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# Northern Ireland

February
February 2024
Poll: Do you pay attention to Northern Ireland politics?
Analysis: Stormont is too fragile to be confident after one day's success
Brian Rowan
Laois boss suspended by SDLP for leaving Stormont early for match
SDLP suspends whip from MLA who left Stormont early for GAA match
Michelle O'Neill says she will raise referendum on Irish unity when she meets Rishi Sunak
'Historic day' for Northern Ireland as Michelle O'Neill becomes first nationalist First Minister
New ministers have now been appointed to the Northern Ireland Assembly.
Explainer: How does Northern Ireland appoint ministers - and who might get the jobs?
Sinn Féin's Michelle O'Neill on cusp of becoming NI First Minister as Stormont to return tomorrow
Speaker of the Stormont Assembly will meet with all party whips at midday today to discuss the arrangements for the sitting.
The Explainer: Power sharing returns to Stormont - how did we get here?
January
January 2024
UK and EU agree change to post-Brexit NI trade rules after DUP reaches deal
DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson said the changes show the “naysayers are wrong”.
The DUP leader today expressed hope that the executive could be back in place within days.
The parties eligible to participate in a revived ministerial executive are due to meet later today to discuss the next steps.
Support for the deal is not unanimous within the DUP and several senior figures remain fiercely opposed to the proposed agreement.
Senior DUP member 'wore a wire' to leak key meeting to loyalist activist Jamie Bryson
Jeffrey Donaldson briefing DUP members over UK government proposals to end Stormont impasse
Man charged over murder of Kevin Conway in Antrim this month
Jeffrey Donaldson to give 'update on political situation' to DUP executive on Monday
UK set to pass bill making it easier for Irish citizens to apply for British citizenship
The Explainer: Is power sharing in Northern Ireland finished?
New deadline for resurrecting Stormont powersharing set to be fixed for 8 February
Man (58) charged after masked men enter and threaten four pubs and meeting in Derry
GAA club 'extremely angry and shocked' after masked men threaten underage presentation meeting
Stormont return: DUP's Friday meeting wasn't ‘make or break’ moment, Donaldson says
Northern Ireland MP seeks nomination for EU election in Midlands North West
Ireland lodges case against UK with European Court over Troubles legislation
Senior DUP figures meet to discuss potentially ending Stormont boycott
Brian Rowan: The people of Northern Ireland have finally had enough of its broken politics
Brian Rowan
NI Strikes: Varadkar says public sector workers haven't got pay increases 'they should have'
Some 16 trade unions with joint membership totalling around 170,000 are taking part in industrial action today.
Unions in the North have been involved in long-running pay disputes, in some cases lasting for several years.
Workers are demanding that pay awards made to counterparts elsewhere in the UK are introduced in Northern Ireland.
Speaking at Belfast City Hall this afternoon, Nipsa general secretary Carmel Gates said strike action will grow if demands aren't met.
Northern Ireland at a standstill: 'The biggest day of strike action in a generation' today
Tens of thousands of workers across 16 unions are taking part in strike action later.
Stormont session suspended and O’Neill says she fears Assembly may never return due to DUP boycott
Brian Rowan: 'The politics of this place is a story of power cuts rather than power sharing'
Brian Rowan
Heaton-Harris says it's 'hard to see any barriers' for Stormont getting back to work
Sinn Féin in bid to recall Stormont Assembly next week ahead of public sector strike
Sunak says there is 'a very good basis’ for Stormont Executive to be restored
Workers across Northern Ireland public service sectors to take part in 'biggest ever strike'
£40k reward offered for information on murder of 'defenceless man' in Co Antrim
Almost half of road deaths in Northern Ireland last year were among vulnerable road users
Last year
2023
Time for DUP to make a decision, Michelle O’Neill warns in New Year message
Man (39) wanted in Spain on drug charges arrested in Belfast
9/11 sparked fears for nuclear or chemical attack preparedness in NI, State Papers reveal
Claim IRA members were in Colombia on holiday, not to train FARC, 'insulted US intelligence'
Sexual offender on licence from prison in the North extradited from Republic
Princess Diana referred to NI as part of the Republic, according to Irish ambassador's note