Malachai O’Hara has been leader of the Green Party in Northern Ireland since August 2022 and was a Belfast City councillor from 2019 until 2023.
The SDLP had their first official opposition day today – they tried to get reassurances that there would no further collapses of Stormont – but Sinn Fein and the DUP voted against the motion.
The Alliance Party held their annual conference today at the Stormont Hotel, with party leader Naomi Long calling on NI Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris to take charge of Stormont reform.
The Ulster Unionist Party have announced that Matthew Bell will stand in West Tyrone in an attempt to take the seat from Sinn Fein who gained it in 2001 – from the Ulster Unionists.
Sinn Fein have selected Conor McKay to replace John Gormley on Belfast City Council.
Kate Nicholl was first elected to Belfast City Council in 2016 and was Lord Mayor of Belfast from 2021-2022. She was elected to the Assembly in 2022.
Mickey Brady has been the MP for Newry and Armagh since 2015 but has today announced he will not be standing for re-election in the upcoming General Election.
The MP for Mid Ulster, who was first elected in 2013, has announced that he will not stand for re-election in the General Election this year.
Michelle O’Neill has rejected the idea of water charges in Northern Ireland saying that they intend to fight for a proper funding model instead.
