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 ...

It comes just weeks after Assembly Speaker reminded MLAs of the dress code and urged them to “dress smartly” in the chamber.

The Health minister is to press the Belfast Trust on its reasons for not making available a new drug to treat muscular ...

Mike Nesbitt said the “irony klaxon” sounded on a daily basis in his department when politicians who support the current ...

MLAs debating Northern Ireland’s budget appeared not to notice that some of the figures in an official report they were ...

The Northern Ireland Assembly has reported an apparent data breach involving personal data – including private email addresses of members of the public – to the UK’s information watchdog.

The Assembly Members (Remuneration Board) Bill was introduced in the Assembly earlier this month by the Assembly Commission. It proposes the establishment of an independent Remuneration Board to ...

Among them were the reliability of Israel’s highly regarded intelligence force, Hamas’s alleged pragmatism since it rose to ...

Ulster Unionist Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Spokesperson and AERA Committee Chair Robbie Butler MLA raised the importance of action, not words to tackle the Family Farm Tax during a ...

Stormont Health Minister Mike Nesbitt said that extending the Westminster Tobacco and Vapes Bill to Northern Ireland is the ...