First Minister of Northern Ireland, Vice President of Sinn Féin, MLA for Mid Ulster
The new Commissioner for Victims and Survivors for Northern Ireland has been appointed. Joe McVey will take up post in October 2025 for four years, replacing Ian Jeffers, who stepped down in 2023.
The UK government has today announced it will allow 16 and 17-year-olds to vote at the next general election, in what is a major change to the democratic system being introduced by the new Elections Bill.
First Minister Michelle O’Neill has called for Communities Minister Gordon Lyons to resign after he posted on social media about Larne Leisure Centre housing those that have fled their homes due to riots in Ballymena. DUP leader Gavin Robinson has said that Lyons will not be resigning.
After nearly two decades of delays, the Northern Ireland Executive has agreed a long-awaited anti-poverty strategy, with Communities Minister Gordon Lyons calling it a “good day for Northern Ireland” at a press conference with the First and Deputy First Ministers.
First Minister Michelle O’Neill and Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly officially opened the first phase of a £100m investment programme into Belfast International Airport by its owner, VINCI Airports, on Tuesday.
The Northern Ireland Executive has agreed on a budget for the 2025/26 financial year following a meeting on Thursday. Finance Minister John O’Dowd said the Executive are determined to “work together to deliver.”
Sinn Féin has announced that they will not be attending St Patrick’s Day celebrations at the White House, in what they call a “principled stance in response to the call for the mass expulsion of the Palestinian people from Gaza”. The DUP say the decision is “short-sighted and counterproductive”.
Following Conor Murphy’s successful election to the Seanad, Sinn Féin has announced a reshuffle of their Executive Ministers. Liz Kimmins joins John O’Dowd and Caoimhe Archibald on the frontbench – but all in new departments.
In the wake of the scandal surrounding former Sinn Féin press officer Michael McMonagle, the Assembly has published a review into the use of allowances by MLAs. It says that it is likely that McMonagle ‘misrepresented details of his employments’.
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