DARK SECRETS: 12 - The Real Truth

Alliance willing to test legality of Stormont’s voting system, Naomi Long warns

The party leader expressed frustration that the UK and Irish governments had not moved to deliver reform of the powersharing institutions.

The Independent UK · Mar 4, 2023

Michelle O'Neill: The eyes of the world are again on us... it is time to move forward

People on waiting lists cannot wait. Families facing a cost of living crisis cannot wait. Our health service and our health workers cannot wait.

Belfast Live · Mar 3, 2023

Naomi Long: 'No excuse' for DUP blocking Stormont after Windsor Framework

She dismissed suggestions the DUP's boycott strategy helped secure the deal, saying it was "coincidence rather than correlation"

Belfast Live · Mar 1, 2023

Bid to pass organ donation law at Westminster ‘highly unlikely’ to succeed

The Executive Formation Bill is scheduled to be brought before Westminster later this month.

The Independent UK · Feb 13, 2023

Analysis: NI secretary move ends embarrassing cycle of meaningless election deadlines

But the extended period to form an Executive raises concerns that efforts to restore power-sharing are being allowed to drift

Belfast Live · Feb 9, 2023

Brexit: NI election deadline pushed back by 12 months in hope of protocol deal

Northern Ireland secretary says holding an election now won’t help restore powersharing

The Independent UK · Feb 9, 2023

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 · Feb 9, 2023

Westminster should consider making more NI decisions in Stormont's absence, study says

Northern Ireland is being governed on a "limited and piecemeal basis" since the collapse of power-sharing, a think tank warned

Belfast Live · Feb 7, 2023

NI Secretary pledges to ‘explore possible avenues’ to enact organ donations laws

Chris Heaton-Harris was meeting with six-year-old Daithi MacGabhann, who is on the transplant waiting list, and his parents on Wednesday.

The Independent UK · Feb 1, 2023

All main Stormont parties want to maintain single market access, says Tanaiste

Micheal Martin said Northern Ireland’s political leaders should grasp a deal that might emerge.

The Independent UK · Jan 22, 2023