The SDLP's Leader of the Opposition has said that the public expect more from their MLAs that just "turning up". Matthew ...

The Northern Ireland Assembly has indicated it won’t revisit its report into salaries and expenses prompted by the events surrounding Michael McMonagle – a former Sinn Fein press officer later ...

MLAs have backed a TUV motion which said a Northern Ireland Assembly report into salaries and expenses – prompted by the Michael McMonagle scandal – had ‘muddied the waters’ over rules for how public ...

Health minister hails success of ban on health and social care trusts using locum social workers, but BASW NI warns of rising ...

Benn outlined the decision in a seven-page letter to Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly, Edwin Poots. It said the EU rules being challenged do not meet the threshold of having a "significant ...

Pic: PA In a letter to the Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly Edwin Poots, Mr Benn said that the rules on chemical packaging did not meet the bar of having a "significant impact specific to ...

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) in the Northern Ireland Assembly have been given a dressing down by the Speaker. On Tuesday, during a Stormont plenary session, Edwin Poots reminded them ...

The IRA was under intense pressure tonight to end all paramilitary activity as Northern Ireland's Assembly and power sharing institutions prepared to make way for the return of direct rule from ...

Crossmaglen councillor Aoife Finnegan has been selected by Sinn Féin to become a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly. The ...

speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly. “The government will explicitly consult on applying a consistent regime across the United Kingdom, should this be required to safeguard the UK internal ...