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The Northern Ireland Secretary said the scale of the budget package for the region presented the local administration with ‘significant opportunity’.

Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn was commenting after the GAA presented its revised plans for the stadium redevelopment to a Stormont minister.

The stadium had originally been earmarked as a host venue for the Euro 2028 football tournament.

Stormont finance minister Caoimhe Archibald said while the settlement was encouraging, it was not enough to plug a projected funding gap.

The Commons heard NHS waiting times in Northern Ireland are the longest in the UK and public services are ‘in crisis’ because of a lack of funding.

The decision was made due to ‘a significant risk that it would not be built in time’, leaving England, Scotland and Wales as the remaining hosts

Release of intelligence year after death ‘casts doubt’ on security service’s previous claims about British spy in IRA accused of murders

The secretary of state for Northern Ireland defended the Windsor Framework, saying it was an ‘important and significant step forward’

Party’s advances in Northern Ireland contrast with slump in Ireland, while new Labour government is keen to bury issue

New Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday wrapped up a whistlestop tour of the UK, promising Northern Ireland's leaders "a different way of doing politics" following years of Brexit turmoil.

As the dust settles on Labour’s historic election win, Keir Starmer, the UK’s new prime minister, has appointed his team of senior ministers. These men and women (of whom there are a record number in this cabinet) are now responsible for governing and delivering on the party’s manifesto commitments.