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Clare Bailey

Clare Bailey is an Green Party politiican in Northern Ireland

Former MLA Rachel Woods is working at the Dirty Duck in Holywood

From polls to pints: Ex-Green MLA Rachel Woods returns to working behind bar

A Green Party MLA who lost her seat in the Assembly election is back pulling pints in her local pub and chatting to punters about politics.

Protesters at Belfast City Hall demand abortion rights and services

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Bailey sceptical over abortion services pledge by NI Secretary

Green Party NI leader Clare Bailey has said she’ll believe Brandon Lewis’ promises about speeding up the full delivery of Northern Ireland’s abortion services “when she sees it”, as she accused those behind the Stormont stalemate of “playing ping pong with women’s health”.

Clare Bailey ‘not sure’ whether to continue as Green Party leader

Green Party leader Clare Bailey has said she’s “not sure” whether she’ll continue in her position at the helm of the party.

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Outgoing MLAs to receive resettlement allowance and winding up costs totalling estimated £300k

Former MLAs who were not re-elected or did not stand in the Assembly race are set to get bumper severance packages totalling an estimated £300,000.

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Rosalind Skillen Opinion Green Party forged a path for others to follow, now the conversation must go on

This year has been hugely significant for the climate movement in Northern Ireland and other parts of the globe.

(left to right) Alliance Party of NI Assembly elected candidates Kate Nicholl, party leader Naomi Long and Paula Bradshaw at the Titanic Exhibition Centre, Belfast (Liam McBurney/PA Wire)

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Allison Morris Opinion Belfast South perfectly sums up the story of the 2022 election

There are two big stories coming from this election, the nationalist vote mobilising behind Sinn Fein and the increase in the middle ground, now firmly represented by the Alliance Party.

Alliance Party of NI Assembly candidate Kate Nicholl (centre) with her husband Fergal Sherry (centre left) with supporters at the Titanic Exhibition Centre after she is newly elected as an MLA for the Northern Ireland Assembly. Saturday May 7, 2022. Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Belfast South: Alliance’s Kate Nicholl takes final seat as Green Party's Clare Bailey eliminated

Day two and Paula Bradshaw of Alliance was the first person to be elected at the Belfast count centre.

Celebration: A beaming Michelle O’Neill (right) and Mary Lou McDonald of Sinn Fein arrive at the count in the Titanic Centre in Belfast yesterday. Credit: Liam McBurney/PA

NI election results: Seismic day for our political landscape as Sinn Fein tops poll

Sinn Fein is set to romp home far ahead of the DUP in the Assembly election with Michelle O’Neill becoming First Minister if a new Executive is formed.

Another of Doug Beattie's posters was defaced this week

Election briefing: From more poster drama to an SDLP newsflash to Greens vs the BBC

If you thought things on the poster wars front would calm down a bit as we inch closer to polling day, you’re sorely mistaken.

Green Party NI leader Clare Bailey (Rebecca Black/PA)

Bailey: Green Party is ‘main alternative to broken five-party Executive system’

The Green Party is the “main alternative to the broken five-party Executive system” at Stormont, Clare Bailey has said.

UUP candidate Stephen McCarthy meets with community worker and former UUP member Bob Stoker while out canvassing in the Village area including Benburb Street in south Belfast

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Big read: UUP candidate Stephen McCarthy back on south Belfast streets his family was forced off

Benburb Street, the loyalist Village area of south Belfast, August 1969. A bottle thrown into a Catholic family’s backyard. The young mother reads the message inside: “Fenians out.”

Sinn Fein President Mary Lou McDonald and DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson speaking at their respective parties' launch events ahead of the Assembly election. Pics: Presseye

Andrew Madden Opinion Election briefing: DUP and Sinn Fein set out similar plans, bar the NI Protocol, at two very different venues

Monday saw Northern Ireland’s two biggest parties set out their stalls for May’s election.

Green Party leader Clare Bailey. Pic: Michael Cooper/PA Wire.

Climate Change Bill was ‘not everything’ Green Party leader Clare Bailey hoped for

Green party leader Clare Bailey has said the recent Climate Change Bill passed at Stormont was “not everything” she had hoped for but was pleased to see cross-party support for the legislation.

Triumphant: TUV leader Jim Allister after his speech at the party conference. Credit: Jonathan Porter / Press Eye

TUV will never be bridesmaid for Sinn Fein, Allister tells conference

The TUV “will never be bridesmaid for Sinn Fein” Jim Allister has vowed, as the party leader - buoyed by recent poll results - looked forward to May’s Assembly election.

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Four main parties speaking out of both sides of their mouths on climate, claims Green Party leader Clare Bailey

Green Party leader Clare Bailey has accused the DUP, Sinn Fein, the SDLP and Ulster Unionists of “speaking out of both sides of their mouths” on tackling climate change.

Climate change activists outside Stormont while a debate on the Bill was taking place. Credit: Liam McBurney/PA

Friends of the Earth: ‘Stormont’s one of the main reasons we’re so close to becoming the dirty corner of Europe’

James Orr doesn’t have to look far for some of the culprits who have put Northern Ireland at risk of becoming what he describes as “the dirty corner of Europe”.

Green Party Claire Bailey at a climate change protest in Belfast.

Greens call for independent environmental agency in NI after Poots announces English office to extend its remit to Northern Ireland

The Green Party has called for an independent Environmental Protection Agency in Northern Ireland, following the Agriculture Minister’s announcement that England’s Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) will have its remit extended to include NI.

Refugees at the Romanian border (Andreea Alexandru/AP)

‘Stormont must put pressure on Home Office over refugees’

Stormont has been urged to “step up” and put pressure on the Home Office to waive the visa requirement for Ukrainian refugees travelling to the UK.

Minister at the Department for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Edwin Poots. Credit: Kelvin Boyes / Press Eye

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Climate: ‘Supporting that Bill would have led to the loss of 13,000 jobs in the farming sector’ – Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots

Edwin Poots is keen to make a difference before he leaves office, but as a Minister juggling the conflicting interests of agriculture and the environment, that has proven to be a burdensome task.

Green Party NI leader Clare Bailey pictured.

Rosalind Skillen Opinion How green is your candidate? Why it’s so vital to quiz politicians when they ask for your vote

Politicians are increasing recognising that immediate and decisive action on the climate crisis will not only influence votes — it will win votes.

Climate change activists outside Stormont during a debate on NI Minister for Agriculture Edwin Poots' Climate Change Bill last year (Liam McBurney/PA Wire)

Stormont’s move towards first climate bill encouraging, says NI campaigner

James Orr has been encouraged by Stormont moving towards its first legally binding Climate Act — although, this being Northern Ireland, even that has become more complicated than it needed to be.

Edwin Poots tabled an amendment to his Climate Bill which seeks to remove the agriculture sector from the overall net-zero target

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Andrew Madden Opinion The Weekly Political Spin: From climate change April fool's and 'winging it', to anti-Nato rants and the crisis-that-isn't-a-crisis

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Two climate bills are currently going through the Assembly which aim to cut emissions to net-zero by 2045 and 2050 respectively. Credit: James Hardy/Getty Images/PhotoAlto

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Clare Bailey

From polls to pints: Ex-Green MLA Rachel Woods returns to working behind bar

Bailey sceptical over abortion services pledge by NI Secretary

Clare Bailey ‘not sure’ whether to continue as Green Party leader

Outgoing MLAs to receive resettlement allowance and winding up costs totalling estimated £300k

Rosalind Skillen Opinion Green Party forged a path for others to follow, now the conversation must go on

Allison Morris Opinion Belfast South perfectly sums up the story of the 2022 election

Belfast South: Alliance’s Kate Nicholl takes final seat as Green Party's Clare Bailey eliminated

NI election results: Seismic day for our political landscape as Sinn Fein tops poll

Election briefing: From more poster drama to an SDLP newsflash to Greens vs the BBC

Bailey: Green Party is ‘main alternative to broken five-party Executive system’

Big read: UUP candidate Stephen McCarthy back on south Belfast streets his family was forced off

Andrew Madden Opinion Election briefing: DUP and Sinn Fein set out similar plans, bar the NI Protocol, at two very different venues

Climate Change Bill was ‘not everything’ Green Party leader Clare Bailey hoped for

TUV will never be bridesmaid for Sinn Fein, Allister tells conference

Four main parties speaking out of both sides of their mouths on climate, claims Green Party leader Clare Bailey

Friends of the Earth: ‘Stormont’s one of the main reasons we’re so close to becoming the dirty corner of Europe’

Greens call for independent environmental agency in NI after Poots announces English office to extend its remit to Northern Ireland

‘Stormont must put pressure on Home Office over refugees’

Climate: ‘Supporting that Bill would have led to the loss of 13,000 jobs in the farming sector’ – Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots

Rosalind Skillen Opinion How green is your candidate? Why it’s so vital to quiz politicians when they ask for your vote

Stormont’s move towards first climate bill encouraging, says NI campaigner

Andrew Madden Opinion The Weekly Political Spin: From climate change April fool's and 'winging it', to anti-Nato rants and the crisis-that-isn't-a-crisis

Decline in renewable energy in Northern Ireland blamed on not enough wind

Early Stormont election push follows condemnation of resignation of Paul Givan

Action is clearly needed on climate change, but farmers fear they’ll reap a bitter harvest

Green Party councillor Brian Smyth issues apology over past 'crass tweets’

Mark Bain Opinion Integrated education remains Rubik’s cube conundrum for NI

Suzanne Breen Opinion Struggling DUP will have to claw its way back to top

Register for animal cruelty offenders is a step closer, says Poots

Caoimhe Morgan: Murder victim’s screams as she pleaded with attacker to stop