Proposed Stormont legislation aims to give greater protection to the north’s trees
The private member's bill will introduce tree preservation orders, create a ‘heritage tree’ and give tree legal protection from permitted developments
Analysis: Stormont is reverting to type in terms of its opaqueness and aversion to accountability
The Executive Office has said it ‘won’t provide a running commentary’ on ministers’ meetings over the coming weeks
Economist Esmond Birnie claims British government backing for Casement Park would represent a ‘£200m loss’
Former Ulster Unionist MLA believes building a more modest stadium is appropriate
Former minister urges greater openness from Stormont Executive after journalists told there’ll be ‘no running commentary’ on ministers’ meetings
Ex-Alliance leader David Ford says ‘there is a case for greater operational transparency’ around Executive meetings
Broadcaster Stephen Nolan’s salary puts him among BBC’s highest paid stars
The presenter earned between £405,000 and £409,999 last year
Andrew Muir highlights damage caused by Stormont predecessors’ Going for Growth strategy
Agriculture and environment minister laments damage caused to north’s environment
Analysis: Lough Neagh plan is light on direct and immediate action
Measures to address the environmental catastrophe in Ireland’s largest freshwater lough are mostly aspirational
Environmentalists unimpressed by Stormont plan for saving Lough Neagh
The 37-point ‘action plan’ was agreed by the executive on Thursday
Sammy Wilson accuses Sue Gray of constitutional interference in GB News ‘rant’ about Casement Park
The DUP MP concedes that he doesn’t know if claims about Downing Street chief of staff are true
Still no Stormont programme for government despite previous assurances that it would be ready ‘for summer’
No paper on long-awaited policy plan at low-key executive meetin
Analysis: The legacy act may be gone but finding consensus on the past will still prove elusive
The new Labour administration has pledged to get rid of the Tories’ near-universally unpopular process for dealing with the past
BBC NI happy to highlight ‘factual errors’ in Casement Park funding debate
Former DUP MLA Jim Wells was not challenged when making erroneous claims about GAA and Euro 2016 attendance figures
Oireachtas committee report urges immediate and extensive preparation for constitutional change
Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement concludes there are no insurmountable barriers to Irish reunification
Weed killer review urged as it emerges that 12,000 miles of verges were sprayed in past year
Glyphosate is banned in many European countries
Lord Empey believes North Down electorate may have been ‘misled’ by Alex Easton
Veteran peer says he was shocked that DUP got newly-elected MP’s assembly seat