The deputy first minister says despite being small, Northern Ireland has every opportunity to achieve big things. Deputy first minister Emma Little-Pengelly is on her feet in the assembly.

B elfast used to be known as a place where weapons were fired rather than made. But a nondescript factory in a suburb of ...

Northern Ireland Secretary John Reid today announced a brief suspension of the Stormont Assembly ahead of another six weeks of negotiations to try and end the deadlock threatening the future of ...

It was presented to the Northern Ireland Assembly on Monday, with First Minister Michelle O'Neill describing it as a "significant milestone". However, the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP ...

Infrastructure Minister, Liz Kimmins, has just made a shock announcement to the Assembly to send forensic accountants into NI ...

The Northern Ireland Housing Executive needs enhanced borrowing powers and sustainable funding to prevent a two-tier housing ...

A group of teenage parliamentarians have come together to debate the merits of lowering the voting age in Northern Ireland to 16.

A major weapons manufacturer is set to open a third facility in Northern Ireland, Assembly members have heard. Thales UK operates two sites in the region – with high-precision missiles designed ...

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The last time a programme for government was finalised and endorsed by the Northern Ireland Assembly was in 2012. But now that the executive has agreed its key pledges, can they be delivered?

The IRA was under intense pressure tonight to end all paramilitary activity as Northern Ireland's Assembly and power sharing institutions prepared to make way for the return of direct rule from ...