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Analysis: Not so clever from UK government as Sinn Fein snub overshadows Foreign Secretary visit

At a time when Stormont has collapsed amid cost-of-living pressures, the government may well be seen as needlessly petty

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Brendan Hughes: DUP needs new approach as Leo Varadkar offers olive branch

The Taoiseach has made conciliatory remarks over Brexit's Northern Ireland Protocol but unionist parties remain unmoving

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Brendan Hughes: Brexit NI Protocol letter prompting unionist fury stated the obvious

The reaction yet again shows the impossible task the government faces in attempting to meet the high bar of unionist demands

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Brendan Hughes: Partygate, Boris Johnson mutiny and the Liz Truss lettuce - a look back at the political year of 2022

The upheaval of the past year has left many feeling as wilted as the lettuce that outlasted Liz Truss

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The Earth's Corr: We need to give nature legal rights

The only future where we all thrive is one where we work in harmony with nature and treat it with the same care we do our children, who just a few generations ago had no rights either

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Brendan Hughes: Peace walls a reminder much work still to be done to build better future

Stormont is nowhere near meeting its 2023 objective

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Brendan Hughes: Three small changes to buses Stormont parties are afraid to support

Without a step-change, staff office dos will face many more years of transport nightmares before Christmas

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Brendan Hughes: DUP with egg on their face once again after falling for Tory promises

But there are no guarantees energy payments would have been delivered any quicker if an Executive had been up and running

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Brendan Hughes: NI secretary must shoulder some blame for Stormont budget mess

Chris Heaton-Harris hit out at Stormont parties, but he must also shoulder some of the blame for the current problems

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Brendan Hughes: Parish-pump politics adding to pressure on health service

With years of political failure to make the necessary decisions, it is little wonder this week has seen pressures on hospitals pile up

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Brendan Hughes: Sinn Fein leader's IRA remarks a problem for coalition partners

Mary Lou McDonald's comments have drawn criticism from relatives of IRA victims and political opponents

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The Earth's Corr: It's climate crisis crunch time, let's hope leaders at COP27 deliver

Oil and gas are done, it's time world leaders got with the programme

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Brendan Hughes: DUP leader's Brexit Protocol claims spectacularly backfired

It places the DUP in the uncomfortable position of appearing at odds with the stance of the public health service itself

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Brendan Hughes: DUP trying same tactic twice would take voters for granted

While Sir Jeffrey Donaldson will be leading the DUP into another election, it appears he personally might be sitting this one out

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Analysis: Northern Ireland secretary has bottled it with U-turn on calling election

The delivery of the climbdown was a shambolic mess from the Northern Ireland Office

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Analysis: December Stormont Assembly election will only deepen divisions

The question is how voters will react to being forced trudging back to the polls for an election costing £6.5million amid a cost-of-living crisis - and 10 days before Christmas

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Analysis: What Rishi Sunak as Prime Minister means for Northern Ireland

The Conservatives regaining public confidence in their handling of the economy will be essential if the new Prime Minister ever hopes to win the next general election

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Brendan Hughes: Tories bringing back Boris Johnson as PM would be act of desperation

"Boris or bust" waves a wand of political amnesia, willfully forgetting the reasons why he was ousted in the first place

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Platform: New Chancellor Jeremy Hunt swift to reverse mini-Budget disaster but will it settle the markets?

Angela Keery is head of tax at Baker Tilly Mooney Moore

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Brendan Hughes: DUP not alone in seeking to control the media narrative

Excluding journalists from party conferences is wrong, but other parties should also consider their actions if they truly believe in freedom of the press

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DUP conference analysis: Low-key outing sets aside past leadership turmoil

The half-hour speech had a slightly delayed start, which critics may unkindly joke was because it was still being written by Jamie Bryson

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Brendan Hughes: DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson must find a way of saving face

It appears AWOL Sir Jeffrey has spoken more times this week to loyalist activist Jamie Bryson than addressing the public

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The Earth's Corr: We need a citizens' assembly on active travel, public transport and what DfI is doing in Belfast city centre

We are on the road to nowhere with some of the decisions being made

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Analysis: Spectacle of Ireland's Future event in Dublin is a statement of intent

Whether it is Northern Ireland or Scotland, it is clear that questions over the United Kingdom's constitutional future are not going away

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Real Life Grieving family raise thousands in memory of four-year-old son who died in tragic holiday accident Edward Massey passed away hours after arriving for a holiday on the Spanish island of Tenerife

Outrage as guests arrive at North Coast hotel for bookings only to find it closed

A number of people had to find elsewhere to stay after expecting to stay the night at Me & Mrs Jones hotel in Portstewart

Glengormley family-run chippy on 28 years of creating a 'home from home'

The popular spot has changed over the years, but has always kept its rustic charm

Six cases heard before NI courts this week

Two Belfast men who stole a scooter from a doctor in an early morning hijacking were handed 30-month sentences

Investigation after dual language sign cut with angle grinder in East Belfast

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Crime Investigation after multiple cars damaged with 'Halloween hair-dye' in Dundonald The incident took place some time between Friday evening and Saturday morning

43-year-old woman arrested on suspicion of murder after two children found dead at home

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Man to appear in court charged with sexual communication with a child

It comes after a man was arrested in Strabane on Saturday, October 11

Mallusk hub fighting food poverty across Northern Ireland as winter demand looms

Last year they provided 172 charitable projects across NI with 1.7 million meals

Investigation after dual language sign cut with angle grinder in East Belfast

The sign at Shandon Park was removed on Saturday evening

Real Life Grieving family raise thousands in memory of four-year-old son who died in tragic holiday accident Edward Massey passed away hours after arriving for a holiday on the Spanish island of Tenerife

Outrage as guests arrive at North Coast hotel for bookings only to find it closed

A number of people had to find elsewhere to stay after expecting to stay the night at Me & Mrs Jones hotel in Portstewart

Glengormley family-run chippy on 28 years of creating a 'home from home'

The popular spot has changed over the years, but has always kept its rustic charm

Six cases heard before NI courts this week

Two Belfast men who stole a scooter from a doctor in an early morning hijacking were handed 30-month sentences

Investigation after dual language sign cut with angle grinder in East Belfast

The sign at Shandon Park was removed on Saturday evening

Crime Investigation after multiple cars damaged with 'Halloween hair-dye' in Dundonald The incident took place some time between Friday evening and Saturday morning

Northern Ireland can follow Slovakia's lead says Bailey Peacock-Farrell

Northern Ireland football team

Northern Ireland goalkeeper Bailey Peacock-Farrell eyeing a big night against Germany at Windsor Park

Shea Charles relishing 'one of the biggest nights' of his Northern Ireland career

Northern Ireland football team

The Southampton midfielder can't wait to get another crack at Germany

43-year-old woman arrested on suspicion of murder after two children found dead at home

Police were called to a home in Stafford at around 7.30am on Sunday morning by the West Midlands Ambulance Service. Two children were sadly pronounced dead at the scene

Man to appear in court charged with sexual communication with a child

It comes after a man was arrested in Strabane on Saturday, October 11