http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/northern_ireland/northern_ireland_politics/#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa The latest stories from the N. Ireland Politics section of the BBC News web site. en-gb Wed, 22 May 2013 05:30:23 GMT Copyright: (C) British Broadcasting Corporation, see http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/help/rss/4498287.stm for terms and conditions of reuse. http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/nol/shared/img/bbc_news_120x60.gif http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/northern_ireland/northern_ireland_politics/#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa 120 60 15 The sister of an IRA murder victim has accused the SDLP of "putting two fingers up to victims" over its bid to block a bill on special advisers. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-22606376#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-22606376 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:32:28 GMT The Education Minister, John O'Dowd, has said primary schools will not be required to use computer-based tests for literacy and numeracy this autumn. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-22609643#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-22609643 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:52:14 GMT The Ulster Unionist leader Mike Nesbitt has said he is appalled by an English teaching guide dealing with the hunger strikes. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-22611355#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-22611355 Tue, 21 May 2013 16:23:14 GMT Peter Robinson says the government will do all it can to ensure the North West 200 is a more flexible event in future after Saturday's racing was abandoned due to heavy rain. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-22586111#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-22586111 Sun, 19 May 2013 08:51:54 GMT Education Minister John O'Dowd has announced some changes to A-levels in Northern Ireland following a local consultation. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-22597708#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-22597708 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:27:17 GMT An emergency aid scheme for farmers facing difficulties with fodder shortages will come into effect from midnight on Saturday. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-22577026#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-22577026 Sat, 18 May 2013 08:22:55 GMT Peter Robinson launches an outspoken attack on his critics at Stormont calling them "a Tribe of Jeremiahs who infest the political process". http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-22524304#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-22524304 Tue, 14 May 2013 11:40:16 GMT Boris Johnson says the only way to convince the Treasury to devolve corporation tax powers to Stormont is to show the Exchequer it would save it money in the long-term. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-22501709#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-22501709 Sun, 12 May 2013 12:28:21 GMT The first and deputy first ministers have launched a plan for the agri-food industry which they say will aim to create 15,000 jobs over the next 7-years. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-22550489#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-22550489 Thu, 16 May 2013 09:51:39 GMT Sinn Féin refute UKIP's claims that they would pull a united Ireland out of the EU. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-22508774#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-22508774 Mon, 13 May 2013 11:44:56 GMT US President Barack Obama is to visit Belfast next month, when he arrives in Northern Ireland for the G8 summit. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-22487495#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-22487495 Fri, 10 May 2013 15:45:18 GMT Ulster Unionist leader Mike Nesbitt says he is pulling out of a conference organised by Sinn Fein in protest at remarks by one of the party's executive ministers. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-22487747#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-22487747 Fri, 10 May 2013 18:02:55 GMT The next elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly are put back a year, until 2016. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-22480728#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-22480728 Fri, 10 May 2013 14:25:40 GMT A bereaved sister's campaign to get the Birmingham pub bombings re-investigated is backed by Northern Ireland's First Minister. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-22488960#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-22488960 Fri, 10 May 2013 21:02:29 GMT The Northern Ireland Executive junior minister Jonathan Bell has said the shared future proposals will cost around £500m. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-22477157#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-22477157 Fri, 10 May 2013 06:21:55 GMT Health Minister Edwin Poots says he did not take the job "to make old people cry or kill babies". http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-22469241#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-22469241 Thu, 09 May 2013 16:37:32 GMT Junior Ministers Jonathan Bell and Jennifer McCann are briefing the committee. http://www.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/21006891 http://www.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/21006891 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 12:27:07 GMT The Northern Ireland education minister has said that Northern Ireland has a "robust education and examination system". http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-22613926#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-22613926 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:20:41 GMT A senior PSNI officer says talks in Cardiff over the weekend between police, politicians and community representatives should help make Northern Ireland safer this summer. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-22597292#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-22597292 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:23:34 GMT The headlines from the political week are reviewed in 60 seconds by BBC Northern Ireland's Sunday Politics. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-22597291#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-22597291 Mon, 20 May 2013 10:37:11 GMT First minister Peter Robinson has launched an outspoken attack on his critics at Stormont calling them "a tribe of Jeremiahs who infest the political process". http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-22528274#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-22528274 Tue, 14 May 2013 12:40:21 GMT Belfast Lord Mayor Gavin Robinson and Olympic medallist Dame Mary Peters joined hundreds of children in dancing to Psy's Gangnam Style. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-22453706#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-22453706 Thu, 09 May 2013 14:41:44 GMT Ulster Unionist leader Mike Nesbitt says he is pulling out of a conference organised by Sinn Fein in protest at remarks by one of the party's executive ministers. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-22482249#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-22482249 Fri, 10 May 2013 17:54:50 GMT Is Northern Ireland a template for Colombia ? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-21950766#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-21950766 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 13:59:53 GMT Why Northern Ireland will watch the Scottish independence vote closely http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-21884156#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-21884156 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 16:46:16 GMT Was Terence O'Neill a visionary or too English and remote? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-21875466#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-21875466 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 13:29:31 GMT MLAs munched through almost £1,000 worth of mints http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-politics-21836730#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-politics-21836730 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 18:43:49 GMT