Northern Ireland's First Minister and Deputy vow 'stability' after Donaldson resignation Sat 30 Mar 5.42pm • Sir Jeffrey Donaldson - the leader of Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party - has resigned after being charged with historical sexual offences. Share this video Sh...
Northern Ireland's first minister Michelle O'Neill made the announcement at a news conference in Dublin alongside party president Mary Lou McDonald. She said the decision "has not been taken lightly", but added: "It is taken very conscious of the responsibility that each...
Reports on the devolution of power to Northern Ireland on December 1, 1999. Home rule to begin with David Trimble of the Ulster Unionist party as First Minister; Appointment of Bairbre de Brun as Minister of Health, Social Services, and Public Safety; Number of departments in the new ...
LONDON —An Irish nationalist made history Saturday by becoming Northern Ireland’s first minister as the government returned to work after a two-year boycott by unionists. Sinn Fein Vice President Michelle O’Neill was nominated as first minister in the government that u...
Northern Ireland First Minister Michelle O'Neill has apologised for going to the funeral of a senior IRA member while COVID restrictions were in place. Ms O'Neill, who was deputy first minister at the time, signalled her remorse for her actions during the latest...
LONDON, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- Northern Ireland's First Minister Paul Givan resigned on Thursday, as part of the protest staged by his party, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), against the post-Brexit trade arrangements known as the Northern Ireland Protocol. ...
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Apr 12, 2023 Biden delivers keynote speech in Belfast President Biden continued his visit to the island of Ireland today with a keynote speech at Ulster University, and met briefly with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O'Keefe joi...
civil war threatened between the regions. Northern Ireland, however, did not become a political entity until the six counties accepted the Home Rule Bill of 1920. This set up a semiautonomous parliament in Belfast and a Crown-appointed governor advised by a cabinet of the prime minister and 8...
The NICOLA study is funded by the Atlantic Philanthropies, the Economic and Social Research Council, the UKCRC Centre of Excellence for Public Health Northern Ireland, the Centre for Ageing Research and Development in Ireland, the Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister, the Health...