Politics

Assembly chief executive takes second ‘Down Under’ trip in three months

Lesley Hogg’s latest trip to New Zealand is her fifth long-haul destination on assembly business in the past three years

Stormont speaker Edwin Poots warns MLAs to ‘dress smartly’ in assembly chamber

Speaker Edwin Poots said some MLAs have ‘a very loose interpretation of smart’ when it comes of their attire.

Opportunity will arise to use Stormont Brake again, says DUP Leader Gavin Robinson

Gavin Robinson has said his party used the Stormont Brake mechanism ‘legitimately’ and it has ‘kick started the Government’ into action.

Hilary Benn declines unionist bid to apply Stormont brake

One of the key reasons for the secretary of state’s decision was that chemical labelling is already devolved

Gerry Adams: Sing-songs in the cages with my friend and comrade Ted

A first-person piece by Gerry Adams remembering his "friend and comrade" Ted Howell

Incoming government urged to reinstate commitment to give diaspora presidential voting rights

The Irish Convention on the Constitution recommended in 2013 that Irish citizens resident outside of the Republic ought to have the right to vote in presidential elections

First and deputy first ministers urged to demonstrate support for Stormont reform

Michelle O’Neill and Emma Little-Pengelly are planning to meet the chair and deputy chair of assembly and executive review committee

John Manley: More of the same in the south but with less stability

A motley crew of independents will replace the Greens as the new Dublin government’s junior partners

Stormont spends more than £1.4m on hospitality - in just ten months

Departments’ arm’s length bodies spent the lion’s share of the ‘eye-watering’ costs for ‘wining and dining’

Sinn Féin press officer Michael McMonagle ‘may have misrepresented’ details of his Stormont double-jobbing

Assembly review says circumstances of convicted paedophile's employment ‘may have resulted in a misuse of public money’