May has called both Arlene Foster and Michelle O’Neill to outline her government’s desire to see a deal in the North.
