Matthew O'Toole was speaking to Belfast Live ahead of the first anniversary of the return of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

A Stormont committee made a “deliberate attempt to silence” a women’s group – and sent a message to women that their ...

The veteran Sinn Fein politician is leaving his job as Stormont economy minister to take on a new role in the upper chamber of the Irish parliament.

Sinn Fein’s Caoimhe Archibald is to become Stormont’s economy minister in a reshuffle prompted by the election of Conor ...

The Executive parties have been criticised for relaxing Northern Ireland’s gambling rules on Tuesday – then debating gambling-related harm later in the same Assembly sitting. SDLP Leader of ...

An assembly spokesperson said: "Under the terms of the Assembly Members (Salaries and Expenses) Determination (Northern Ireland ... Commission has taken the first step towards ensuring that ...

The UK government has rejected a bid by unionist parties in Northern Ireland ... first hurdle.” Matthew O’Toole, of the Social Democratic and Labour party and the opposition leader in the ...

The Speaker of the Northern Ireland ... the first anniversary of the return of devolution. "The development of, and maintenance of, the parliamentary culture around how we do our business has ...

The IRA was under intense pressure tonight to end all paramilitary activity as Northern Ireland's Assembly and power ... who will be stripped of his powers as First Minister, was philosophical ...

The Northern Ireland secretary has ... Robinson said it was right for unionist assembly members to use the brake mechanism and that they would use it again. First Minister Michelle O'Neill called ...

Pic: PA In a letter to the Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly Edwin Poots ... to try to get the Stormont brake pulled for the first time. It's hard to know how confident they were in ...