MLAs hailed the legacy of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning politician who died last week

Lord Trimble died last week at the age of 77 following an illness.

An Alliance Party MLA said people in Northern Ireland risked being left behind because of the lack of a functioning executive.

SDLP leader Colum Eastwood has signalled his party’s intention to attempt to form an official opposition at Stormont.

Shailesh Vara said he is not afraid to take tough decisions and the option of cutting MLAs pay is ‘on the table’.

Shailesh Vara said he welcomed an opportunity to dismiss the claim.

Northern Ireland Secretary Shailesh Vara said he is determined to avoid a fresh Stormont election in the autumn. He stressed that he is not afraid to take tough decisions and that the option of cutting MLAs’ pay is “on the table”.

Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney said he does not have a preference between Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak in the Conservative leadership contest

The EU is hopeful a change in UK prime minister will herald a “new start” in relations between Brussels and London, the Foreign Affairs Minister has said.

“Turmoil” in Westminster politics underlines the need for the restoration of powersharing in Northern Ireland, a Stormont minister has said.

The Sinn Féin vice president will travel to the US on Monday for a series of meetings with Congressional members and Irish American leaders.

The Sinn Fein vice president said Northern Ireland was the ‘collateral damage’ in the ‘bedlam and chaos’ within the Tory party

Michelle O'Neill: 'We’re caught up in this mess in what’s happening within the Tory party and that’s not good enough for the people here who we represent'

A multi-year budget which would have prioritised health spending could not be progressed when institutions at Stormont collapsed.

Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis has said he will introduce legislation to cut MLA pay “fairly soon” if Stormont is not restored.

'Things are bad enough in the summer – what’s it going to be like in the autumn and winter?' Owen Reidy of the ICTU said

Northern Ireland has the longest hospital waiting lists in the UK and experts have warned the current structures are not sustainable.

A fully functioning Stormont Executive is needed to agree the investment to transform the health service, Michelle O’Neill has said.

The Alliance Party is to propose a series of reforms to British and Irish governments that would end the ability of any Stormont party to veto the formation of an executive.

A new Executive has not yet been formed, with the DUP saying it will not nominate ministers until the UK Government takes action over its concerns around the Northern Ireland Protocol

"This and DUP boycott of Government is hurting the public at a time when we should have their backs."

The fund will provide parents with a one-off lump some to help them through 'worst time of their lives' 

The Sinn Féin vice president was speaking after the DUP blocked attempts to elect a new speaker for the second time

MLAs were in the chamber on Monday following a recall petition brought by Sinn Féin to elect a speaker, deputy speakers and to appoint a first minister and deputy first minister

The Stormont Assembly will meet on Monday in a fresh bid to nominate a speaker after more than 30 MLAs signed a recall petition.

DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson has branded the recall motion from Sinn Féin as a “stunt”

In order to get past the impasse over the Northern Ireland Protocol, Ms Long said that trust is needed

Boris Johnson said his plan to legislate to rip up Northern Ireland’s post-Brexit trading arrangements was an “insurance” policy if a fresh deal could not be reached with the European Union.

The British prime minister Boris Johnson is meeting the major Stormont parties amid a warning from Ireland against unilateral action to override the Northern Ireland Protocol.

Simon Coveney urged Boris Johnson to commit to further engagement with the EU to resolve the Irish Sea trading dispute, rather than breaking international law by acting alone

Mr Johnson's visit comes amid heightened tensions between the EU and Britain over the prospect of him moving to override elements of the protocol by way of domestic legislation at Westminster.

Actions rather than words are required from the British government to break the Stormont deadlock caused by the Northern Ireland Protocol, the DUP has warned.

Boris Johnson will urge Northern Ireland’s politicians to get powersharing back up and running as the Government seeks to resolve the deadlock with Brussels over post-Brexit trading arrangements.

Mary Lou McDonald alleged Boris Johnson was “recklessly and cynically” facilitating the DUP as part of a “game of brinkmanship” with the EU over Brexit’s contentious Northern Ireland Protocol.

British prime minister Boris Johnson is set to visit Northern Ireland on Monday amid a political crisis caused by the DUP blocking the election of a Speaker at Stormont, Sinn Féin vice president Michelle O’Neill has said.

The decision by the DUP, led by Jeffrey Donaldson, not to elect a Speaker largely blocks the normal functioning of the Assembly

DUP party leader Jeffrey Donaldson has said his party will not back a speaker, which will leave the Assembly unable to function

Jeffrey Donaldson has resigned his seat in the Stormont Assembly and has instead co-opted former DUP MP Emma Little-Pengelly to the seat.

Sinn Féin has called for a new Stormont Executive to be formed immediately

The Northern Ireland Protocol is “here to stay”, Sinn Féin vice president Michelle O’Neill has insisted as she again called on the DUP to join an Executive at Stormont.

He told reporters in London that he is committed to leading the DUP into political institutions at Stormont

He took up the role at Monday’s monthly meeting of the council at Belfast City Hall after the previous mayor and party colleague, Kate Nicholl, was elected an MLA to the Stormont Assembly

There had been an expectation that the British government would introduce the legislation before the Stormont election last week

Michelle O’Neill said there could be no delay to the restoration of the Stormont powersharing Executive and her nomination as first minister