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UNCOVERED: 11 | History Defined

Stormont fails to elect new speaker just hours before deadline for election

THE Stormont Assembly has failed to elect a new speaker just hours ahead of a deadline for fresh elections.

The National (Scotland)

Stormont fails to elect new speaker as election deadline looms

MLAs were recalled for a special sitting on Thursday

Belfast Live

Stormont fails to elect new speaker just hours before deadline for new election

DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson said the UK government needs to act on unionist concerns over the Northern Ireland Protocol.

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Belfast City Council to discuss citizen's assembly on Irish unity

An attempt to quash a Sinn Féin motion failed

Belfast Live

Alliance party votes against call for citizen assembly on United Ireland

It follows the party snubbing Ireland's Future's event in Dublin

Belfast Live

Call for parking fine discount period to be extended during cost-of-living crisis

It comes after the MLA was issued with a parking fine which got him thinking about families who could not afford the fine

Belfast Live

Cost of living: Government reveals how oil customers will receive £100 credit

It was announced last month that home heating oil customers in Northern Ireland will receive a one-off payment

Belfast Live

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Analysis: Spectacle of Ireland's Future event in Dublin is a statement of intent

Whether it is Northern Ireland or Scotland, it is clear that questions over the United Kingdom's constitutional future are not going away

Belfast Live

Young people from unionist backgrounds in Northern Ireland tell why they support a united Ireland

'I don't think a border poll should happen tomorrow, but we definitely need to be discussing what a united Ireland would look like'

Irish Mirror

Brendan Hughes: SDLP-Fianna Fáil partnership was always a classic fudge

Reports signalling an end to the link-up come as no great surprise. For many, the deal seemed dead on arrival three years ago

Belfast Live

Meet the young people from a unionist background who support a united Ireland

Two young people from unionist backgrounds tell Belfast Live why they are joining an event in Dublin to support a united Ireland

Belfast Live

Micheal Martin 'cannot confirm' end of partnership between Fianna Fail and SDLP

The parties first announced a link-up in January 2019

Irish Mirror

Derry and Strabane residents could be entitled to £100 fuel payment under new scheme

"Support from Westminster has been negligible, support from Stormont has been non-existent so it’s important that we as a council do as much as we can."

Belfast Live

Iceland's decision to abandon plans for new store in Derry's Crescent Link 'frustrating'

Iceland currently has two other stores currently operating in the city

Belfast Live

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Alliance denies 'sitting on the fence' in declining invite to Ireland's Future event

Stephen Farry said the party is "content to take part in debate" but he described the conference as a "rally" to endorse Irish unity

Belfast Live

SDLP axing deputy leader role in party shake-up

The aim is to "streamline" the party and "reflect modern campaigning methods", party sources said

The Guardian - UK

Shadow minister’s border poll remarks alarm Northern Ireland’s unionists

Labour’s Peter Kyle says he would be prepared to call referendum on Irish unity if certain conditions were met

Belfast Live

Stormont Covid-19 powers to be extended by further six months in Northern Ireland

DUP Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots said his party's ministers will be writing to Mr Swann to oppose the planned extension

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Cost-of-living crisis: SDLP seek recall of Assembly to address growing energy costs

The move also follows UK government plans to help with spiralling energy costs for homes and businesses

Belfast Live

Cost-of-living crisis: SDLP proposes 1,000 litres of oil for every home

The scheme would be designed broadly along the lines of the High Street Voucher scheme, the party says

Belfast Live

Alliance's Naomi Long 'won't claim expenses' for trip to see Queen lying in state

The Justice Minister and her husband Michael appeared to bypass the miles-long queue to view the coffin inside Westminster Hall

Belfast Live

Queen's Funeral: Queen Elizabeth II remembered by Derry leaders as a 'courageous peacemaker'

"She was a reconciler of difference."

Belfast Live

Queen's funeral guests: The Stormont party leaders and other key figures due to attend

Heads of state, prime ministers and presidents, European royals and key figures from public life are being invited to the service

Belfast Live

Snap Stormont election in December would be 'diabolical', UUP leader Doug Beattie says

Doug Beattie said it would be "disgraceful" to spend millions on another poll "while our people are going cold and hungry"

Belfast Live

Prime Minister Liz Truss determined to restore 'balance' between Northern Ireland communities

She was responding to SDLP leader Colum Eastwood, who demanded she make clear whether she was "on the side of the DUP" or "struggling people in Northern Ireland"

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