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Former Miss Earth NI to stand in Assembly election

A former Miss Earth Northern Ireland winner is to contest the 2022 Assembly Election in Mid Ulster as an Aontú candidate. Alixandra Halliday represented the North in the 2011 competition, in which contestants from over 100 countries participated in ...

23 Mar 2022 at 18:33

Sinn Fein ready to form Executive after NI Assembly election – Michelle O’Neill

Northern Ireland’s former deputy first minister has said she will be ready for business as soon as the Assembly election is over. Michelle O’Neill was speaking on the final day at Stormont. Several pieces of legislation, including a Bill to make ...

24 Mar 2022 at 18:55

Derry News

Eastwood: SDLP manifesto an ambitious programme to tackle cost of living crisis

Foyle MP, Colum Eastwood, insists the SDLP has “launched an ambitious programme for change” to tackle the cost of living crisis. The SDLP leader was speaking at his party's manifesto launch for the 2022 Assembly Election in Dungannon this ...

26 Apr 2022 at 12:33

Northern Ireland

Sinn Fein ‘striking balance between unity push and bread-and-butter issues’

Sinn Fein wants to strike a balance between its aspiration for Irish unity and tackling the real life concerns of people, Mary Lou McDonald has said. The party president insisted the process of planning for unification, through the ...

25 Apr 2022 at 16:25

Derry News

Aontú candidate Doyle slams "whitewash election strategy" of SDLP and Sinn Féin

Aontú Foyle candidate, Emmet Doyle, has slammed both the SDLP and Sinn Féin for seeking to employ a “whitewash election strategy” ahead of next month's Assembly election. Cllr Doyle, who is currently represents the Ballyarnett, ...

19 Apr 2022 at 12:33

Derry News

SDLP candidates will not be intimidated by thugs

Foyle MP, Colum Eastwood, has insisted that the SDLP's candidates for May's Assembly will not be intimidated by thugs or distracted from their priority – helping people who have been hit by the cost of living crisis. The SDLP ...

15 Apr 2022 at 13:33

Local News

Independent County Derry candidate wants to give 'decent representation'

A Dungiven man who this week has confirmed his intention to stand as an independent candidate for East Derry in the upcoming assembly elections says he wants to provide people with 'decent representation'. Despite not having ...

03 Mar 2022 at 13:33

Derry News

Alliance making progress in Derry despite Foyle loss

Despite not being elected to represent Foyle, Alliance candidate, Rachael Ferguson insists it has been a fantastic day for her party. Cllr Ferguson, who represents the Faughan ward on Derry City & Strabane District Council, ...

07 May 2022 at 19:33

Michelle O’Neill: Assembly election result ushers in new era

The Assembly election result in Northern Ireland “ushers in a new era”, Sinn Fein vice president Michelle O’Neill has said. As counting continued into Saturday evening, the republican party appeared to be closing in on a ...

07 May 2022 at 19:25

Northern Ireland

Easton calls for unionist convention after topping poll in North Down

Former DUP MLA Alex Easton has called for an urgent convention of unionism to be organised. Mr Easton, who stood in the 2017 election as a DUP candidate, topped the poll as an independent candidate in North Down with 9,...

07 May 2022 at 19:25

Sinn Fein forges new electoral landscape, but NI still faces uncertain future

While the opinion polls have been predicting it for many months, the achievement appeared to be no less seismic when the results finally began to trickle through. Sinn Fein has swept aside many years of history and is ...

07 May 2022 at 18:55

Northern Ireland

Smiles and late-night tears during arduous election count

There were teary late-night speeches, beaming smiles and tense moments in the three count centres across Northern Ireland as what would be an historic election result became clear. After the counts dragged on into a ...

07 May 2022 at 20:25

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