The Latest Breaking News on Stormont

Fire Service safety concerns over bonfires detailed in site inspection database

The records give an insight into the operational challenges faced by fire crews in dealing with some bonfires

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Liz Truss says she would get Northern Ireland devolution working if PM

The Foreign Secretary has made the claim as the Tory leadership battles moves to Northern Ireland

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Rishi Sunak: I will fix the protocol, restore Stormont and protect your family from rising energy bills

"I will fix the protocol, restore the Northern Ireland Executive, and protect your family from rising energy bills this winter"

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Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak set out stalls on Northern Ireland ahead of Tory leadership hustings

The two candidates to succeed Boris Johnson will make their pitches to Conservative members at a "sold-out" event near Belfast

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Free the Night: Group's hopes for changing NI nightlife for the better

"We're talking about getting tourists in, but if you can't even get people from Larne into Belfast, that's a challenge."

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NI Secretary urges Stormont politicians to resurrect powersharing government

Shailesh has not ruled out cutting MLAs salaries but said he would prefer to see an agreed return to Stormont.

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More than 1,000 NI council staff begin strike action affecting wide range of services

Workers at Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon have walked out in a dispute over pay

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New leader of Green Party in Northern Ireland determined to recapture lost MLA seats

Mal O'Hara has replaced Clare Bailey as leader following a disappointing election result in May which saw the party lose…

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Brendan Hughes: Party transfers offer quick boost but whole season still to play for

While defections can give parties the short-term hit of a positive headline, they do not mean all will be rosy…

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Cost of living: Chancellor to meet Stormont ministers again over £400 energy bill discount

Stormont ministers are looking at the Treasury paying money to energy companies in Northern Ireland to take off customers bills

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What we know so far about the £400 energy bill discount amid efforts to bring scheme to NI

Northern Ireland has a separately regulated energy market and the power sharing government is not fully functioning

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Chancellor pledges to deliver energy bill discount in Northern Ireland

Nadhim Zahawi was meeting with the Utility Regulator and Stormont ministers to discuss extending the UK-wide scheme to the region.

The Independent UK

Chancellor 'absolutely committed' to £400 energy bill discount for Northern Ireland

An "equivalent" to the scheme being rolled out in Great Britain to ease cost-of-living pressures will be delivered "as soon…

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NI voters' personal details sold off for thousands of pounds to politicians and businesses

Political parties and pollsters as well as public bodies, businesses, organisations have paid to access the electoral roll

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‘Workaround’ sought to ensure NI consumers will not miss out on £400 energy support

Deirdre Hargey said the easiest way to get the money to families was to have an Executive at Stormont.

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Cost of living: Fears over potential fuel poverty deaths unless Stormont ministers take action

People gathered at a cost of living protest in Belfast on Saturday afternoon

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Brendan Hughes: Michelle O'Neill's call to respect differing views not matched by Sinn Fein

Ms O'Neill's call for people to be "mature enough" to "agree to differ" fails to match her own party's actions

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Family highlights childcare costs with £40k bill calculation

"They do need to subsidise childcare for the 0-3 age, it's just so expensive and there is limited provision."

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Cost of living: Majority of NI households could face fuel poverty by 2023

New research suggests 1.4 million people in NI could be in fuel poverty by next year

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Lisburn and Castlereagh councillor quits Green Party to join SDLP

He was elected in 2019 when a rise in support for the Greens saw the party double their council seat…

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Two ex-MLAs still paid for senior Stormont roles while Assembly not functioning

Stormont has been in limbo since February when the DUP withdrew its First Minister from the Executive in protest over…

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Fall in number of people who think Protestant-Catholic relations are improving

Changing attitudes on community relations have been monitored in a new Stormont report

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Stormont recall: Here is what MLAs would have discussed had the Assembly been restored

The DUP continued to block the election of a Speaker, meaning no further business can be debated

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Latest attempt to restore Stormont powersharing ends in failure

The DUP again blocked the election of an Assembly speaker in protest at the Northern Ireland Protocol.

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DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson says he cannot set out timetable for return to Stormont

He dismissed a move by the SDLP to recall the Assembly and attempt to elect a Speaker as a "stunt"

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