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The protest will take place at 6.30pm outside Cloonavin. Credit NI World

Peaceful protest against closure of Riverside Theatre

Parliament Buildings at Stormont, home of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

Assembly defends cost of media monitoring unit after TUV 'surveillance' claim

From L-R: Robbie Butler MLA, Health Minister Mike Nesbitt, Joan McParland MBE (Hope 4 ME & Fibro founder), Professor Tom Trinick OBE, Linda Campbell (chair, Hope 4 ME & Fibro)

Hope 4 ME & Fibro NI welcomes Health Minister & MLAs to Stormont information day

UUP deputy leader Robbie Butler.

Assembly vote 'paves the way for a substantial pay increase' for MLAs

DUP MLA Diane Forsythe.

Female DUP MLAs object to Stormont trans event

Sinn Fein’s Carál Ní Chuilín has previously said that the views of a women's group asking for single sex spaces were “disgraceful”.

Sinn Fein MLA wants NI sex discrimination laws revisited over trans ruling

Sinn Fein President Mary Lou McDonald has opposed a 'half a million euro' housing tsar in the Republic - but backed a £1m climate tsar commissioner in Northern Ireland, as MLAs plan to outsource responsibility for scrutinising the ambitious climate targets they set themselves. Photo: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

DUP accuse Sinn Fein of hypocrisy over NI climate tsar

Paula Bradshaw chairs Stormont's Executive Office committee, which is conducting an inquiry into "gaps" in equality legislation.

Beattie: MLA’s plan for courts to clarify new law a ‘dereliction of duty’

Paula Bradshaw says courts could clarify local equality legislation - after it is produced.

Alliance Party breaks its silence on Supreme Court 'woman' ruling

TUV MP Jim Allister.

Latest EU law decision shows DUP deal was ‘a farce’ - Jim Allister

Morning View

Editorial: Stormont faces tough choices on climate change

DUP leader Gavin Robinson.

Robinson slams ‘net zero populism’ of Stormont parties over climate tsar 'waste'

Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly says that while she had a legal duty to bring regulations to the Assembly on creating a climate change commissioner - public funds could be better spent. Photo: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

MLAs engaged in ‘virtue signalling frenzy’ over climate tsar - Little Pengelly

Doug Beattie says women "wanting to have safe spaces that give them security, dignity and privacy should not be viewed as controversial".

Doug Beattie: single sex spaces for women are ‘not controversial’

Alliance MLA Kellie Armstrong made controversial comments about civil servants during a recent Stormont committee.

Minister calls for Alliance apology over 'outrageous' claim about civil servants

Alliance Party MLA Kellie Armstrong. Photo: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Alliance MLA accuses civil servants of 'misogyny' over equality strategy

Communities Minister Gordon Lyons has outlined a change of approach to how public policy is formulated - reducing the influence of lobby groups. Photo: Niall Carson/PA Wire

Gordon Lyons says he won’t ‘outsource’ Stormont policies to lobby groups

L-R - Frank Shivers (NIFTGA Board Member), Michael Henderson (NIFTGA Chief Executive), Diana Armstrong MLA (Food To Go APG Chair), Harry Harvey MLA (Food-To-Go APG Vice Chair), Kiera Campbell (NIFTGA Chairperson), Maria Morgan (NIFTGA board member)

All Party Group on NI’s food to go industry gets underway

Opposition leader Matthew O’Toole.

O'Toole accuses Stormont ministers of 'avoiding scrutiny'

First Minister Michelle O’Neill and deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly pictured in Washington DC in 2024. Photo by Kelvin Boyes / Press Eye

No answers on cost of last year's Saint Patrick's Day trip to Washington

TUV MLA Timothy Gaston.

Report said Stormont had 'trillions, rather than billions' to spend

Speaker Edwin Poots.

Speaker warns ministers Assembly 'isn't Castlereagh holding centre'

TUV MLA Timothy Gaston.

Stormont committee has 'little regard' for freedom of speech and religion

Stormont's Executive Office committee is divided over religious exemptions in proposed changes to equality law.

Christian Institute warns equality proposals could tie churches up in legalities

Lucy Corscaden from Specsavers Lisburn, audiology director Paul Clarke, Lisburn store directors Natalie Latham and Leanne Lindsay, Emma Little-Pengelly MLA, Paul Givan MLA, Alderman Allan Ewart MBE and Pamela Woods from Specsavers Lisburn. Pic credit: Specsavers

MLAs meet hearing health experts able to help the NHS cut waiting lists

DUP MLA Diane Forsythe says "the scale of financial mismanagement within the Northern Ireland Civil Service is deeply concerning".

MLAs and civil servants in dispute over £2.45bn overspend

MLAs have backed extending a UK government smoking ban to Northern Ireland. Photo: Jonathan Brady/PA Wire

Concerns tobacco industry will use Windsor Framework to undermine smoking ban

Stormont's Speaker Edwin Poots has backed the authority of principal deputy speaker Carál Ní Chuilín after a decision by her was questioned by the TUV's Timothy Gaston last week.

Speaker Poots backs deputy Ní Chuilín's authority after TUV challenge

This week marked the one-year anniversary of the restoration of Stormont and the Northern Ireland Executive.

MLA pay parity with Scottish and Welsh counterparts branded ‘nonsense’

Morning View

Editorial: Stormont’s failings mean any huge pay rise for MLAs is unjustifiable

Opposition leader Matthew O’Toole says the Executive parties are "inviting the contempt of citizens by saying one thing and doing one another on gambling harm".

O'Toole: Executive parties 'saying one thing and doing another' on gambling

Charity staff and food bank volunteers present Stormont with an invoice for the cost of inaction on child poverty

Charities demand the Assembly tackle child poverty or face 5bn bill

Charity staff and food bank volunteers present Stormont with an invoice for the cost of inaction on child poverty

Charities demand the Assembly tackle child poverty or face 5bn bill

Lagan Valley MLA Robbie Butler recently met with representatives of the Dog's Trust during an event at Stormont. Pic credit: Contributed by Robbie Butler MLA

MLA joins Dogs Trust to discuss responsible dog breeding and rehoming

Morning View

Editorial: Doug Beattie's motion on trans policy will force much-needed debate

Councillor Darryl Wilson, in a photo he shared alongside his resignation message

Complaint from councillor who quit this week went unanswered by UUP

Morning View

Editorial: MLAs were wrong to rush to judgement on actions of police officers

Economy Minister Conor Murphy has previously said Invest NI has “reported very significant interest in conversations with them" on dual market access. Photo: BBC Northern Ireland.

Economy minister confirms no FDI uptake from 'dual market access'

Cross-community voting in the Northern Ireland Assembly didn't apply for Tuesday's landmark vote on the Windsor Framework

Stormont backs continued trade barriers within the UK

Steve Aiken has previously warned the Assembly that 'red flags' about public spending have been ignored by Sinn Fein and Alliance MLAs on the Windsor Framework committee.

Aiken: NI faces a 'tsunami of regulations' without any ability to say stop

Sinn Fein MLA Carál Ní Chuilín says a Stormont committee shouldn't "indulge" the News Letter after it revealed previously undeclared text messages between her party leader and the chairperson.

Text message row: MLAs criticise News Letter over reporting story

Michelle O'Neill says she did not know the whereabouts of her former colleague Michael McMonagle (left, highlighted) during the period this image was taken. This still from a video taken by BBC Northern Ireland in February 2023 shows Michelle O'Neill standing a few yards from him. The SF politician was deputy first minister when she employed McMonagle in 2020.

McMonagle scandal: terms of reference for Stormont investigation revealed