Gordon Brown has just told the House of Commons that he is offering Stormont a financial settlement to increase funds for policing and judicial administration in Northern Ireland. Crucially, future emergency security costs in future will be met by the Treasury, and elements of the complicated settlement will stand until at least 2014.  Northern Ireland has been badly hit by the recession. Pow...

A bomb at the Northern Ireland headquarters of the security service cast a shadow over historic moves to appoint a justice minister after the transfer of policing powers from Westminster to the Stormont assembly

Northern Ireland's First Minister Peter Robinson with his wife Iris at his desk at Parliament Buildings, Stormont, Northern Ireland.

Shaun Woodward MP, Labour's Shadow Northern Ireland Secretary, speaking to Labour Party Conference today, said: Conference. It has been an enormous privilege to serve as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland. The opportunity to serve and the privilege to work with the people of Northern Ireland will always be with me. This has been another historic year for Northern Ireland. The third and f...

Northern Ireland assembly member complains about use of disease as a put-down by environment minister Sammy Wilson A political row has broken out in Northern Ireland over the use of the phrase "suffering from Alzheimer's disease" as a put-down. The speaker of the Northern Ireland assembly has this week ruled that disparaging references to the medical condition – used twice by the enviro...

Asked if the Prime Minister supported the vigil taking place outside the House of Commons this afternoon in support of the peace rallies in Northern Ireland, the Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) said that the Prime Minister was supportive of anything that signified the unity of the communities and political groupings in Northern Ireland against the violent acts we had seen in the past few days. or...

The government introduces plans to stop politicians earning two salaries at Westminster and the Northern Ireland Assembly.

On Northern Ireland, as we were saying this morning, Shaun Woodward was emphasising that there appeared to be a small number of criminals behind these murderous acts. The PMS said that Shaun Woodward had used the word criminals regardless of how these people chose to describe themselves. It had been very clear from the Prime Minister s and Northern Ireland Secretary s visit to Northern Ireland yes...

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The actions of a small number of violent criminals must not be allowed to provoke anyone to undo the progress that has been made in Northern Ireland says Owen Paterson the Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.