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Election delivers night of drama and contrasting fortunes for NI parties
PA Media: UK News via Yahoo News Singapore· 3 hours agoIf the General Election campaign in Northern Ireland was relatively low key, that certainly could...
Sinn Féin becomes NI's largest Westminster party
BBC via Yahoo News Singapore· 11 hours agoFellow veteran DUP MP Gregory Campbell may also be in danger in East Londonderry, a seat he has held since 2001. BBC News NI understands a full recount...
9 Key Takeaways From A Very Eventful Election Night
HuffPost UK via Yahoo News Singapore· 2 hours agoFein hold on The Republican party held onto its seven seats in Westminster, although it does not take them in protest to Northern Ireland being part of...
Agricultural planning fraud 'not properly probed'
BBC via Yahoo News Singapore· 11 hours agoThe failures have undermined confidence in the planning system, a joint report from the NI Audit Office and Local Government Auditor has concluded. The...
Hilary Benn is new Northern Ireland secretary
BBC via Yahoo News Singapore· 19 minutes agoHe has defended his party leader's view that a vote is “not even on the horizon”. The remark was made by Sir Keir Starmer to BBC News NI in October. But...
Houdini Hunt pulls off great escape amid Tory rout
Sky News via Yahoo News Singapore· 10 hours agoJeremy Hunt has pulled off a dramatic Houdini act – the great escape of the election campaign. When the exit poll forecast a Labour landslide and massive...
How much weight do NI party manifestos really carry?
BBC via Yahoo News Singapore· 6 days agoBy comparison, London alone elects 73 MPs to the House of Commons. Added to the mix one of the NI parties - Sinn Féin - does not take any Westminster...
NI an 'accountability-free zone', Aontú leader says
BBC via Yahoo News Singapore· 4 days ago[BBC] Northern Ireland is an “accountability-free zone”, Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín has said. He was speaking at the launch of the party's manifesto for...
Ex-Alliance MLA 'brought Stormont into disrepute'
BBC via Yahoo News Singapore· 2 hours agoThe committee also agreed with the commissioner's conclusions that Mr Brown had brought the assembly into disrepute by failing to observe principles of "selflessness and objectivity". Sinn Féin ...
NI Conservatives 'are party of the union'
BBC via Yahoo News Singapore· 6 days agoWhat is in the Conservatives NI manifesto? The party's manifesto pledges include: Continuing to invest directly in local areas across Northern Ireland...