MLAs’ overseas ‘jet-setting’ to obscure conferences cost almost £19,000 this year
Fresh revelations show the assembly's total bill for Commonwealth Parliamentary Association conferences this year tops £30,000
John Manley: Is there a realistic prospect of a border poll by the end of the decade?
At the halfway point in what has been termed the ‘decade of opportunities’ Political Correspondent John Manley assesses the chances of securing a border poll by 2030
Ending academic selection in Northern Ireland is key to a united Ireland says economist
The son of former taoiseach Garret Fitzgerald argues for reform of the north's education system "so that it stops failing 60% of kids at the age of 11"
Pro-EU parties criticise application of Stormont brake
The DUP says changes to the labelling of chemicals to meet EU regulations will ‘further fracture in the UK internal market’
Stormont assembly chief executive’s £18,000+ bill for trips to Australia, Canada and another to a remote island in the south Atlantic
Lesley Hogg is paid £166K-a-year
Teachers’ unions ‘concerned’ by Department of Education senior staff changes
The Northern Ireland Teachers’ Council said the department’s failure to communicate “high level changes” to sectoral stakeholders was ‘extremely worrying’
Newry Cathedral priest to address planning committee over council’s controversial headquarters
Canon Francis Brown says Newry, Mourne and Down District Council’s new £20m ‘civic hub’ will obstruct views Newry’s landmark cathedral
Taxis permitted to use Belfast city centre bus lanes
Private hire taxis and Ubers will be able to bus lanes at Shaftesbury Square and Great Victoria Street from 6am on Wednesday morning
Stormont committee urged to probe Mervyn Storey appointment as former watchdog says she would’ve launched an investigation
Three of Stormont’s main parties and the umbrella organisation representing the region’s main teaching unions have voiced concern about Mervyn Storey’s appointment
Ex-public appointments watchdog urges Stormont leaders to appoint her successor amid outcry over Mervyn Storey quango role
There has been no effective oversight of hundreds of quango appointments since 2021
DUP minister urged to explain department personnel changes amid more questions about party colleague’s appointment to £60K Education Authority post
Paul Givan is facing questions about changes at the top of his department and Mervyn Storey’s appointment as a quango chair
‘Serious questions’ after Paul Givan appoints DUP colleague Mervyn Storey to £60K Education Authority post
The former Stormont finance minister lost his assembly seat in 2022 and was appointed to the Education Authority board weeks later
Secretary of state commissions review of Irish Sea border in aftermath of Stormont vote
The post-Brexit trading arrangements will remain in place for a further four years
John Manley: Protocol vote sees old Brexit arguments rerun across familiar battle lines
There was a distinct sense of déjà vu as MLAs debated the merits of the Windsor Framework
Announcement on Belfast’s new north-south Glider route by year end, under fire minister promises
It is proposed to extend the service that currently runs from east to west Belfast to include a route from Glengormley to Carryduff