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# Stormont

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# Brexit
Foster says Taoiseach's recent comments were 'detrimental to unionist-Fine Gael relationships'
The DUP leader said there is a feeling that unionist concerns about the Withdrawal Agreement are being dismissed.
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Oct 27th 2019, 4:17 PM
# Change
Same-sex marriage legalised and abortion decriminalised in Northern Ireland
The British government has assumed responsibility for introducing regulations to provide access to abortion by next April.
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Oct 22nd 2019, 7:58 AM
# Explainer
Explainer: Why can't same-sex couples in Northern Ireland get married until next year?
The first ceremonies could take place on the week of Valentine’s Day 2020.
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Oct 22nd 2019, 12:05 AM
# Abortion
Walkouts from DUP and SDLP amid farcical scenes in Stormont
Private members’ legislation aimed at thwarting the imposition of abortion reform in Northern Ireland were not accepted.
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Oct 21st 2019, 2:46 PM
# NI Assembly
Explainer: Why are some Northern Irish MLAs returning to Stormont?
Other parties are calling the return to Stormont a ‘stunt’.
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Oct 21st 2019, 6:00 AM
# Brexit
Explainer: Here's how the consent vote in the North will work
How and when will elected reps get to cast their vote and why is it a thorny issue for the DUP?
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Oct 17th 2019, 8:30 PM
# 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
# Northern Ireland
'It's all over the place': What next for the Ulster Unionist Party?
UUP leader Robin Swann announced that he was stepping down this week.
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Oct 6th 2019, 10:00 PM
# on its way
Lorenzo batters the Azores with 100mph winds
Lorenzo is currently still a post-tropical cyclone over the Atlantic but will have downgraded by the time it reaches Ireland tomorrow.
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Oct 2nd 2019, 6:40 PM
# grave concerns
Church leaders call for restoration of Stormont to stop abortion law being passed in North
Abortion will be decriminalised in the North if the collapsed assembly is not restored by 21 October.
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Sep 30th 2019, 7:50 AM
# Dispute
DUP calls for pictures of Queen Elizabeth to be reinstated in Stormont following reports they were removed
The DUP said it has raised the issue with Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
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Aug 1st 2019, 4:26 PM
# Stormont Assembly
Boris Johnson pledges to do 'everything in his power' to break impasse in Northern Ireland talks
The PM and the new Northern Ireland Secretary are to meet with the five main political parties tomorrow.
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Jul 30th 2019, 10:50 PM
# Stormont
New phase of power-sharing talks to begin in Northern Ireland
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”.
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Jun 3rd 2019, 11:23 AM
# Northern Ireland
Fresh talks between political leaders in bid to restore power-sharing at Stormont
The executive dissolved in January 2017.
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May 7th 2019, 5:55 PM
# Stormont
All-party talks could see Stormont up and running by mid-July, says Coveney
The talks are to begin following the Northern Ireland local elections.
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Apr 26th 2019, 4:40 PM
# Crunch time
Talks to restore Northern Ireland power-sharing executive to be announced today
The talks are expected to begin after Northern Ireland’s local elections.
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Apr 26th 2019, 7:20 AM
# Deadlock
It's more than two years since Stormont collapsed and a deal looks as far away as ever
The Northern Assembly has been shuttered for around 18,000 hours.
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Jan 20th 2019, 8:00 AM
# Deadlock
Karen Bradley 'actively considering' external mediator to restore NI powersharing talks
Northern Ireland powersharing collapsed in January 2017 following the DUP’s and Sinn Féin’s failure to agree on a number of issues.
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Oct 31st 2018, 5:13 PM
# Stormont Executive
Quiz: How much do you know about Northern Irish politics?
Karen Bradley admitted she didn’t know much about the divisive political history in the North when she took up her role in January.
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Sep 8th 2018, 8:30 PM
# michael stone
Loyalist murderer launches art exhibition while on temporary release - victims' relatives not impressed
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’.
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Aug 9th 2018, 9:16 AM
# The North Is Next
170 Irish and UK politicians sign letter calling for change to the North's abortion laws
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.
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Jul 22nd 2018, 11:10 AM
# Stormont
No hard border and a customs union: Four NI parties' stance on Brexit
The parties have varying stances on a number of issues, but have released a joint statement on their Brexit stance.
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May 22nd 2018, 7:29 AM
# 20 years on
Explainer: What is the Good Friday Agreement?
The 20th anniversary of the landmark deal is being marked – here’s what’s in it.
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Mar 30th 2018, 10:00 AM
# no laughing matter
Northern MLAs could have their pay docked by over €15,000 while Stormont remains down
Secretary of State Karen Bradley ‘is minded’ to reduce their pay.
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Mar 13th 2018, 9:19 AM
# Stormont
Northern Ireland budget to include £410 million from DUP deal with Conservatives
The budget also sets out £80 million in support of immediate health and education pressure.
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Mar 8th 2018, 5:28 PM
# Stormont
'A standstill is completely unacceptable': Sinn Féin to meet Varadkar and May over Stormont deadlock
Mary Lou McDonald said there is “no question of a return to direct rule” from Westminister in the North.
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Feb 17th 2018, 1:49 PM
# Vacancy
Vacant Seanad seat should be filled by someone with a unionist background, says senator
Leo Varadkar previously said he would like to see people from both nationalist and unionist communities take seats.
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Feb 14th 2018, 3:57 PM
# roadblock
DUP will not sign off on stand-alone Irish Language Act, Arlene Foster says
Yesterday, British Prime Minister Theresa May said there is a “basis for an agreement” at Stormont and the Executive could be running soon.
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Feb 13th 2018, 8:03 PM
# bolt cutter
Sinn Féin's Gerry Kelly says he has spoken to police after being filmed removing a clamp
Kelly, who has been an MLA since 1998, is the party’s policing spokesman.
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Feb 5th 2018, 7:05 AM
# Northern Ireland
'The hamster wheel of talks': There isn't a lot of optimism that the Stormont Assembly will be restored
As we creep towards direct rule, time is running out for politicians on both sides to strike a deal.
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Jan 24th 2018, 6:10 AM
# Robin Newton
Stormont speaker rejects allegations he misled assembly over role with UDA-linked group
The allegations were made in a BBC Spotlight programme last night.
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Oct 11th 2017, 11:37 AM
# power sharing
Sinn Féin rejects Arlene Foster's Irish language proposal
Michelle O’Neill said the DUP has not acknowledged the reasons for Martin McGuinness’ resignation.
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Aug 31st 2017, 10:34 PM
# at odds
Adams says young people will be radicalised by the DUP’s refusal to embrace their rights
Unlikely to reach a deal anytime soon, the Northern Ireland Assembly has remained empty since January.
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Aug 31st 2017, 9:39 AM
# Referendum
With young people in 'Repeal' jumpers beside him, Leo Varadkar was asked about the Eighth in Belfast today
Varadkar will also give a speech at Queen’s University as part of his first trip to Northern Ireland as Taoiseach.
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Aug 4th 2017, 11:06 AM
# Nigel Dodds
DUP accuses Varadkar of sending 'mixed messages' and 'going backwards'
“Just what is going on in Dublin?” DUP deputy Nigel Dodds has asked provocatively.
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Jul 30th 2017, 5:00 PM
# Northern Ireland
DUP hits out at the Irish government for 'sticking its nose in' Stormont talks
The DUP have said that they are all “miles from agreement”.
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Jul 5th 2017, 8:40 AM
# Deadlock
'What's wrong with someone who wants to live through Irish?' - Sinn Féin hits back at DUP
Earlier, Arlene Foster said that Sinn Féin’s ‘shopping list’ is holding up a deal in the North.
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Jul 3rd 2017, 7:49 PM
# looming deadline
Gerry Adams asks UK to not restore direct rule from Westminster in North
The Sinn Féin leader doesn’t expect a power-sharing deal to be reached in Northern Ireland by tomorrow.
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Jul 2nd 2017, 2:01 PM
# looming deadline
Gerry Adams doesn't think power-sharing deal will be reached by Monday
Theresa May has called both Arlene Foster and Michelle O’Neill to outline her government’s desire to see a deal in the North.
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Jul 1st 2017, 5:55 PM
# Northern Ireland
Deadline missed: No deal reached in Stormont talks
The power-sharing assembly has been vacant since January.
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Jun 29th 2017, 4:15 PM
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