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Sinn Fein is N Ireland’s largest Westminster party for the first time
Sinn Fein’s leader Mary Lou Mcdonald said her party was determined to “build a constructive relationship” with the Labour government as Sinn Fein became Northern Ireland’s largest party in Westminster for the first time – although they don’t take up their seats there.
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FactCheck: Northern Ireland general election manifestos explained
FactCheck takes a look at the manifestos of the four parties that currently hold seats at Westminster.
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Sinn Fein and DUP set out plans to lead Northern Ireland
Can Sinn Fein become Northern Ireland’s biggest party in Westminster even though they won’t take up their seats in the House of Commons?
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Northern Ireland police carried out ‘industrial level spying’ on journalists high court hears
There’s a well established convention that journalists never reveal their sources.
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FactCheck: how many asylum seekers are entering Ireland via the UK and what does it mean for Rwanda?
The Irish justice minister says more than 80% of asylum applicants are coming from Northern Ireland.
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Northern Ireland Covid inquiry ‘important day’ for families of victims
The UK’s Covid Inquiry has moved to Northern Ireland for three weeks, to look at how the pandemic was handled there.
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Sunak ‘not interested’ in accepting returned asylum seekers from Ireland
Some of the missing asylum seekers we heard about earlier could be in Ireland, where politicians have raised questions over the number of people arriving from the UK to avoid deportation to Rwanda.
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How is the UK’s Rwanda asylum plan impacting Ireland?
The war of words has intensified between the UK and Irish governments over the possible effects of the Rwanda policy.
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Ireland: The rise and human cost of the anti-migrant movement
Ireland’s Taoiseach has used a speech to the Irish diaspora in the US, to highlight that St Patrick – who is celebrated every March 17th – was a ‘single, male, undocumented migrant’. Immigration protests have become a major thorn in Leo Varadker’s side, dominating politics in cities, towns and villages.
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So what do today’s events mean for the future of Northern Ireland?
So what do today’s events mean for the future of Northern Ireland? We’re joined now by Emma DeSouza, who’s a commentator, campaigner and advocates for a United Ireland. And by Emma Shaw, a loyalist community activist who runs a project to encourage young people back into education.
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Today is a ‘hugely significant day’ says Northern Ireland’s new first minister Michelle O’Neill
We caught up with the new First Minister, Sinn Fein’s Michelle O’Neill.
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Secretary of State for Northern Ireland is ‘extremely’ confident that DUP will stay in the process
We put a couple of questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Chris Heaton-Harris.
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Sinn Fein’s Michelle O’Neill becomes Northern Ireland’s first nationalist first minister
Stormont has finally been restored and for the first time in 103 years it’s not a unionist at the helm. Making history Sinn Fein’s Michelle O’Neill, who’s become the first nationalist to lead Northern Ireland – a state she wants to abolish. She’s pledged to be a “first minister for all” and will share power…
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Northern Ireland’s Assembly to reconvene two years to the day since devolution collapsed
Party leaders have met in Stormont Castle to discuss priorities for the first day of Northern Ireland’s new government. Tomorrow, the power-sharing assembly will finally be recalled – two years to the day since devolution collapsed – and with its first republican First Minister, Sinn Fein’s Michelle O’Neill. But the leader of the Democratic Unionists…
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No routine checks on goods between Britain and N Ireland under plans paving way for Stormont Assembly to resume
There will be no routine checks on goods crossing from Britain into Northern Ireland – under the new agreement between the Democratic Unionists and the UK government.
