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Ukraine war must be considered in NI’s climate change laws, MLAs told

The consequences of war in Ukraine must be factored into planned climate change laws for Northern Ireland, MLAs have been told. Agriculture and environment minister Edwin Poots stressed the importance of Northern Ireland protecting its domestic food ...

28 Feb 2022 at 19:25

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Edwin Poots accuses Sinn Fein of ‘abandoning’ farmers with climate change bill

Sinn Fein has been accused of “abandoning” Northern Ireland’s farmers by DUP Environment Minister Edwin Poots. During ministerial question time at Stormont, Mr Poots attacked a proposed private members’ climate change bill, which he said could lead ...

17 Jan 2022 at 17:59

Northern Ireland

Committee ‘left impotent’ after not being alerted to new EU laws

A Stormont committee set up to examine the impact of new EU laws in Northern Ireland has been rendered “impotent” after the UK Government was late in alerting it to two new regulations, MLAs have been told. A meeting of Stormont’s Windsor ...

18 Apr 2024 at 14:59

TUV leader ‘excluded’ from Windsor Framework scrutiny committee

TUV leader Jim Allister has claimed he has been excluded from membership of a Windsor Framework scrutiny committee within the Northern Ireland Assembly. The chairs and deputy chairs of all the Stormont committees were allocated last week,...

12 Feb 2024 at 13:23

First vote on extending EU law to NI fails to get cross-community support

Motion on extension of EU law to Northern Ireland is defeated at Stormont

The first ever motion on extending a new EU law to Northern Ireland has been defeated at the Stormont Assembly. The DUP’s Jonathan Buckley said his party voted against introducing a law which he insisted would create a “new regulatory ...

19 Mar 2024 at 19:52

First vote in NI Assembly on introducing EU law a ‘significant moment’

A first vote in the Stormont Assembly on the extension of a new EU law to Northern Ireland is a “significant moment”, MLAs have been told. The DUP’s Jonathan Buckley said his party would be voting against a law which he insisted ...

19 Mar 2024 at 15:56

Northern Ireland

Allister unseats Paisley in shock victory in North Antrim

There has been a “seismic political earthquake” in North Antrim, TUV leader Jim Allister said as he was elected the constituency’s MP. It meant Ian Paisley Jr lost the seat he has held since 2010, in a shock end to a family ...

05 Jul 2024 at 07:35

December date pencilled in for Stormont vote on post-Brexit trade arrangements

A Stormont vote on continuing post-Brexit trading arrangements for Northern Ireland has been pencilled in for December 10, the Assembly’s speaker has said. The democratic consent process is a key element of the UK and EU’s ...

02 Dec 2024 at 12:42

MLAs continue to debate extending Northern Ireland’s post-Brexit trading deal

MLAs begin debate on extending Northern Ireland’s post-Brexit trading deal

Stormont MLAs have clashed over the future of post-Brexit trading arrangements for Northern Ireland ahead of a vote on their continuation. A debate on the Windsor Framework arrangements continued at Parliament Buildings ...

10 Dec 2024 at 19:21

Stormont votes to extend post-Brexit trade arrangements for four more years

The Stormont Assembly has voted to extend post-Brexit trading arrangements for Northern Ireland for another four years. The vote to continue with the contentious arrangements passed on a straight majority basis after a ...

10 Dec 2024 at 21:35

Northern Ireland

Committee bringing credibility into question with plant health probe, chair says

A Stormont committee is bringing its own credibility into question by holding an inquiry into new EU regulations on plant health, its chairman has said. Sinn Fein’s Philip McGuigan, chairman of the Windsor Framework ...

09 Jan 2025 at 13:53

Northern Ireland

Claims DUP did not condemn anti-GAA signs are absolutely false – Lyons

A DUP minister has said claims that his party did not condemn anti-GAA signs recently erected in Co Antrim are “absolutely false”. It came as Communities Minister Gordon Lyons clashed with a Sinn Fein MLA over the ...

03 Mar 2025 at 16:52

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