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...
His resignation means Deputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill, of Sinn Fein party, with whom he shared power, automatically resigns from office. It's understood that other ministers in the Northern Ireland executive will remain in office place to implement previously agreed policy but can take no ...
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 ministers, as well as a 12-member ...
Northern Ireland's First Minister Arlene Foster said she would "await to see the detail", adding: "For us the important issue on all of these matters is that we have unfettered access from Northern Ireland into Great Britain, but also that trade from Grea...
First and deputy First Ministers during a Covid-19 update press conference in Dungannon.Credit:PA Media Northern Ireland is set to adopt the UK’s coronavirus red list of countries, First Minister Arlene Foster has said. Brazil and South Africa are on the current red list of countries from ...
Northern Ireland ministers have come out to condemn the "deplorable" violence of the past few days. According to Deputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill, it is a "miracle" that no one has been killed after more than a week of riots, with over 50 police officers injur...
TONY BLAIR last night urged Bertie Ahern, his Irish counterpart, to throw his weight behind attempts to bolster the position of David Trimble, the Ulster Unionist leader, against hardline critics in Mr Trimble's own party.Andrew Grice Political Editor...
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The term Junior Minister, in Northern Ireland, is the name given to two positions in the Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister (OFMDFM).The incumbent junior ministers are Jonathan Bell (Democratic Unionist Party) and Martina Anderson (Sinn Féin).Under the Northern Ireland Act...
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