“In this context, senior assembly officials ensure that the Northern Ireland Assembly plays its part in developing and strengthening its parliamentary procedures and culture, as well as ...

speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly. “The government will explicitly consult on applying a consistent regime across the United Kingdom, should this be required to safeguard the UK internal ...

Benn outlined the decision in a seven-page letter to Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly, Edwin Poots. It said the EU rules being challenged do not meet the threshold of having a "significant ...

Pic: PA In a letter to the Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly Edwin Poots, Mr Benn said that the rules on chemical packaging did not meet the bar of having a "significant impact specific to ...

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 ...

The British government has announced the Stormont Brake mechanism of the Windsor Framework will not be pulled to halt the appliance of updated EU rules on packaging and labelling of chemicals ...

At the core of Assembly is an investigation into how architectural space can facilitate collective participation. Drawing inspiration from the Irish Citizens' Assembly, an innovative political ...

The thing that reform of the devolved institutions will not and indeed cannot address is the fact that Northern Ireland appears to be broken right now ...

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) in the Northern Ireland Assembly have been given a dressing down by the Speaker. On Tuesday, during a Stormont plenary session, Edwin Poots reminded them ...

An assembly spokesperson said: "Under the terms of the Assembly Members (Salaries and Expenses) Determination (Northern Ireland) 2016, which was determined independently, MLA's will qualify for a ...

Sinn Féin has announced that Newry, Mourne and Down councillor Aoife Finnegan is to replace Conor Murphy in the Assembly. The former economy minister gave up his Stormont seat in order to join ...