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Long installed as new Belfast Lord Mayor – for three weeks

Alliance Party councillor Michael Long has been installed as the new Lord Mayor of Belfast. However Mr Long, the husband of party leader Naomi Long, will only hold the position for three weeks. He took up the role at Monday’s monthly meeting of the ...

09 May 2022 at 20:55

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 leader launched his ...

15 Apr 2022 at 13:33

Local News

Derry Now readers broadly in favour of Integrated Education Bill

Local parents are broadly in favour of a bill on integrated education which is currently making its way through the NI Assembly's legislative process. The Integrated Education Bill, moved by Alliance MLA for Strangford, Kellie Armstrong in June ...

23 Feb 2022 at 09:33

Home

County Derry MLA doubles down on animal welfare commitments

East Derry MLA, Claire Sugden has been reappointed as treasurer of the recently reconstituted All Party Group (APG) on animal welfare. Last week marked the first official meeting of the All Party Group (APG) on Animal Welfare in this mandate – ...

07 Jul 2022 at 19:33

Northern Ireland

Stormont should be given some powers over setting income tax rate – report

Stormont should be given partial control over setting the rates and bands of income tax in Northern Ireland, a commission has recommended. In its final report, the Independent Fiscal Commission for Northern Ireland has also stated that there ...

19 May 2022 at 15:28

Local News

'Every week a constituent cries in my office' says Co Derry MLA

East Derry MLA Claire Sugden has told the NI Assembly that her constituents are coming to her in tears on a weekly basis due to the current cost of living. Ms Sugden made the claim in an impassioned speech as the Assembly was recalled for a ...

27 Oct 2022 at 17:33

Home

Politicians must get back to work in an Assembly and Executive - Foyle MLA

SDLP Foyle MLA Sinéad McLaughlin has said that the first order of business in 2023 for politicians in the North should be to get back to work in an Assembly and Executive. Ms. McLaughlin said: “As 2023 starts in very difficult ...

07 Jan 2023 at 15:33

Local News

County Derry politicians react to failed Speaker appointment as election looms

County Derry politicians have been speaking out in the aftermath of the Assembly's latest failure to elect a Speaker, an act that would have allowed the Assembly to sit. MLAs had been recalled to Stormont in an attempt to ...

27 Oct 2022 at 18:33

Northern Ireland

NI Speaker announces fresh measures to pass legislation before Assembly poll

Politicians in Northern Ireland have been warned of the “significant difficulties” as the Assembly attempts to pass key pieces of legislation ahead of Assembly elections. In a letter sent to Assembly members by Speaker ...

15 Feb 2022 at 21:25

Bill to delay Assembly election and progress ‘Daithi’s Law’ to pass Commons

A Bill extending the deadline for holding a fresh Assembly election in Northern Ireland and introducing regulations for a new organ donation law is set to pass through the Commons. The Government has moved to progress ...

22 Feb 2023 at 11:52

The Assembly

Open University supports new Assembly All Party Group on Skills

It is clear from all sectors – public, private and third sectors - that skills development and supply is essential to ensure shared, inclusive prosperity and well-being across all parts of Northern Ireland. To help ...

15 Apr 2024 at 20:33

Northern Ireland

Stadia funding scheme is ‘crucial for boosting women in football’

The long-awaited scheme to upgrade football stadia in Northern Ireland will be a crucial part of the development of women’s football in the region, an Assembly committee has been told. Gerard Lawlor and Steven ...

10 Mar 2022 at 14:25

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