The public are being urged to choose between two quotes from three former makars – with the most popular to be carved into ...

A historic day has been hailed for the deaf community in Northern Ireland as a Sign Languages Bill moved a step closer to becoming law. Communities Minister Gordon Lyons communicated in sign language ...

Co-Ownership, Northern Ireland's shared ownership provider, brought MLAs together at Parliament Buildings to discuss the ...

A Bill to establish a new independent board to determine salaries for Northern Ireland Assembly members has moved a step closer to becoming law.

Same-sex marriage became possible in Northern Ireland when the Stormont assembly collapsed. Campaigners turned their ...

Finance Minister confirms rise in regional rate Responding to an  Assembly written question  this week, Finance Minister John O’Dowd MLA confirmed that the Executive has now formally agreed his ...

Sinn Fein has urged the UK Government to “stop dithering” and “fulfil its pledge” to help fund the rebuilding of Casement ...

Eligible voters, including those of the diaspora, were casting ballots to elect 120 lawmakers among 26 political groupings ...

Ramsgrange Community School student, Aoibhinn Doyle, recently travelled to Strasbourg in France to represent the Rotary Club ...

Sinn Féin Economy Minister Conor Murphy has been elected to the Seanad (Irish parliament's upper chamber) and will quit his job at Stormont. He secured one of the 60 seats available with the support ...

Mr Murphy is leaving his job as Stormont economy minister and Newry and Armagh Assembly member to switch to the upper house of the Irish parliament. The republican veteran secured his Seanad seat ...

NASA has presented rock and dust samples from the asteroid Bennu which exhibit some of the chemical building blocks of life.