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HISTORICAL FACTS: 53 | History Defined

Deadline to form new Stormont Executive to be extended until 2024

Northern Ireland secretary Chris Heaton-Harris said an Assembly election in the coming weeks would "not be helpful or welcome"

Belfast Live

Heaton-Harris set to outline plans to further delay Assembly election

The DUP collapsed the devolved executive last February in protest at Brexit’s Northern Ireland Protocol.

The Independent UK

NI Secretary to meet Stormont parties amid political impasse

Powersharing government at Stormont has been in flux as the DUP takes protest action against the post-Brexit protocol.

The Independent UK

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DUP Belfast City Hall bid to stop Protocol checks funding deemed 'not competent'

Councillor mistakenly refers to Belfast ratepayers paying for Protocol checks

Belfast Live

Verdict underlines need for political solution to NI Protocol – DUP leader

The UK Supreme Court dismissed a challenge from a group of unionists and Brexiteers over the legality of the trading arrangement.

The Independent UK

Ex-Northern Ireland secretary urges sanctions for parties refusing to power share

Lord Hain says any party which refuses to form a power sharing executive should have its funding withheld

Belfast Live

Sanction parties refusing to powershare, urges ex-Northern Ireland secretary

Lord Hain helped negotiate the arrangement in 2007.

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Clough anti-Irish sign condemned despite councillor saying culprits have 'right to opinion'

"This council condemns in the strongest terms the sinister, intimidatory and anti-Irish signage put up outside the school"

Belfast Live

Boris Johnson agreed Brexit protocol knowing it was a ‘mess’, says John Major

Johnson’s administration made promises over Northern Ireland deal it knew were unworkable, former PM tells MPs

The Guardian - UK

Northern Ireland secretary to hold further roundtable talks with Stormont parties

The meeting is expected to discuss the power-sharing stalemate and Stormont's budget in the absence of devolved government

Belfast Live

Progress being made on Brexit NI Protocol deal but difficulties remain, says Maros Sefcovic

It follows reports of a "breakthrough" in negotiations in which the EU will accept a UK proposal for red and green lanes

Belfast Live

DUP MP Ian Paisley's 'super-majority' bill to be debated on St Patrick's Day

The North Antrim MP has denied his proposed legislation would be "changing the goalposts" for any border poll on a united Ireland

Belfast Live

Former MLA does not rule out a return to frontline politics in the future

The DUP deputy leader stepped down as a full time MLA last year to care for her elderly parents,

The Independent UK

The Earth's Corr: There's nothing humane about animal snares despite a DUP MP's view

USPCA officers say they are 'horrified' after a young badger was found trapped and injured in a snare in Co Tyrone

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The Independent UK

Tory Brexiteers demand Commons vote on Northern Ireland protocol deal

Exclusive: European Research Group want parliament to have a say on any compromise with EU

Belfast Live

Brendan Hughes: Nothing to stop NI secretary stepping in on Daithi's Law

On the issue of organ donation, politicians here have sat on their hands for far too long

The Independent UK

EU ‘anxious to deal’ with unionist concerns over NI Protocol, says Tanaiste

Micheal Martin was speaking after meeting with the five main political parties in Belfast on Friday.

The Independent UK

Omagh bomb inquiry: Irish Government ‘must hold a similar process in parallel’

DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson said he pressed Irish Foreign Affairs Minister Micheal Martin on the matter in a meeting on Friday.

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The Independent UK

DUP reiterates it will not re-enter Stormont until protocol replaced

Tanaiste Micheal Martin is meeting the major Stormont parties today amid continuing impasse over restoring the Assembly.

Belfast Live

Belfast rates debate marred by argument over bonfire diversionary fund

Alliance councillor says "having DJs is not a credible strategy in tackling bonfires"

Belfast Live

Belfast City Council set new district rates tariffs with increase of 7.99%

It means retail and homes across the city will be paying even more every month

Belfast Live

Bangor and Newtownards 'Pipe Band War' sparked again amid rising cost concerns

A proposal to have championship in Bangor this year and next fails

Belfast Live

Northern Ireland organ donation law: Daithi MacGabhann family may take legal action

"We were at the funeral of a young boy last week who died of the same condition as Daithi, time is not on our side, we don’t have the time"

Belfast Live

Former SDLP MLA Pat Catney to stand in NI council elections

"My reasons are just to make the place where we live a better place. Maybe that sounds old fashioned"

Belfast Live

Dungannon in 'gridlock' due to road closures, councillors say

Local DUP and independent republican councillors questioned the length and timing of the A29 closure

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