First Minister Michelle O’Neill has announced that the Minister for the Economy Conor Murphy will stand down from his role in the Executive on medical grounds, with Deirdre Hargey to take over on an interim basis.
The Ulster Unionist Party has today announced their candidate for Mid Ulster in the upcoming general election. Jay Basra will attempt to gain the seat from current holders Sinn Féin.
Ross McMullan has stepped down as Alliance councillor for Ormiston on Belfast City Council saying that “the right decision is to give way to allow someone new to take on this amazing role”.
Councillors Jason Barr and Shauna Cusack have both quit the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) over a selection process to choose the next Mayor of Derry City and Strabane.
Councillor on Newry, Mourne and Down District Council, Andrew McMurray, is selected by the Alliance Party to replace Patrick Brown, who resigned from Stormont last week.
The Democratic Unionist Party have selected Eddie Thompson as their new councillor for Bangor East and Donaghadee on Ards and North Down Council, following Janice McArthur stepping down.
Michelle Guy was first elected as a councillor for Castlereagh South in 2019, and has now been selected by local party members to contest the upcoming Westminster election in Strangford.
Easton has been in the Assembly since 2003 and was first elected as a DUP candidate, but resigned from the party in 2021. He is to stand in North Down in the upcoming general election against Alliance’s Stephen Farry.
Patrick Brown served as a councillor for eight years and was first elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly in 2022 but has tonight resigned ‘due to personal reasons’, the Alliance Party has said.
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