Conor Murphy ranks as Stormont’s top ‘meet and greet’ minister while first and deputy first ministers have less than three external meetings per week
Fresh data show the number of meetings ministers have undertaken since the institutions were restored in February
Loyalist paramilitaries spokesman David Campbell absent from re-appointees to board of Agri-Food & Biosciences Institute
The Loyalist Communities Council figurehead was appointed to the publicly-funded body by Edwin Poots in 2021
Executive Office ‘report’ that delayed review of Stormont structures is 137 words in length
Sinn Féin, DUP and Ulster Unionist members of the executive and assembly review committee voted to wait for the report before agreeing their forward work programme
Claire Hanna came to ‘dead heat’ after weighing up arguments for assisted dying
The South Belfast and North Down MP said she was initially minded to vote for the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
Committee votes to pause plans to examine Stormont reform
The assembly and executive review committee chose not to finalise their forward work programme until they received proposals from the Executive Office
TUV question legality of next week’s Stormont protocol vote
Jim Allister’s party argues that amendments made after Safeguarding the Union protect Northern Ireland’s constitutional status
Stormont assembly vote on Northern Ireland protocol scheduled for next week
A majority of MLAs are expected to vote to retain the post-Brexit trading arrangements - triggering a review of the protocol regulations
John Manley on Republic’s election - The more things change, the more they stay the same
Even though they look likely to gain a majority of seats between them Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael look on course to form the next government
Chief vet’s report links herd size and intensification to bovine TB increase
Last year more than 20,000 cattle were culled and more £30m paid out in compensation to farmers impacted by bTB
Rates bill hike for north’s most valuable homes delayed until 2026
Caoimhe Archibald briefed the media about her proposal last month but delays in bringing it to the executive mean it won’t be implemented for another year
Belfast Trust officials called to answer questions over maternity hospital ‘omnishambles’
Health Minister Mike Nesbitt revealed fresh snags at the Royal Victoria Hospital site as MLAs back an inquiry into the long-delayed project.
Andrew Muir urged to ‘get on with the job’ of establishing an independent environmental watchdog
A coalition of environmental and conservation groups has accused the Alliance minister of ‘kicking the can down the road’
John Manley: Dynamism of the Republic’s politics piques plenty of interest north of the border
Northerners’ interest in the southern election has never been greater. Political Correspondent John Manley ponders the reasons behind increased cross-border engagement
Stormont committee leak was ‘for political gain’ says former MLA who was under investigation
Confidential information about the standards watchdog’s probe into a complaint against Patrick Brown was disclosed to a BBC reporter
Loyalist victims challenge British state over weapons importation
Belfast High Court will hear allegations that the state assisted and facilitated loyalist paramilitaries in procuring and importing weapons