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🚨 NEW: Northern Ireland Assembly Voting Intention SF: 22% (-2) UUP: 16% (+3) DUP: 15% (-3) SDLP: 13% (+2) TUV: 12% (+1) AP: 10% (-1) GRN: 5% (=) AON: 3% (=) PBP: 2% (=) OTH/IND: 2% (=) Changes with April 2026 Via LucidTalk & BelTel
An Garda Síochána have intercepted an ‘extremely significant’ bomb that was headed for Northern Ireland after a planned intelligence-led operation targeting dissident republicans nielects.com/news/reactio...
Reaction after Garda intercept ‘extremely significant’ bomb headed to Northern Ireland - Northern Ireland Elects
A bomb that has been described as 'extremely significant and advanced' has been intercepted by An Garda Síochána near the border with Northern Ireland at Carrickmacross in County Monaghan.
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🚨 NEW: Gerry Kelly MLA (North Belfast, Sinn Féin) will not stand for re-election next year. [@irish_news]
🚨 NEW: Statement from NI Secretary @RhonddaBryant “My door will be open to all parties and all communities. We are going to work together constructively to keep building a stable, prosperous future for everyone in Northern Ireland.” Full statement 👇
First Minister Michelle O'Neill and Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly comment following phone calls with the new Prime Minister Andy Burnham 👇️
Andy Burnham has announced the removal of VAT on electricity bills, but this will not apply directly to NI Treasury will provide comparable funding to the NI Executive to enable it to support NI households with the cost of living
🚨 NEW: Chris Bryant has been appointed as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland by Andy Burnham
🚨 NEW: Andy Burnham has sacked Hilary Benn as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
🚨 NEW: Andy Burnham is now the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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🚨 NEW: Former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson is to appeal his conviction for rape and 17 other sexual offences charges. [@rtenews]
Reaction from political leaders here as Andy Burnham is confirmed as the new Labour Party leader and will become prime minister on Monday 👇️ nielects.com/news/andy-bu...
Andy Burnham is confirmed as Labour leader and Prime Minister in waiting - Northern Ireland Elects
Andy Burnham has been confirmed as the new leader of Labour but he will not be prime minister until Monday, when Keir Starmer offers his resignation.
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🚨 NEW: Emma Little-Pengelly says she did not know of any of Jeffrey Donaldson's inappropriate behaviour "Up until his arrest, I didn't see anything that would have given me any rise for concern in terms of him being a sexual offender, of him being a paedophile" [@utvnews]
The DUP has commissioned Jim Gamble's iNEQE safeguarding group to conduct an independent report into Jeffrey Donaldson's time as a member of the party Full statement 👇️
🚨 NEW: Keith Ratcliffe to stand in Newry and Armagh for Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV) #AE27 @TUVonline
The Assembly has now entered summer recess. The next plenary session will be on Monday 7 September 2026.
🚨 NEW: Sinn Féin are calling for Assembly Speaker Edwin Poots to stand down from his position 'pending the full disclosure of all issues and any knowledge of the inappropriate behaviour of Jeffrey Donaldson within the DUP'
🚨 NEW: Sinn Fein's Lagan Valley #AE27 candidate Declan Lynch says his family and party activists were the target of 'sectarian abuse' in Lisburn during an election canvass on Saturday morning 👇️
🚨 NEW: Sinead Ennis, Cathy Mason and Michael Rice to stand in South Down for Sinn Féin #AE27 @sinnfeinireland
🚨 NEW: Caoimhe Archibald and Kathleen McGurk to stand in East Londonderry for Sinn Fein #AE27 @sinnfeinireland
🚨 NEW: Liz Kimmins, Aoife Finnegan and Cathal Boylan to stand in Newry and Armagh for Sinn Féin #AE27 @sinnfeinireland
🚨 NEW: Ciara Ferguson, Christopher Jackson and Sandra Duffy to stand in Foyle for Sinn Féin #AE27 @sinnfeinireland
The former chairman of the NI Conservatives has joined the Ulster Unionist Party. Matthew Robinson has previously stood for election to the Assembly in North Down.
🚨 NEW: Allister Kyle to stand in East Londonderry for Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV) #AE27 @TUVonline
🚨 NEW: Joint statement from Michelle O'Neill, Gavin Robinson, Naomi Long, Jon Burrows & Claira Hanna following attempted murder in North Belfast "There is no place in our society for this kind of brutality. Our immediate thoughts are with the victim and his family"
