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Derry MLA joins cross party group on micro and small businesses

Foyle MLA Sinéad McLaughlin has joined a cross-party group of Assembly members focused on supporting and championing small businesses across Northern Ireland. The newly-reconstituted All Party Assembly Group on Micro and Small Business met last week ...

01 Oct 2022 at 17:33

World

We had no choice other than to attack Ukraine, Russia tells UN

Russia made its case to the world on Saturday for its war in Ukraine, repeating a series of grievances about its neighbour and the West to tell the UN General Assembly that Moscow had “no choice” but to take military action. At the heart of foreign ...

24 Sept 2022 at 21:12

World

China: Stand between us and Taiwan and be ‘crushed by wheels of history’

China underscored its commitment on Saturday to its claim to Taiwan, telling world leaders that anyone who gets in the way of its determination to reunify with the self-governing island would be “crushed by the wheels of history”. The language was ...

24 Sept 2022 at 20:13

Ireland

Citizens’ assembly on agriculture the wrong model, says farming group

A proposal to set up a citizens’ assembly on agriculture and food production is “ill thought-out” and “the wrong model”, according to a farming group. Irish Labour Party Cork East TD Sean Sherlock said that a citizens’ assembly should be set up ...

06 Aug 2022 at 12:00

World

Zelensky says Russia is not serious about ending Ukraine war

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky suggested that Russia’s decision to mobilise some reservists showed that Moscow is not serious about negotiating an end to the war. Speaking by video to the UN General Assembly meeting of world leaders ...

21 Sept 2022 at 23:52

Ireland

Flight carrying Irish premier to UN gathering in New York returns to Dublin

A plane carrying the Irish premier to New York for the UN General Assembly has returned to Dublin. The Aer Lingus flight took off from Dublin Airport at around 5pm on Wednesday. It returned to Dublin at around 6.30pm. Reports have ...

21 Sept 2022 at 20:41

Local News

Cost of Living: SDLP seeks recall of Stormont Assembly over energy cost crisis

The SDLP is seeking the recall of the Stormont Assembly to address the energy cost crisis. The move comes after what the party termed as “deficient” proposals by the UK government to attempt to address soaring energy prices. ...

21 Sept 2022 at 19:33

Biden to tell Truss in ‘some detail’ that the UK must negotiate with EU on NI

Joe Biden will tell Liz Truss she must work with the EU to find a negotiated outcome to solve post-Brexit tensions over the Northern Ireland Protocol, the White House has said. The US president and the Prime Minister will ...

20 Sept 2022 at 22:12

World

Africa leader warns of pressure to choose sides in Ukraine

Chair of the African Union Macky Sall said the continent “does not want to be the breeding ground of a new Cold War”, alluding to the pressure mounting on leaders to choose sides over the war in Ukraine. Many African ...

20 Sept 2022 at 20:26

Truss’s talks with Macron do not cover Northern Ireland or migrant crossings

Liz Truss did not discuss issues with the Northern Ireland Protocol or unauthorised migrant crossings of the Channel during her meeting with French president Emmanuel Macron. The Prime Minister had a “constructive” ...

20 Sept 2022 at 20:08

Pre-Christmas Assembly election is not an idle threat – Heaton-Harris

New Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris has said the prospect of him calling a pre-Christmas Assembly election is not an “idle threat”. Mr Heaton-Harris has also urged people to judge him by his actions ...

20 Sept 2022 at 18:15

Liz Truss admits talks with US on free trade deal will not resume for years

Liz Truss has conceded that negotiations for a post-Brexit free trade deal with the US will not restart for years as she flew to New York ahead of a meeting with Joe Biden. The Prime Minister stressed her trade ...

20 Sept 2022 at 13:30

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