Sinn Féin becomes Northern Ireland’s largest Westminster party

Creative Media NewsSaturday, 6 July 2024, 8:000

Sinn Féin is the largest party in Northern Ireland's councils, assembly, and Westminster.The nationalist party, which does not accept seats in the House of Commons, has seven seats following Thursday's UK general election, the same as in 2019.Its leader, Mary Lou McDonald, stated it was time to "prepare for a new future together on this island".Following a difficult night for the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), the party emerged victorious.

Why Northern Ireland isn’t ‘done’ for Brexit

Creative Media NewsSunday, 5 May 2024, 16:000

Boris Johnson competed in the 2019 UK general election under the platform "Get Brexit Done" and emerged victorious. It was a wager that voters, weary of years of Brexit drama, desired the government to reach a compromise and exit the EU for good. Boasting a substantial majority, Mr. Johnson successfully marginalized the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and negotiated an agreement that effectively maintained Northern Ireland's membership in the European Union's single market for goods.

Londoners’ car insurance costs over double Northern Ireland residents’

Creative Media NewsThursday, 28 March 2024, 12:320

New data reveals the regions of the United Kingdom with the highest auto insurance premiums for youthful drivers, revealing the magnitude of the London premium in particular.Young drivers in Northern Ireland pay approximately £1,500 less for coverage than their London counterparts, according to research by Quotezone.

Sunak: Priority in Northern Ireland not constitutional change

Creative Media NewsTuesday, 6 February 2024, 2:000

Sunak: Priority in Northern Ireland not constitutional change

Michelle O’Neill becomes Northern Ireland’s first nationalist leader

Creative Media NewsSaturday, 3 February 2024, 22:000

Michelle O'Neill becomes Northern Ireland's first nationalist leader

Northern Ireland parents at “crisis point” due to the United Kingdom-NI deficit

Creative Media NewsThursday, 11 May 2023, 22:000

A new parents’ organisation warns that Northern Ireland’s daycare gap is growing. Northern Ireland has half the three- and four-year-old provisions of the UK. Meanwhile, parents in this country are entitled to 12.5 hours per week of funded preschool education during the school year. This compares to 30 hours for the remainder of the United...

Police investigating Northern Ireland graveyard device.

Creative Media NewsWednesday, 12 April 2023, 0:000

The discovery was made after police condemned as “senseless and reckless” a petrol bomb attack on officers during an Easter parade. A police operation is underway following the discovery of a suspected device in a Northern Ireland cemetery. Just after 6:30 a.m., the device was discovered on the premises of the City Cemetery in Creggan,...

Secretary of state announces December Northern Ireland assembly election cancellation.

Creative Media NewsFriday, 4 November 2022, 9:000

The cabinet member says he has heard “sincere concerns” from across the region on the impact and expense of a new election at this time. Northern Ireland will not hold elections for the Assembly in December, according to state secretary Chris Heaton-Harris. The cabinet minister stated that he had heard “sincere concerns” from across the...

King loses patience with leaky pen in Northern Ireland.

Creative Media NewsThursday, 15 September 2022, 0:000

This afternoon, a pen incurred the wrath of the King as it began leaking while he was signing a visitors’ book in Northern Ireland. On Saturday, the King required the assistance of an assistant to remove an ink well off a table, which he requested by repeatedly waving his hand at the offending object. It...

Brexit: Minister says UK’s center is harmony in Northern Ireland as US cautions economic accord in danger over convention change

Creative Media NewsMonday, 23 May 2022, 10:070

Speaker Nancy Pelosi has said making changes to Northern Ireland’s post-Brexit exchange courses of action could harm the nonaggression treaty that oversees its ideological groups. It is one more blow for discussions with the US. US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said modifying the convention could harm the Good Friday Agreement, which expects to assist with...

Sinn Fein pioneer Mary Lou McDonald concedes Northern Ireland Protocol is ‘hazardous’ – and anticipates mandate on unification inside the following ten years

Creative Media NewsFriday, 20 May 2022, 11:070

England says it would rather not piece the plan and would like to come to an arranged settlement with the EU, however expresses components inside it should be fixed and it would proceed with talks. Talking on Sky News’ Beth Rigby interviews program, the party’s leader Mary Lou McDonald said “the way that Brexit has...

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‘Return to work’: Boris Johnson advises Northern Ireland legislators to frame government and figure out Brexit economic agreement

Creative Media NewsMonday, 16 May 2022, 12:490

However, the PM has been cautioned against his “careless round of brinkmanship” and told to quit involving Ireland as a pawn. The state leader is because of movement to Belfast on Monday for emergency talks after the DUP obstructed the appointment of a Speaker at the Stormont Assembly, keeping it from sitting. Powersharing in Northern...

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