Ards and North Down council NI election candidates standing in your area Independents are aiming to return while Sinn Féin is hoping to secure its first ever seat. Belfast Live · May 15, 2023
Brendan Hughes: Northern Ireland parties' council election TV broadcasts - rated Reviewing how well the parties have handled their moments in the TV spotlight for the council election campaign Belfast Live · May 13, 2023
Jim Allister: TUV vote in council election will be 'barometer' for NI Protocol opposition Jim Allister said voting TUV would be "injecting necessary strength into others" as he questioned the DUP's plans Belfast Live · May 9, 2023
Omagh UUP candidate says people sick of ‘negative unionism’ Ulster Unionist councillor Matthew Bell was co-opted to Fermanagh and Omagh District Council two years ago Belfast Live · May 9, 2023
Mid Ulster District Council: All the candidates running in the 2023 NI local elections 66 candidates will compete across seven district electoral areas to elect 40 councillors Belfast Live · May 5, 2023
Homophobic, pro-Nazi graffiti appears in Co Down village "The graffiti and imagery which appeared on walls in the town is much more concerning" Belfast Live · May 2, 2023
Sinn Féin on course to become largest party in councils, poll suggests The survey suggested that more than half of DUP voters will give their second preference to the UUP, while 21% will give a second preference to the TUV Belfast Live · May 2, 2023
Fermanagh and Omagh: All of the candidates running in NI Council Elections 2023 The vote is to take place on May 18 Belfast Live · Apr 25, 2023
Northern Ireland council election: List of all the candidates in the May 2023 poll A total of 807 candidates are contesting the 462 seats across Northern Ireland's 11 councils Belfast Live · Apr 25, 2023
Alliance stops unionist drive to increase union flag flying in Ards and North Down Alliance has a successful "call-in" against proposal to extend flag flybing at civis buildings and war memorials Belfast Live · Mar 31, 2023
Windsor Framework 'worse than the Protocol', TUV conference told TUV leader Jim Allister described the implementation of EU laws in Northern Ireland as an "obscenity" Belfast Live · Mar 25, 2023
SDLP, TUV and Green Party leaders to address their annual conferences SDLP leader Colum Eastwood, TUV leader Jim Allister and Green leader Mal O'Hara are set to address their party conferences Belfast Live · Mar 25, 2023
TUV's Jim Allister: DUP will become Protocol slaves if they restore Stormont over Windsor Framework The TUV leader said he believes there are "differing tensions" within the DUP over whether to accept the Windsor Framework Belfast Live · Mar 22, 2023
Sinn Fein, DUP and Alliance consolidate electoral dominance, poll shows The Irish News/Institute of Irish Studies/University of Liverpool poll put support for Sinn Fein at 30.6% and DUP at 23.9%. The Independent UK · Mar 21, 2023
The Guardian - UK · Mar 1, 2023 Wednesday briefing: What Northern Ireland really thinks of Sunak’s Brexit deal In today’s newsletter: Rishi Sunak hails the new Windsor agreement as a breakthrough but what does it mean for businesses and politicians – and what comes next?
The Independent UK · Feb 15, 2023 People will be ‘aghast’ at unionist focus on centenary stone, says O’Neill The Assembly Commission granted permission for the installation of the commemorative stone this week following a row around it in 2021.
Reuters · Feb 10, 2023 N.Ireland unionists face historic choice as EU, UK near protocol deal Northern Ireland's largest unionist party faces a historic dilemma if EU and British negotiators clinch a post-Brexit trade deal: redraw their red lines or risk signing a death warrant for decades of power-sharing with Irish nationalists.
Reuters · Feb 2, 2023 Court orders Germany's TUV to pay compensation to faulty breast implant victims A French appeals court has ordered German certification agency TUV Rheinland to pay up to 37,000 euros per person to victims of faulty breast implants produced by French company PIP prior to its closure, lawyers for the victims said in a statement.
Belfast Live · Jan 31, 2023 Ards and North Down to increase flying of union flag after equality report Councillor asks "Are we really trying to sell and market this thing to the public?”
Belfast Live · Jan 24, 2023 Sinn Fein MPs don't need to declare party wages on register, says parliamentary standards watchdog TUV leader Jim Allister has written to the standards commissioner questioning the "obvious loophole" in the rules
Belfast Live · Jan 16, 2023 UUP councillor who joined DUP said Jeffrey Donaldson's party 'blew it' over handling of Brexit The councillor joined the DUP shortly after quitting the Ulster Unionist Party over its "chaotic" plans for May's council elections
Belfast Live · Jan 13, 2023 North Down councillor Carl McClean joins DUP after quitting UUP over 'completely chaotic' election plans The councillor resigned from the UUP last week after describing its election candidate selection process as "absolute madness"
Belfast Live · Jan 9, 2023 UK-EU data-sharing deal hailed as 'positive step' amid Brexit Northern Ireland Protocol row But Stormont parties gave a mixed reaction to the data-sharing announcement
Belfast Live · Jan 6, 2023 TUV candidate Jordan Doran selected as replacement for DUP councillor Dale Pankhurst The former Assembly candidate resigned from TUV in October, describing its party leader Jim Allister as a "political hero"
Belfast Live · Jan 4, 2023 Northern Ireland Office 'exploring feasibility' of flying Union flag at Belfast city centre headquarters Secretary of State Chris Heaton-Harris' department relocated to Erskine House near Belfast City Hall almost a year ago