Northern Ireland to miss out on further funding if budget not agreed – Bryant An additional £270 million is set to come to Stormont through Barnett consequentials following the UK Budget announcement. Evening Standard · 13h ago
Investment summit and boost to AI research hub among Budget measures for NI The Stormont Executive is also to receive an additional £270 million through the Barnett formula. Evening Standard · 13h ago
Budget ‘crucial and critical’ to Stormont finances, says minister Six months into the current financial year, Northern Ireland still has no agreed budget. Evening Standard · 17h ago
Northern Ireland Secretary urged to ‘get real’ on funding ahead of UK Budget Stormont Infrastructure Minister Liz Kimmins said all Executive parties have told Sir Chris Bryant the current funding is not enough. Evening Standard · Oct 26
Michelle O’Neill is going nowhere, Stormont minister Kimmins says Infrastructure Minister Liz Kimmins was speaking after DUP MP Carla Lockhart called for the First Minister to go. Evening Standard · Oct 26
Unionists angry over Drumcree fallout but must think ‘long-term’ – Robinson DUP leader Gavin Robinson said collapsing Stormont is only likely to strengthen Sinn Fein electorally. Evening Standard · Oct 23
Lockhart quits as DUP party officer amid rift with leader over Stormont’s future The Upper Bann MP wants leader Gavin Robinson to pull DUP deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly out of the powersharing executive. The Independent UK · Oct 22
Do Stormont politics stifle the non-sectarian parties? Letters: Responding to an editorial, Boyd Black deplores Labour’s policy of not fielding candidates in Northern Ireland. Plus a letter by Declan O’Neill The Guardian - UK · Oct 22
DUP voices hope of funding gap ‘potentially closing’ to allow budget agreement Leader Gavin Robinson hailed what he described as ‘realism’ following a meeting with Secretary of State Sir Chris Bryant. The Independent UK · Oct 22
SF and DUP at odds on budget meeting plan ahead of talks with NI Secretary Sinn Féin has rejected a DUP claim that it turned down an offer of a joint First Minister and deputy First Minister meeting with the UK Government. Evening Standard · Oct 22
PM tells Stormont ministers to ‘step forward’ and set a budget Andy Burnham said it cannot always be the responsibility of the UK Government to resolve the Northern Ireland Executive’s financial problems. The Independent UK · Oct 21
‘Islamist’ bomb threat sent to 160 Northern Ireland schools – education minister Paul Givan said the warning is not being treated as a ‘viable threat but it has clearly caused huge alarm’. Evening Standard · Oct 19
Bomb threat email sent to 300 schools ‘originated outside the UK’, say police Hundreds of schools across Northern Ireland and Scotland received the threatening email on Monday The Independent UK · Oct 19
Ministers cannot agree budget without increased funding, O’Dowd warns Stormont ministers held a virtual meeting with Northern Ireland Secretary Sir Chris Bryant on Friday. Evening Standard · Oct 16
The Guardian - UK · Oct 15 The Guardian view on Stormont: voters in Northern Ireland deserve more than an endless cycle of dysfunction Editorial: After the executive’s failure to set a budget, and renewed culture war confrontations, faith in Stormont’s ability to act in the common good is evaporating
Evening Standard · Oct 15 Sentencing completes spectacular fall from grace for ex-MP Jeffrey Donaldson The former MP has been stripped of his knighthood and membership of the privy council.
Evening Standard · Oct 12 ‘Orange state is gone forever’, Michelle O’Neill tells Assembly DUP MLA Jonathan Buckley said Sinn Féin’s ‘new Ireland project stands dead in the streets of Portadown’.
The Independent UK · Oct 11 Bryant accused of ‘disgraceful appeasement’ by stopping parade DUP leader Gavin Robinson questioned if there had been a ‘bending of the knee of the rule of law in the threat of terror and violence’.
Evening Standard · Oct 8 Northern Ireland cannot risk a second crisis on budget, says Gavin Robinson DUP leader Gavin Robinson pressed Secretary of State Sir Chris Bryant over the funding level for the region.
Evening Standard · Oct 5 Stormont budget being set in London would be ‘profound failure’ – O’Toole Finance Minister John O’Dowd said the financial offer from the UK Government ‘falls well short of what is needed’.
Evening Standard · Oct 1 NI Secretary instructs officials to consider ‘contingency plans’ around budget Sir Chris Bryant acknowledged the situation at Drumcree but said time is already ‘long past’ a budget should have been agreed for this financial year.
Evening Standard · Sep 29 Drumcree stalemate enters third day with further talks expected Orange Order members remain at Drumcree Church in Portadown.
The Guardian - UK · Sep 28 Absence of violence in Drumcree does not make standoff any less significant Row comes amid rising division and a tendency towards cynical political posturing in Northern Ireland
Evening Standard · Sep 28 Irish Government ‘very concerned’ over Drumcree dispute Taoiseach Micheál Martin said there is an ‘obligation on everybody now to stand back and to mediate an outcome’.
The Independent UK · Sep 27 Northern Ireland live: Burnham appeals for ‘calm on all sides’ as protesters block Drumcree Orange Order march Late night approval of loyalist march along the largely Catholic Garvaghy Road in Portadown has been described as ‘madness’