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‘Urgent inquiries’ after threatening email sent to hundreds of schools in NI

Agriculture Minister Andrew Muir speaking at the Parliament Buildings in Stormont, Belfast, following the publication of a report into the controversial shooting of 51 cows in Co Tyrone, which were shot dead in June on land near Fivemiletown in a cull carried out by the Department of Agriculture Environment and Rural Affairs' (Daera) Humane Slaughter Team. Picture date: Tuesday November 10, 2026. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: Liam McBurney/Press Association

Report finds ‘insufficient consideration’ to impact of sight of slaughtered cows

Carla Lockhart MP

Farmers must fight over 'carbon auditing proposals' at Stormont'

Boxes of canned goods and packaged food items in a busy community food bank.

Almost 200,000 in NI at risk of needing to use food banks

Diana Armstrong

Call for a significant increase in Northern Ireland’s farm support budget

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Culling foxes creates ‘chaos’ MLAs told as Stormont scrutinises hunting ban Bill

Gareth Wilson

Wilson meets Climate Change Committee

Andrew Muir

DAERA Minister Andrew Muir defends leaving chamber during no confidence motion

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Education minister slams ‘Islamist’ bomb threat to NI schools

A5 campaigners outside Laganside Courts in Belfast, where the Court of Appeal is to rule on the Stormont legal challenge to blocking of the A5 road upgrade. The Department for Infrastructure plans a 58-mile dual carriageway replacing the dangerous A5 route connecting Londonderry to Dublin. In June 2025, the High Court ruled the department's plans were unlawful because they failed to comply with climate change targets and lacked proper environmental impact assessments on induced traffic. Picture date: Tuesday October 6, 2026. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Appeal Court quashes ruling that A5 project cannot proceed

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Raft of rules for new drivers introduced in bid to make roads safer

Save Lough Neagh

Lough Neagh water thrown around Stormont after 1000 people march for clean water

DAERA Minister Andrew Muir has announced plans to launch the Farming with Nature Landscape Projects Scheme.

Minister announces plan for Farming with Nature Landscape Projects Scheme

Declan McAleer MLA

During informal committee meeting Dr Blake outlined scope of Fivemiletown review

We need to know if politicians are out of step over agriculture with the people who put them into power

Brussels Notebook: Have politicians lost sight of importance of agriculture?

Potholes on road

Kimmins pressed on ‘total mess’ amid potholes and reduction in grass cutting
Stormont Infrastructure Minister Liz Kimmins has been urged to take action on the “total mess” of public areas across Northern Ireland.
By Rebecca Black, Press Association

The toxic water of Lough Neagh

March for clean water in Lough Neagh on September 26 at Stormont

Screen grab from the NI Assembly of People Before Profit MLA Gerry Carroll holding a bottle of green water, which he said was from Lough Neagh, during Members Statements in the Northern Ireland Assembly at Parliament Buildings in east Belfast. Issue date: Tuesday September 22, 2026. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: NI Assembly/PA Wire

Bottle of green water from Lough Neagh produced in Stormont Assembly chamber

Stormont

'Create the modern, robust, and enforceable framework' that NI's waterways need

Mussels

Call for AERA to transform Fisheries, Aquaculture and Water Environment Bill

MLA Diana Armstrong

New AERA chair commits to working with grassroots farming families

Stormont

Government increases offer to Stormont ministers to £1.5bn

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51,000 applications for heating oil support scheme in first 24 hours

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DUP MLA tables motion of no confidence in Stormont minister Andrew Muir

Andrew Muir

Muir and Kimmins to meet over potential Lough Neagh public ownership

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March for Clean Water to start on September 26 from Stormont

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Chris Bryant to meet parties as MLAs return to Stormont from summer break
Secretary of State Sir Chris Bryant will hold talks with Stormont parties on Monday as MLAs return to Parliament Buildings following the summer recess.
By Jonathan McCambridge, Press Association

Mr Robert Carmichael, the East Londonderry Ulster Unionist Party association chairman

Use farming to build links between urban and rural schools, urges Carmichael

‘Forensic audit’ announced for Northern Ireland’s water body

Stormont buildings

Unions urge Stormont to agree fair budget or face more industrial action

AC 1 PAINT THE TOWN PINK: Representatives from Fitzwilliam Musical Society, Action Renewables, Action Cancer and Comber Silver Band pictured at Stormont for the launch of Action Cancer’s Paint the Town Pink 2026 campaign, which raises vital funds for the charity’s breast screening service.

Stormont sets the stage for launch Action Cancer campaign

Diana Armstrong at the Balmoral Show

Diana Armstrong: Hopes to 'restore confidence back into the farming community'

Blurred figures of people with medical uniforms in hospital corridor

Surgeons raise concerns over services in letter to Health Minister

UUP’s Robbie Butler

Robbie Butler set to be appointed Stormont’s health minister

Robert Carmicheal

Step up on fish poachers UUP's Robert Carmichael urges Stormont

John McLenaghan, UFU President

UFU denies dictating Stormont policy in row with agriculture minister

Jim Allister with colleague at Stormont on Monday

"Yes, you must go, and the sooner the better" - TUV leader tells DAERA Minister

AERA committee chairman Robbie Butler

Review falls well short of the independent inquiry - Butler

Jon Burrows Ulster Unionist Party Leader and Jonathan Buckley Democratic Unionist Party join the crowd. Northern Irish farmers are gathering outside parliament buildings (Stormont) today to protest against the shooting of 51 cattle near Fivemiletown.

More pictures from the farmers protest at Stormont after Fivemiletown cull

East Londonderry UUP Association chairman Robert Carmichael has called on the Executive Farming Minister to resign following the Tyrone cattle cull scandal, as farmers gathered at Stormont to protest.

UUP chairman demands farming minister resign over cattle cull

Farmers protest at Stormont - pics by Julie Hazelton

Here are 29 pictures of the protest against the Fivemiletown cattle cull

BFP review decisions taking too long '“ Irwin

Federation Chairman, Elizabeth Warden; bestowing Honorary Membership to Lorna Walker who has been a member of Ballywalter WI for 59 years.

Ballywalter members mark 60 years

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