I'm going to go out on a limb here and suggest that the devolved Assembly might be restored.. some day anyway. According to reports today it seems that the DUP, UUP and SDLP are all in a position where they can negotiate over what form exactly the resume… more »

Tony Blair and Peter Hain wants them back; Sinn Fein desperately want it back. The SDLP see it as a priority and even the Ulster Unionists are quite keen. The DUP want it back, although on their own terms. Yes I'm talking about the Assembly. Yet it em… more »

A "crude but viable" device was found at Belfast City Hall today and the building had to be evacuated, although has now been reopened after police remvoed a number of items from the scene. There was also a bomb scare at Boating Club Lane in Londonderr… more »

Former Northern Ireland secretary Paul Murphy has said that Peter Hain's announcement that the reduction of councils from 26 to 7 was "too sharp" and that he backed a compromise of either 11 or 15. All the local parties except Sinn Fein backed a similar… more »

Sinn Fein have suspended party member Francie Molloy, a man described as a 'veteran republican'. "What would lead Sinn Fein to suspend a member from the party now?" I hear you ask. Was he implicated in the Northern Bank robbery? No. Was he under investig… more »

Lisburn Council could be in hot water over their refusal to allow gay 'civil partnership' registration ceremonies to use the Cherry Room which is used by the council for civil marriage ceremonies. The Alliance's Seamus Close originally proposed that t… more »

The Review of Public Administration taking place that will redraw the boundaries of Local Government Districts (LGDs) in Northern Ireland threw up an interesting thread on slugger last week. In it one person in particular argued (and argued - and accused… more »