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# Stormont

Last week
19th March 2023 - 1st April 2023
# breaking with the PM
'Stormont brake' emphatically passed by House of Commons but DUP confirms no return to power-sharing
The two former prime ministers will form part of an expected backbench rebellion against the agreement negotiated with Brussels.
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Mar 22nd 2023, 3:31 PM
# windsor framework
SDLP may abstain on 'Stormont brake' vote, with Colum Eastwood saying it 'muddies the water'
The brake would allow a minority of MLAs at Stormont to formally flag concerns about the imposition of new EU laws in Northern Ireland.
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Mar 21st 2023, 11:04 AM
# Stormont
Sinn Féin and DUP both rise in new Northern Ireland opinion poll
The poll put support for Sinn Féin at 30.6% and DUP at 23.9%.
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Mar 21st 2023, 8:23 AM
# Northern Ireland
McDonald says DUP would be 'foolish' not to return to Stormont for Biden visit
The Sinn Féin leader said she was hopeful the DUP would ‘do the right thing’ and agree to the terms of the Windsor Framework.
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Mar 19th 2023, 1:03 PM
Last month
March 2023
# Stormont
Sinn Féin meet with Taoiseach and call for 'urgency' on restoring powersharing
Mary Lou McDonald said that Sinn Féin were “ready to go”.
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Mar 9th 2023, 6:07 PM
# Michelle O'Neill
Joint UK/Irish arrangement needed if powersharing is not restored at Stormont, says O’Neill
Sinn Féin’s vice president called on the DUP to show ‘leadership’ and lift its blockade on devolution at Stormont.
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Mar 5th 2023, 11:57 AM
# windsor framework
Jeffery Donaldson: DUP will not be knocked off course by rhetoric
Donaldson reiterated that his party will take time to secure “clear answers” on aspects of proposed arrangements.
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Mar 4th 2023, 4:50 PM
# naomi long
Alliance leader willing to test legality of Stormont’s ‘discriminatory’ voting system
It is understood Alliance has sought legal advice on whether the existing arrangements are human rights compliant.
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Mar 4th 2023, 3:18 PM
February
February 2023
Voices
Local MLA: 'There's a black cloud over Omagh today - one we'd hoped had gone forever'
The SDLP’s Daniel McCrossan says the people of Omagh are shocked that such violence has once again visited them.
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Feb 23rd 2023, 10:00 PM
# Daithi's Law
Westminster is set to pass a new organ donation law for NI because Stormont remains deadlocked
The law is named after six-year-old Belfast boy Daithi MacGabhann, who is waiting for a heart transplant.
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Feb 22nd 2023, 8:31 AM
# rail review
Rail campaigners call for review of island's network to be published
The report cannot be published due to the political impasse at Stormont.
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Feb 20th 2023, 5:23 PM
# Daithi's Law
Daithí's Law: Westminster to pass opt-out organ donation law for Northern Ireland
The political impasse at Stormont means local Assembly members have been unable to pass the regulations required.
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Feb 20th 2023, 8:09 AM
# Brexit
Rishi Sunak arrives in Northern Ireland amid speculation of imminent protocol deal
The British Prime Minister will discuss the NI Protocol negotiations with political parties.
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Feb 16th 2023, 7:45 PM
# Daithi's Law
DUP vetoes Stormont speaker vote again, blocking new organ donation law named after six-year-old
It was the latest in a series of failed efforts to recall the Assembly.
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Feb 14th 2023, 2:45 PM
# Stormont
Pushing Stormont poll deadline back to 2024 ‘legislating for further drift’, McDonald says
Chris Heaton-Harris announced today that the local parties will have until 18 January 2024 to form a ministerial executive at Stormont.
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Feb 9th 2023, 6:51 PM
# Belfast
Martin 'very anxious' that power sharing institutions are restored as quickly as possible
The Tánaiste says the meetings with the parties in Northern Ireland were ‘constructive’.
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Feb 3rd 2023, 4:57 PM
January
January 2023
# Northern Ireland
Good Friday Agreement anniversary worth celebrating despite Assembly not functioning - Taoiseach
The 25th anniversary of the agreement is in April.
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Jan 30th 2023, 8:08 PM
# Northern Ireland Committee
Protocol row ‘isn’t rocket science’, says Bertie Ahern in call for solution
The former Taoiseach was speaking today at the Northern Ireland Committee at Westminster.
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Jan 23rd 2023, 6:27 PM
# Northern Ireland
Leo Varardkar says he has 'regrets' over NI Protocol as latest Stormont deadline passes
The Taoiseach said he understands why unionists feel that the protocol has “weakened the union”.
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Jan 20th 2023, 7:44 AM
# Stormont
'We're on a positive trajectory': Politicians hope EU and UK talks on NI protocol can move forward
Micheál Martin has urged patience with the negotiations to resolve the Northern Ireland Protocol dispute.
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Jan 19th 2023, 6:30 PM
# Northern Ireland
'The whole thing is absolutely bizarre': SF withdraw from talks over McDonald's exclusion from meeting
McDonald said her exclusion was the result of ‘British Tory petulance’.
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Jan 11th 2023, 8:45 PM
# Stormont
Northern Ireland secretary invites parties to fresh talks as election deadline looms
Powersharing is in deadlock due to a DUP boycott in protest at the Northern Ireland Protocol.
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Jan 4th 2023, 6:05 PM
# Margaret Gibson
Belfast woman who made plea to Tony Blair feels 'betrayed' 25 years after Good Friday Agreement
Margaret Gibney was a Belfast schoolgirl when she asked the then-prime minister to bring an end to the Troubles in Northern Ireland.
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Jan 1st 2023, 4:15 PM
Last year
2022
Voices
Brian Rowan: Northern Ireland cannot continue with pantomime politics and a pretend parliament
The former BBC correspondent looks back at a year of turmoil and persistent deadlock in Northern Irish politics.
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Dec 30th 2022, 7:29 PM
# Powersharing
Sunak says he is working 'flat out' to restore the power sharing executive in Northern Ireland
Powersharing in Northern Ireland is in cold storage due to a dispute over post-Brexit trading arrangements.
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Dec 16th 2022, 10:36 AM
# Stormont
DUP will not be ‘bullied or cajoled’ into restoring Stormont, Northern Ireland Secretary told
DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson said the UK Government should stop ‘expending energy’ targeting unionists.
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Dec 11th 2022, 12:23 PM
# Northern Ireland
Varadkar to prioritise Northern Ireland power sharing when he becomes Taoiseach
Leo Varadkar said the Government had “not for a second” given up on the matter despite the failed attempt to restore the institutions.
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Dec 8th 2022, 7:35 PM
# Not happening
The latest attempt to re-establish powersharing in Stormont just failed
Sinn Féin has urged the DUP to back the election of a speaker to deliver energy support payments.
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Dec 7th 2022, 3:20 PM
# Northern Ireland
Full abortion services to be commissioned in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland’s abortion laws were liberalised in 2019, but the Department of Health never centrally commissioned the rollout of full services due to a political impasse at Stormont.
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Dec 2nd 2022, 4:47 PM
# Northern Ireland
Legislation introduced to push back deadline to form a Stormont Executive
It will also allow for MLA salaries to be cut by around a third while the Assembly is unable to sit.
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Nov 21st 2022, 8:21 AM
# FAKE NEWS
Northern Ireland Secretary explains to Elon Musk what ‘tosh’ means after debunking bogus email
The NI Secretary has also warned that there is a ‘very, very big budget black hole in Northern Ireland’s finances’.
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Nov 10th 2022, 1:26 PM
# Stormont
NI Secretary Heaton-Harris extends deadline for election to March with option to cut MLAs' pay
The Northern Ireland Secretary has already ruled out a December election.
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Nov 9th 2022, 4:00 PM
# Stormont
'What is next?': McDonald and O'Neill say UK Govt must clarify its plans for NI next week
McDonald said that “plan B” in resolving issues at Stormont should be one of a joint authority.
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Nov 5th 2022, 12:00 PM
# The North
Announcement of no December Stormont election is 'Christmas miracle'
The NI Secretary has faced criticism for failing to provide clarity on whether he will call an election.
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Nov 4th 2022, 12:48 PM
# The North
Still no clarity on an election date in Northern Ireland, what's going on?
The NI Secretary has faced criticism for failing to provide clarity on whether he will call an election.
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Nov 2nd 2022, 4:05 PM
# The Disappeared
Families of Disappeared brave rain for walk in memory of loved ones
Relatives gathered together under umbrellas to say prayers, led by priest Father Joe Gormley.
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Nov 2nd 2022, 3:00 PM
# Northern Ireland
Taoiseach calls for 'recalibration' of Stormont after next Assembly election
Chris Heaton-Harris has said he will call another election but has not set a date.
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Nov 1st 2022, 5:08 PM
# Northern Ireland
Taoiseach says Stormont system 'not fit for purpose' as SF pushes London to set election date
Martin told the Financial Times, that “there is room for the parties to look at changing the system’ 25 years after it was introduced.
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Oct 31st 2022, 1:30 PM
# 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
Voices
Brian Rowan: Would it really be progress if the Executive was restored?
The former BBC correspondent asks if voting in another Assembly election would change anything in Northern Ireland.
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Oct 28th 2022, 3:00 PM
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