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Budget crisis increases urgency for return of Stormont Assembly – Martin

A budget crisis in Northern Ireland means there needs to be a sense of urgency in restoring the powersharing institutions at Stormont, Tanaiste Micheal Martin has said. However, he refused to say whether he is optimistic about the return of the ...

07 Jun 2023 at 18:00

Northern Ireland

Officials to restart discussions over all-Ireland Tour de France bid – Murphy

Stormont officials have been instructed to restart discussions over an all-Ireland bid to host the opening stages of the Tour de France, Conor Murphy has said. The Economy Minister said previous talks on a joint bid to host the Grand Depart of ...

26 Feb 2024 at 15:41

National News

UK leaders meet for first British-Irish Council Summit since Johnson resignation

Leaders from across the United Kingdom are to meet for the first time since the resignation of Prime Minister Boris Johnson. They will gather in Guernsey on Friday as part of the 37th British-Irish Council Summit and plan to discuss the ...

08 Jul 2022 at 10:08

Northern Ireland

Sinn Fein Stormont minister to run for election to Irish Seanad

A Sinn Fein Stormont minister has confirmed he will run for election to the Irish Seanad. Conor Murphy, the party’s chief negotiator and Stormont Economy Minister, confirmed the move ahead of elections to the upper house of the Irish ...

30 Dec 2024 at 13:39

National News

Taoiseach to join UK leaders for British-Irish Council summit amid Johnson resignation

Leaders from across the United Kingdom are to meet for the first time since the resignation of Prime Minister Boris Johnson. They will gather in Guernsey today (Friday July 8) as part of the 37th British-Irish Council Summit and ...

08 Jul 2022 at 11:17

National News

Unionists urged not to ‘put head in sand’ on electoral trends for Irish unity

Unionists cannot bury their heads in the sand about electoral trends in support of Irish unification, a Sinn Fein Stormont minister has said. Conor Murphy was commenting after his party emerged from the General Election as the ...

05 Jul 2024 at 11:37

National News

‘Missed opportunity’ by Taoiseach not to nominate unionist senator – Sinn Fein

Sinn Fein has said it was a “missed opportunity” not to include a unionist senator in the Taoiseach’s 11 nominees. Senator Conor Murphy, Stormont’s former economy minister, said Micheal Martin had missed an opportunity to ...

09 Feb 2025 at 15:06

National News

UK Cabinet minister meets with top Democrat amid Northern Ireland tensions

The UK International Trade Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan met top Democrat Richard Neal amid tensions over the post-Brexit deal with Northern Ireland. The head of the powerful ways and means committee in the US House of ...

21 May 2022 at 18:34

Counting continues in Seanad elections with three vocational panels filled

National News

Counting resumes in Seanad elections with two vocational panels filled

Counting is continuing in the Seanad elections, with the make-up of three of the vocational panels now confirmed. The 11 seats available on both the agricultural panel and the labour panel have been filled, as have the ...

02 Feb 2025 at 23:33

National News

'A time of tension' - Sinn Féin minister appeals for calm ahead of Eleventh Night bonfires

A Sinn Féin minister has appealed for calm ahead of the lighting of traditional “Eleventh Night” bonfires across Northern Ireland. Conor Murphy said it is a time of tension and concern for a number of families. Last ...

08 Jul 2022 at 18:29

Northern Ireland

UK repeal of legal duty to protect all-island economy will have ‘little effect’

A UK government move to scrap a legal duty to protect an all-island economy will have little practical effect, Stormont’s Economy minister has said. Conor Murphy said economic links across the island of Ireland had ...

19 Feb 2024 at 13:43

Northern Ireland

Murphy vows to drive momentum towards Irish unity after winning Seanad seat

Sinn Fein’s Conor Murphy warned Ireland’s government not to put its head in the sand about Irish reunification as his election to the Seanad was confirmed. Mr Murphy is leaving his job as Stormont economy minister ...

03 Feb 2025 at 13:18

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