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BIZARRE: 23 - What They Never Told You

Stormont talks on Brexit NI Protocol bring renewed optimism but no breakthrough

The arrival of three political big hitters on the same day added to hopes that something could be in the offing after months of deadlock

Belfast Live

Chris Heaton Harris defends excluding Sinn Fein leader from talks

"There are many factors which go into the thought process"

Belfast Live

‘Not wise’ to invite Sinn Fein leader to NI Protocol meeting – Heaton-Harris

Sir Keir Starmer, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Micheal Martin are all in Northern Ireland for talks on the protocol.

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Cleverly to meet Stormont party leaders after mini-deal on Brexit raises fresh powersharing hopes

Northern Irish politicians warned voters want them ‘back at work’

The Independent UK

Cleverly to address protocol issues which ‘risk and undermine’ NI’s place in UK

The Foreign Secretary is to meet political and business leaders in Belfast.

The Independent UK

SDLP to propose speaker election amendment in bid to restore Assembly sittings

The party said the procedural change would ‘end the one-party veto that has frustrated the democratic wishes of the people of Northern Ireland’.

The Independent UK

Brexit Protocol 'risk' to Northern Ireland's place in UK must be addressed, says Foreign Secretary

He was speaking ahead of meeting Stormont party leaders in Belfast on Wednesday to discuss the Northern Ireland Protocol

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Springfield Primary School car park plan delayed for site check

The plan runs against council policy for "economic zoned land"

Belfast Live

Irish foreign minister and Northern Ireland parties welcome progress on protocol

The two sides reached agreement on data sharing and EU access to UK IT systems.

The Independent UK

Speaker urges parties to grasp spirit of 1998 peace deal and restore Assembly

Alex Maskey said the reputation of the Stormont Assembly did not match the high hopes that existed for it in 1998.

The Independent UK

Brendan Hughes: DUP needs new approach as Leo Varadkar offers olive branch

The Taoiseach has made conciliatory remarks over Brexit's Northern Ireland Protocol but unionist parties remain unmoving

Belfast Live

Climate activists fear Stormont won't deliver on Climate Bill

“This year is going to be the hottest year in recorded history - it’s not the year to just sit idly and watch it”

Belfast Live

DUP slammed for 'cherry-picking' health report to attack Northern Ireland Protocol

The DUP did not mention that the report concludes Brexit is having "negative effects" on the UK's workforce, medicines and economy

Belfast Live

The famous faces we said goodbye to in Northern Ireland in 2022

Northern Ireland lost some big names over the past 12 months

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The Earth's Corr: 2022 was a major let down for the environment, people and nature in Northern Ireland

Aside from the landmark Climate Bill which still has to be enacted and some new electric buses - that is

Belfast Live

Brendan Hughes: Brexit NI Protocol letter prompting unionist fury stated the obvious

The reaction yet again shows the impossible task the government faces in attempting to meet the high bar of unionist demands

The Independent UK

Peter Mandelson pressed Alliance Party to redesignate as unionists

Declassified papers show the cross-community party resisted pressure from the then secretary of state.

The Independent UK

No contingency plans for collapse were included in Stormont assembly formation

Declassified papers show the UUP and SDLP did not believe they should ‘plan for failure’

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Stormont Executive was to go ‘where man has not gone before’

Declassified state papers detail efforts to get Stormont ministers ready for the devolution of powers.

The Independent UK

New plans for checks on goods entering NI will require ‘enhanced facilities’

Lord Benyon has written to peers about arrangements to replace parts of the Northern Ireland Protocol.

Belfast Live

Key issues to look out for in Northern Ireland politics in 2023

It looks set to be another year full of twists and turns for Stormont

The Independent UK

In Pictures: Stormont still suspended as Northern Ireland sees year of changes

Amid political deadlock, the country has seen pro-Irish unity party Sinn Fein become the largest at Stormont.

Belfast Live

Brendan Hughes: Partygate, Boris Johnson mutiny and the Liz Truss lettuce - a look back at the political year of 2022

The upheaval of the past year has left many feeling as wilted as the lettuce that outlasted Liz Truss

Belfast Live

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar insists security concerns will not stop him visiting Northern Ireland

Some some sections of unionism and loyalism claim he was an instrumental figure in the creation of the Protocol

Belfast Live

Poll: 81% say DUP should return to Stormont power-sharing

More than 1,500 votes were cast in the Belfast Live readers' poll

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