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DUP MP Ian Paisley accepted over £5k of free tickets to attend sporting events, register reveals

The DUP’s Ian Paisley has received free tickets worth thousands of pounds to attend major sporting events in recent months.

Crowds gather in the Holyland area of south Belfast last year. Credit: Kevin Scott / Belfast Telegraph

Belfast City Council halts new student house in Holyland, despite Sinn Fein support

Belfast City Council has refused a new licence for a student type house in south Belfast’s Holyland area, despite Sinn Fein supporting the landlord’s application.

SDLP to lead cost-of-living delegation as UUP calls for an emergency budget

The SDLP, now the official opposition party at Stormont, is set to start engaging with key groups including trade unions about the cost-of-living crisis.

Hatfield House in Hertfordshire, where the talks took place 12 years ago

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Sam McBride Opinion Unionist unity came whisker-close at secret talks, but Tories pulled out – now it could happen suddenly

Early on a chilly Sunday morning in January 2010, two groups of senior politicians set off from Belfast. They travelled separately, but their aim was for an historic reunification of unionism.

SDLP’s John Gallen, Claire Hanna, and Matthew O’Toole with Green Party councillor Simon Lee who has defected to the SDLP. Photo: PETER MORRISON

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exclusive Councillor quits Greens to make switch to SDLP after Assembly election failure

A Green councillor in south Belfast has resigned from the party and joined the SDLP.

SDLP South Belfast MP Claire Hanna with Simon Lee, who has just joined the party from the Greens. Picture by Peter Morrison.

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Suzanne Breen Opinion Defection of Simon Lee gives SDLP a boost during a tough time

The battle for South Belfast at the next Westminster election won’t be the walkover some may have predicted when the SDLP took the seat with a whopping 15,000 majority in 2019.

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Almost 60 offences linked to Twelfth of July bonfires, police stats reveal

Both sides of the community want to move beyond annual rows over bonfires, a Belfast politician whose election posters were burnt has said.

DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson pictured this morning at The Grand Central Hotel, Belfast. Picture by Jonathan Porter/PressEye

DUP leader accuses SDLP of seeking ‘media opportunity’ over Assembly recall

The DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has accused the SDLP of being more interested in “a media opportunity” than restoring the Assembly.

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Get ready for even higher energy bills, says regulator, as SDLP leader Colum Eastwood urges Westminster to intervene

Consumers and businesses face a tough winter of rising gas and electricity costs as unforeseen events take their toll on already inflated prices.

Speaker expresses displeasure after SDLP opposition move

Speaker Alex Maskey has expressed his displeasure after the SDLP moved to form an official opposition at Stormont – before other MLAs were formally notified.

SDLP MLA Matthew O'Toole outside Parliament Buildings (Photo by Kevin Scott for Belfast Telegraph)

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Sam McBride Opinion For the first time in 50 years, Stormont has a nationalist leader of the opposition – but also of the government

It says much about Northern Ireland’s changed political landscape that the last time a nationalist agreed to serve as leader of the opposition in Stormont, it was in response to a reformist unionist leader whose gestures included meeting nuns and inviting the Taoiseach to Stormont.

SDLP leader Colum Eastwood announces plan to form opposition at Stormont once power-sharing restored

SDLP leader Colum Eastwood has formally announced that his party will form an opposition at Stormont once power-sharing is restored.

Gregory Campbell was speaking on Good Morning Ulster this morning about the planned recall of the Stormont Assembly (Credit: PA)

Gregory Campbell hits back at claims DUP Executive refusal is damaging children’s health services

The DUP’s Gregory Campbell has hit back at claims his party’s refusal to enter the Executive is seriously damaging children’s health services in Northern Ireland, saying ministers are still in place to carry out necessary departmental work.

File photo dated 28/06/07 of Parliament Buildings at Stormont, Belfast

SDLP table Stormont recall petition to put pressure on DUP amid third reading of Northern Ireland Protocol Bill

A petition to recall the Northern Ireland Assembly has been tabled on Wednesday evening by the SDLP.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during his final Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons. Picture: PA

SDLP’s Claire Hanna questions Boris Johnson on ‘Northern Ireland regrets’ in final PMQs

SDLP MP Claire Hanna has questioned Boris Johnson on whether he has “any regrets” in relation to his treatment of the people of Northern Ireland during his last session of Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday.

Boris Johnson. Pic: UK Parliament/Andy Bailey/PA Wire

DUP branded Tories’ ‘faithful lapdogs’ after backing Boris Johnson’s Government in confidence vote

The DUP have been accused of being the Conservative Party’s “faithful lapdogs” after backing the Government in a confidence vote.

Tourists ‘confused’ by use of Derry and Londonderry, SDLP MLA says

Tourists travelling from the Republic of Ireland to Northern Ireland can become "confused" by the use of Derry and Londonderry, SDLP MLA Mark H Durkan has said.

Belfast has the largest number of homes where the material has been detected (stock image)

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Nearly 50,000 families in NI are living with asbestos

More than half of Housing Executive properties across Northern Ireland contain deadly asbestos, according to worrying new figures.

Shailesh Vara, the new Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Credit: UK Parliament/PA Wire)

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Andrew Madden Opinion What will be on the new Northern Ireland Secretary’s in-tray?

It has long been known as the short straw of Cabinet appointments — and even a punishment to some of those chosen for the position — but the role of Northern Ireland Secretary is nothing if not eventful.

Sinn Fein Vice President Michelle O'Neill

Northern Ireland politicians react to Boris Johnson's resignation

The leader of the DUP has warned the next Prime Minister that the face significant challenges including getting rid of the Northern Ireland Protocol.

Northern Ireland minister Conor Burns Photo: Liam McBurney

Northern Ireland Office defends Minister Conor Burns over contact with loyalist Winston Irvine

The Northern Ireland Office has defended Minister Conor Burns following previous suggestions he had issued a reference for leading loyalist Winston ‘Winkie’ Irvine.

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Leading Brexiteer donates £30,000 to TUV – but DUP silent on claim they got the ‘same amount’ from him

A prominent Brexiteer who wants to see the Northern Ireland Assembly abolished has donated £30,000 to the Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV) political party.

Litter is strewn across the pavement on Royal Avenue, Belfast

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Chris Donnelly Opinion Political will in short supply as Belfast’s sad decline picks up pace

Eamonn Mallie thinks Belfast is dirty and something needs to be done about it. He’s right.

Derelict shops on Great Victoria Street as the Golden Mile area of Belfast has become run down (Picture by Peter Morrison)

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Big read: How Belfast’s ‘Golden Mile’ appears to have lost its shine

Businesses shuttered, derelict buildings, graffiti and dirty streets — it appears Belfast’s so-called ‘Golden Mile’ has lost its shine.

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Why Belfast proves better value than Dublin for a summer weekend away

It may be known as Dublin’s fair city, but it seems prices for tourists in the Republic’s capital are anything but fair.

MLAs demand answers for patients at centre of Dr Watt neurology recall

Stormont MLAs have said that thousands of patients affected by a neurology scandal in the Belfast Health Trust must get access to the truth.

Over the first quarter of this year the DUP received £98,925 in donations (Pic Colm Lenaghan/ Pacemaker).

Revealed: DUP tops table of political donations receiving over £98,000

The DUP has topped the table for political donations in Northern Ireland, according to the latest figures from the Electoral Commission.

Sinn Fein Vice-President Michelle O'Neill (Liam McBurney/PA Wire)

Nationalists’ fury at plan to override parts of NI Protocol

The Government’s legislation to override parts of the Northern Ireland Protocol will be moved in the House of Commons next week after an apparent administrative oversight meant it can’t go ahead.

Boris Johnson ‘snapped’ at Liz Truss over Northern Ireland Protocol approach: reports

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is reported to have expressed anger towards Foreign Secretary Liz Truss over the draft legislation on the Northern Ireland Protocol.

UUP leader Doug Beattie fears violence if ‘nothing this summer’ emerges on Northern Ireland Protocol

Ulster Unionist Party leader Doug Beattie has claimed he fears potential violence in Northern Ireland this summer if there is no progress on the protocol in the coming weeks.