Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

UNBELIEVABLE: 9 - The Untold Story

Speaker wins confidence vote in divided Irish parliament

The Irish Government has won a vote of confidence in the speaker of the parliament.

Evening Standard

Irish premier rounds on opposition parties as confidence motion gets under way

The Dail is debating a confidence motion in Ceann Comhairle (speaker) Verona Murphy.

The Independent UK

Dail speaker needs to ‘build bridges’ with opposition after confidence vote – TD

Labour’s Ged Nash said that the Ceann Comhairle needed to show that she is ‘not in any way partisan’.

The Independent UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

‘Unfair’ to blame speaker for controversial Dail changes – Irish premier

Micheal Martin said it was a ‘bit rich’ for the opposition to blame the Ceann Comhairle after creating widespread disruption.

Evening Standard

Legal duty to bring Irish language signs decision to Executive – Little-Pengelly

Controversy has flared after Sinn Fein minister Liz Kimmins announced dual language signage will be installed at Belfast’s Grand Central Station.

Evening Standard

Speaker of Irish parliament faces confidence motion

The speaker of the Irish parliament faces a confidence motion on Tuesday over her handling of a vote which cut opposition speaking rights.

Evening Standard

Questions about language signage at station legitimate, says Little-Pengelly

The DUP is questioning the projected £145,000 cost of installing Irish language signage at Belfast Grand Central Station.

Evening Standard

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

O’Neill ‘did not see ex-press officer McMonagle at Stormont event’

The independent Assembly Commissioner for Standards, Dr Melissa McCullough, has found that Ms O’Neill did not breach the Ministerial Code of Conduct.

The Independent UK

Dail speaker ‘fully intends’ to stay on as opposition plan no confidence vote

Ceann Comhairle Verona Murphy also ‘categorically’ rejected the opposition’s accusations of partiality.

Evening Standard

Opposition leaders fail to express confidence in speaker after Dail chaos

Taoiseach Micheal Martin has accused the opposition of trying to bully and intimidate Ceann Comhairle Verona Murphy.

Evening Standard

Dail adjourned as Irish government pushes through controversial speaking changes

The opposition criticised video footage of Michael Lowry making a gesture to a TD as the Dail was adjourned.

Evening Standard

Disruption expected in Irish parliament over proposed rule changes

The coalition is bringing forward significant modifications to the standing orders of the Dail, the lower house of Ireland’s parliament.

Evening Standard

Irish language signage to be installed at Grand Central Station in Belfast

Stormont Infrastructure Minister Liz Kimmins said the signage will be installed later this year.

Evening Standard

Challenge to Clonoe ruling is ‘disgraceful’, Sinn Fein says

A coroner found the SAS soldiers did not have an honest belief in the necessity of using lethal force.

Evening Standard

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Evening Standard

Trade war risks increased prices, slower growth and jobs impact, minister warns

Paschal Donohoe was speaking following the publication of a report on the potential impact of tariffs.

The Independent UK

Sinn Fein relationship with Irish America not damaged by boycott, says McDonald

Mary Lou McDonald said Sinn Fein’s friends in the US understand why the party stayed away from the White House over Donald Trump’s stance on Gaza.

The Independent UK

Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald rules out bid for Irish presidency

Ms McDonald raised the prospect of her party potentially backing an independent candidate backed by other left-leaning parties.

The Independent UK

Michelle O’Neill ‘proud’ of stance in staying away from Washington

Northern Ireland’s First Minister has been criticised for not going to Washington while Irish leaders visited ahead of St Patrick’s Day.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Evening Standard

Michelle O’Neill Washington boycott was a big mistake – Taoiseach

Micheal Martin said the Sinn Fein decision was ‘not in the best interests of the people of Northern Ireland’.

The Independent UK

Trump ‘had not heard’ about Washington boycott by some NI parties

Sinn Fein, Alliance and the SDLP are not attending St Patrick’s events in Washington.

Evening Standard

Three out of 10,000 failed vetting over social media behaviour – PSNI chief

Chief Constable Jon Boutcher addressed concerns raised by Sinn Fein’s Gerry Kelly about PSNI applicants reportedly being rejected for political views.

Evening Standard

Taoiseach disagrees with O’Neill over Ukraine missiles order comments

Micheal Martin said he was a man of peace but that Ukraine has a right to defend itself.

Evening Standard

A united Ireland ‘would be the most fitting tribute’ to former IRA man – Kelly

Sinn Fein MLA Gerry Kelly delivered the graveside oration to Brendan ‘Bik’ McFarlane at Milltown Cemetery.

The Independent UK

Funeral being held for former senior IRA man Brendan McFarlane

McFarlane, from the Ardoyne area of north Belfast, was known for taking part in the biggest escape in UK prison history.

Al Jazeera

Sinn Fein leaders to boycott White House visit over US Gaza plan

Michelle O’Neill says Trump’s comment on the mass expulsion of Palestinians is ‘something I cannot ignore’.

1 … 8 9 10 11

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.