How UK Treasury money to meet councils’ increased national insurance costs is spent is at the discretion of the executive ...

A Sinn Fein minister has accused Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn of showing a “blatant disregard” for communities in the region after he challenged the Stormont Executive to reform public ...

So as ministers nursed their bruises, up stepped Hilary Benn on Tuesday to effectively kick them when they were down. In his speech at Ulster University, the secretary of state was full of praise ...

Work has begun on a new multi-million-pound clinical research centre in Belfast. The £64 million iREACH Health project, which ...

Ireland’s new deputy premier has said he had a “warm and engaging” conversation with Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn. On his first full day as Tanaiste and Minister for Foreign ...

Hilary Benn is expected to make the speech in Belfast on Tuesday. Credit: UTV Secretary of State Hilary Benn is expected to use a speech in Belfast on Tuesday to call for the Stormont Executive to ...

Stormont ministers have missed many opportunities to make decisions which could have transformed public services in Northern Ireland, Hilary Benn will say in a speech on Tuesday. Delivering a keynote ...

Hilary Benn told The Irish News that it was at the discretion of the devolved administration how it spends its budget. As Belfast City Council on Monday provisionally hiked the district rate by an ...

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Ireland’s new deputy premier has said he had a ‘warm and engaging’ conversation with Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn (Brian Lawless/PA) Ireland’s new deputy premier has said he had ...

Ireland’s new deputy premier has said he had a “warm and engaging” conversation with Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn. On his first full day as Tanaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Simon ...