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Vincent Kearney

Northern Editor

Childcare costs a key issue for Stormont amid funding row

Less than two weeks after the restoration of devolution in Northern Ireland, the Stormont Executive is in dispute with the British government over a promised funding package.
Ulster • 14 Feb 24

Parties under pressure to show they can deliver quickly

Vincent Kearney takes a look at the road ahead following a historic day in Northern Irish politics
Ireland • 03 Feb 24

Stormont the epicentre of political earthquake

The Stormont estate in east Belfast was the epicentre of a political earthquake this afternoon. A changing of the political order.
Analysis and Comment • 03 Feb 24

Public sector transport workers in NI strike over pay

More than 2,500 public sector transport workers across Northern Ireland tiook part in strike action today, despite the prospect of a devolved government with the power to settle their pay dispute being restored this weekend.
Northern Ireland • 01 Feb 24

Concerns remain as DUP champions deal with UK government

"Safeguarding the Union" has been DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson's message for the past two years but critics of the deal with the UK government argue the agreement on post-Brexit trade arrangements does not assuage their concerns.
Northern Ireland • 31 Jan 24

Checks on goods between NI and Britain set to end

Routine post-Brexit checks on goods shipped from Britain to final destinations in Northern Ireland are to be removed as part of a deal between the DUP and the British government to restore powersharing at Stormont.
Northern Ireland • 31 Jan 24

Unionist blogger a thorn in the side for DUP

Jamie Bryson is an unelected loyalist commentator and blogger who has been a thorn in the side of the DUP for most of the past two years.
Analysis and Comment • 31 Jan 24

Critical moment for Donaldson amid Stormont speculation

This could be a defining moment for Jeffrey Donaldson amid intense speculation that the DUP leader is preparing to lead his party back into devolution.
Analysis and Comment • 29 Jan 24

Series of false dawns as Stormont still in cold storage

Analysis and Comment • 21 Jan 24

'You couldn't top this year' - Oscar winning NI actor

"It's been a hell of a nine months," laughs James Martin sitting beside the Christmas tree in his family's holiday home in Ballycastle, Co Antrim.
Ulster • 30 Dec 23

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