Currently the youngest someone can vote in Northern Ireland is 18. However in Scotland, 16-year-olds were allowed to vote in ...

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

The Stormont Assembly has “engaged” with police over abuse faced by MLAs. Assembly members last week spoke out about facing ...

Representatives from all parts of Northern Ireland sit in the assembly. They are called Members of the Legislative Assembly, or MLAs. We can vote for these politicians in regional elections.

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 ...

Cara says she would like to see more young people represented at Stormont Members of the Northern Ireland Youth Assembly have come together to debate the arguments for and against lowering the age ...