It took five times for Agriculture Minister Martin Heydon’s officials to answer a basic question on the powers of his junior ...

The First and deputy First Ministers have praised Northern Irish businesses’ resilience at the launch of the 2025 Belfast ...

A third ‘first minister’ in the Northern Ireland Executive is among a number of suggested changes to the devolved ...

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The Scottish Government is “still breaking the law” with decisions on fishing licences, conservationists claimed as they insisted the actions of ministers are “harming our seas”.

Proposals to make Ireland more competitive amid disruption to economic norms are to be brought before Irish ministers on Tuesday morning. Ireland’s deputy premier Simon Harris, who is also the ...