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 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 ...

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 ...

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.

Members of the Northern Ireland Youth Assembly have come together to debate the arguments for and against lowering the age of voting to 16. A range of views were heard and the "Votes at 16 ...