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£1.6bn contract for Royal Navy support ships awarded to UK consortium

A British-led consortium has been chosen as the preferred bidder to build new support ships for the Royal Navy – creating 1,200 new jobs in UK shipyards and hundreds more in the supply chain – the Ministry of Defence has said. → Read More

Civil servants using energy support as ‘lever’ to get Assembly back, says DUP MP

Senior civil servants are “interfering” in Northern Ireland’s politics by withholding energy support payments, a DUP MP has claimed. → Read More

PM says she is ‘completely committed’ to Northern Ireland Protocol Bill

The Prime Minister has said she is “completely committed” to the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill and that negotiations with the EU will reflect “the same position”. → Read More

Families and communities of Creeslough tragedy are ‘lost in a fog of grief’

The families and communities impacted by the Creeslough explosion are “lost in a fog of grief” and painful sadness, the funeral of 14-year-old Leona Harper has been told. → Read More

Creeslough victims: Names released of ten people killed in Donegal explosion tragedy

The names have been released of the ten people who lost their lives in a tragic explosion in Creeslough in Donegal. → Read More

Two teenagers and a child among 10 killed in Irish petrol station explosion Irish police have said

Two teenagers and a young child are among 10 people confirmed dead in an explosion at an Irish petrol station. → Read More

Tory hustings event in Belfast: Rishi Sunak attacks Liz Truss’s tax plans as 10.1% inflation adds to cost-of-living crisis; Truss says progress of Northern Ireland Protocol Bill through Parliament will ‘see powersharing re-established’

Rishi Sunak has stepped up his attacks on Tory leadership rival Liz Truss’s tax plans, warning millions face a “very tough time” this winter without direct support. → Read More

Prime Minister Boris Johnson says UK will act if EU refuses to give way over Northern Ireland Protocol

Boris Johnson has said the UK will have a “necessity to act” if the EU is unwilling to reach a compromise in the deepening crisis over the Northern Ireland Protocol. → Read More

Boris Johnson to visit Northern Ireland amid Stormont crisis after DUP blocks Assembly speaker

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to visit Northern Ireland on Monday amid a political crisis caused by the DUP blocking the election of a Speaker at Stormont, Sinn Fein vice president Michelle O’Neill has said. → Read More

Michelle O’Neill: DUP ‘disgracefully holding the public to ransom’

Sinn Fein Stormont leader Michelle O’Neill has accused the DUP of “disgracefully holding the public to ransom”, after the DUP said it would block the election of an Assembly speaker. → Read More

EU trying to punish UK for Brexit with Northern Ireland Protocol – Rees-Mogg

The EU is trying to make the UK “feel bad” about Brexit through its approach to dealing with the Northern Ireland Protocol, Jacob Rees-Mogg has said. → Read More

DUP will decide tomorrow whether to nominate Stormont Speaker – Donaldson

The DUP will decide on Friday whether to nominate a Speaker for the Stormont Assembly, party leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has said. → Read More

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss in new warning to Brussels over Northern Ireland Protocol

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has warned the EU that if it does not show the “requisite flexibility” over the Northern Ireland Protocol the UK will have “no choice but to act” alone. → Read More

Boris Johnson tells EU there is no need for ‘drama’ over Northern Ireland

Boris Johnson has told the European Union there is no need for “drama” as he doubled down on hints he could override elements of his post-Brexit deal on Northern Ireland. → Read More

Situation surrounding Northern Ireland Protocol now very serious – Boris Johnson

The situation surrounding the Northern Ireland Protocol is “now very serious”, the Prime Minister has indicated. → Read More

DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson: Long shadow of the protocol is casting its mark over this place

Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has said that he will not lead the DUP back into powersharing until issues with the Northern Ireland Protocol are resolved. → Read More

Election 2022: Alliance leader Naomi Long dedicates re-election to father-in-law who died recently

Alliance leader Naomi Long has dedicated her re-election as an MLA for East Belfast to her father-in-law who recently died. → Read More

Body found in Malaysia search 'likely' to be Nora Quoirin

A body found in Malaysia is "likely" to be that of missing 15-year-old Nora Quoirin, the Lucie Blackman Trust said. → Read More

Body found in Malaysia confirmed as being missing teenager Nora Quoirin

A body found in Malaysia has been confirmed to be that of missing teenager Nora Quoirin. → Read More

Tory MP David Davis backs journalists arrested over Loughinisland documentary

The case of two journalists arrested over confidential material aired in a documentary should be highlighted around the world, David Davis has said. → Read More