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‼️DUP MP Carla Lockhart says there could be “profound consequences” in relation to power sharing if the Garvaghy Road dispute is not resolved.
🗣️Speaking after her meeting with NI Secretary of State, she says her position on the matter remains clear and urges the PSNI to police the determination.
📣Our reporter Emily Brown is outside Hillsborough Castle as all involved parties meet individually with Sir Chris Bryant to discuss next steps.
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Drumcree dispute ‘deliberately orchestrated’ to bring down Stormont, Justice minister says irishnews.com/news/northern-…
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Prime Minister Andy Burnham has ruled out calling a referendum on Irish unification, describing a border poll as "off the table".
He was speaking during his first official visit to Northern Ireland as prime minister.
Read more here: bbc.in/45ML13X
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Mike Nesbitt resigns as health minister amid row with UUP leader bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgv…
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BREAKING: Sir Keir Starmer has announced a timetable for his resignation as prime minister.
Live updates: trib.al/onupj8Y
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Yr14: A good example of SCOTUS supporting Executive Power, not the vote was 6:3 decision. Supreme court lifts restrictions on Los Angeles immigration raids in win for Trump | US supreme court | The Guardian theguardian.com/us-news/2025…
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Motion of no confidence in Paul Givan falls
80 members voted, of which 47 voted 'Aye' - 58.8%
33 nationalists votd of which 33 voted 'Aye' - 100%
33 unionists voted, of which none voted 'Aye' - 100%
14 others voted, of which 14 voted 'Aye' - 100%
The motion falls.
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Rand Paul just admitted what every Republican whispers in private, they’re terrified of Trump.
He said 20 GOP senators are grumbling about losing farm exports to China because of Trump’s tariff war, but none have the guts to speak up. “They’re afraid he’ll do to them what he’s trying to do to me.”
A sitting senator basically confirming Trump rules his party by fear; that’s not leadership. It’s a cult confession.
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❗️🗣NEW: 'We relied heavily on EU funding in the past… Employment across the north is at risk.'
🎥🎤Chief Reporter @jamesgould23 speaking to @sinnfeinireland MLA @SheerinOfficial.
The UK Shared Prosperity Fund is due to end in March 2026.
The MLA warns that with no clarity confirmed by the UK Government, community and charity services across Northern Ireland face a serious threat.
A motion at Stormont today will debate the issue, with the MLA urging the Government to provide clarity and quickly.
The Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action has also warned that without urgent assurances, organisations may be forced to start winding down services and issuing 'redundancy notices as early as this month to meet their legal obligations as employers.'
🚨⚠️NEW: NI on brink of losing 650 jobs, 64 organisations and vital support for thousands of vulnerable people
🎥Chief Reporter @jamesgould23 speaking to Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action Chief Executive, Celine McStravick.
🎤She says with the UK Shared Prosperity Fund ending in March 2026 and no replacement yet confirmed by the UK Government, community and charity services across Northern Ireland are at serious risk.
Without clarity, she warns some organisations may have to begin winding down services and issuing redundancy notices this month.
She added that when the UK left the EU they were “promised a replacement” but what followed 'fell short', fuelling growing frustration.
MLAs are debating a motion today criticising the UK Government’s delay.
We’ll also hear shortly from @sinnfeinireland MLA @SheerinOfficial.
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UUP leader Mike Nesbitt warns unionists to become more aware of a real threat to the Union: "English nationalism, oh boy, that really scares me. If they think NI's £19bn block grant could be invested in their constituencies, that could develop momentum."
belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/…
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As on BBCNI #NolanLIVE last night (with @StephenNolan & @SuzyJourno), here are the Feb25 LucidTalk NI Border Referendum poll results by (1) Total NI results (+ compared to Feb24 results), (2) Alliance/Green/Others only, (3) SDLP only, & (4) Non-Voters/Unknowns only. Here is (1):
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"Reheated MAGA garbage."
SDLP Leader Claire Hanna opposes the suggestion that nationalist voters are looking to the DUP on the trans debate and immigration...
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"People make a point in telling us they are from a catholic background."
Are more nationalists now sharing the same views as the DUP on several of today's key issues?
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"We're seeing various toytown Trumps being rolled out as a distraction."
Gerry Carroll thinks the DUP declaring a war on wokeness is being driven by the the party's fear of losing votes.
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SDLP Leader, Claire Hanna doesn't see it as a debate on immigration but rather "a failure to accept difference."
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"An immigration policy that has failed."
DUP MLA Paul Frew says that many of those protesting over the summer were concerned about people coming into Northern Ireland...
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"It is a serious contest but it's a very unusual contest."
Is the Irish Presidential election more like the Eurovision song contest? @MarkCarruthers7 asks
@NewtonEmerson
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"Nationalists are not going to vote for the SDLP or Sinn Féin."
Marianne Buchanan Stewart from Women's Rights Network says she knows women who will no longer vote for certain parties because of their stance on trans issues...
