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Acht Gaeilge set to be introduced in Westminster on Wednesday

IRISH language legislation is finally to be introduced at Westminster on Wednesday.

US delegation set for North for Protocol talks

A BI-PARTISAN delegation from the United States are continuing their visit to Ireland after meeting President Michael D Higgins this morning.

17,000 march in Belfast demanding Irish language rights

SATURDAY'S Lá Dearg march has been hailed as the biggest demonstration for Irish language rights in "a generation".

Day of political drama as a flurry of meetings take place

TAOISEACH Micheál Martin has met with party leaders in Belfast today as tensions resurfaced over the British government’s plans to act unilaterally over the NI Protocol. As the Taoiseach met separately with the North’s First Minister elect, Michelle O’Neill, and the DUP’s Jeffrey Donaldson, Foreign Minister Simon Coveney warned his UK counterpart Liz Truss about her government’s breaching of international law.

DUP must end boycott to support children with autism says Sheehan

SINN Féin MLA Pat Sheehan has said the DUP should end its boycott of the Executive and get around the table now to ensure children with autism have support.

Thousands set to take part in An Lá Dearg march in Belfast

THOUSANDS of people are set to march on City Hall today to call for the implementation of Irish language legislation.

New legacy proposals 'perpetrator-led and perpetrator-centred'

RELATIVES for Justice CEO Mark Thompson has described the introduction of a Bill on Legacy in the House of Commons as "perpetrator-led and perpetrator-centred".

Reaction to Truss statement: 'British government giving cover to DUP'

SINN Féin MP John Finucane has claimed that the British government are continuing to give cover to the DUP to block an Executive being formed.

Boris Johnson is met with protests in Hillsborough

TROUBLES victims, Irish language activists and border communities were united in protesting Prime Minister Boris Johnson's visit to the North of Ireland today.

BORIS IN TOWN: A sceptical West Belfast public has its say

WITH Boris Johnson landing in Belfast today, the Andersonstown News spoke to shoppers in the Kennedy Centre about what they thought the British government is up to over the Protocol, and the DUP’s refusal to form an executive at Stormont.

Parties don't need pep talk from Boris: Michelle O'Neill

FIRST Minister-elect, Michelle O'Neill has said that parties in the North don't need a pep talk from Boris Johnson as the Prime Minister is due to arrive in Belfast for meetings with party leaders.

Bruce Morrison a possible US Envoy to the North

WITH a looming collision between the UK and EU over the Northern Ireland Protocol and rising concerns for the Good Friday Agreement on Capitol Hill, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has indicated that the Biden administration is ready to appoint a U.S. Envoy to the North peace and political process.

Amid growing Stormont crisis Neal planning London trip

Congressman Richard Neal is reportedly planning a trip to London on a mission intended to remind the British government that the U.S. Congress has the back of the Good Friday Agreement and the Irish Sea Protocol.

O'Neill brands latest DUP Stormont move as 'shameful'

SINN Féin’s Michelle O’Neill has branded as ‘shameful’ the DUP’s decision not to support the election of a new Stormont speaker today. The DUP’s actions means the Assembly can not sit and no business can be done in the chamber or in committees. Crucially there can be no election of a First and deputy First Minister. The move is part of the party’s protest against the Irish Sea border. Last week's Assembly election saw Sinn Féin returned as the North’s largest party with the DUP being relegated into second place.

Seanad opposes British Government border travel visas

The Seanad in Dublin has unanimously supported a Sinn Féin motion condemning the British Government's proposed immigration checks on people travelling across the border into the North of Ireland.

Gaelic Games: Antrim U20 hurlers set for Laois test in Leinster

Gaelic Games: Antrim football divisions beginnning to take shape with full programme on Sunday

United Rugby Championship: Ulster fix gaze on Bulls after Stormers frustration

Irish Cup: Cliftonville and Crusaders target their place in the final

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