Brendan Hughes

DUP ministers had refused to attend North-South Ministerial Council meetings in protest over the NI Protocol.

Jim Allister says the Windsor Framework has not led to the "magical foreign investment" some promised.

Business groups and campaigners urge the Stormont department to resolve the loophole quickly.

Some signs were daubed with paint or graffiti while others were burned, stolen or pulled down.

Raymona Crozier MPs will get their first opportunity on Friday to debate a bill aimed at overturning the controversial trading arrangements agreed to by the last government and the EU.

The council said the portrait was reinstated following some "minor repair works".

Police are investigating after leaflets opposing the Irish language were placed on the cars of students attending a class in Belfast.

Belfast City Council has few restrictions on its centres, unlike the neighbouring Ards and North Down.

The Stormont Executive has agreed a draft budget which will go to public consultation.

Executive officials say flying business-class helps ministers prepare for engagements.