Belfast Newsletter - Politics Feed

David Drysdale elected as penultimate Mayor of Castlereagh

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:36:08 GMT

DUP councillor David Drysdale has been elected as the new Mayor of Castlereagh.

Victims’ issues ‘still on the table’

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:58:02 GMT

Legacy issues, including compensation payments for victims of Libyan-backed IRA violence, are “still on the table”, according to the Libyan government.

Eyes of world focus on a new peaceful Ulster

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:00:03 GMT

It would be hard to overstate the significance of the last 48 hours for the Province.

Japanese leader invites Robinson and McGuinness for a visit

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:19:02 GMT

Japan’s prime minister was the first foreign leader to arrive on Sunday and he was also the last to leave, stopping off in Belfast last night to invite Northern Ireland’s leaders to Japan.

PM chose remote Fermanagh to put off G8 protestors: Villiers

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:43:18 GMT

One of David Cameron’s main reasons for choosing Lough Erne as the G8 summit location was that its remoteness was likely to reduce the number of protestors, a cabinet minister has said.

At least £80,000 for Stormont computers

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:50:58 GMT

Politicians at Stormont are to be issued with high tech tablet computers at a cost of more than £80,000, it was revealed tonight.

Video: G8 shows Northern Ireland is open for business

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:13:38 GMT

David Cameron yesterday paid warm praise to the success of Northern Ireland as a venue for the 2013 G8 summit.

G8 paves way for Syria peace talks

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:55:00 GMT

Leaders of the world’s most powerful nations papered over their differences on Syria to agree a joint position at the G8 summit in Northern Ireland this week that could pave the way for fresh peace talks in Geneva.

G8 leaders agree to stamp out ransom payments

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:39:14 GMT

G8 leaders have agreed to “stamp out” ransom payments to terrorists, David Cameron has said.

Osborne defends G8’s smart casual dress code

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:27:31 GMT

The G8 summit has a smart-casual dress code, George Osborne revealed today after eyebrows were raised at the Prime Minister greeting world leaders in his rolled-up shirtsleeves.

Politicians swept along on wave of expectation

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:58:26 GMT

This amazing image taken minutes before Barack Obama’s arrival at the Waterfront Hall brilliantly captures just how relaxed the atmosphere was.

Cameron ‘will discuss’ IRA victims at G8

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:46:50 GMT

Prime Minister David Cameron will discuss compensation for IRA victims with the Libyan Prime Minister during Tuesday’s G8 talks, it is claimed.

Villiers defends G8 policing costs

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:31:08 GMT

Northern Ireland Secretary Theresa Villiers tonight defended the astronomical costs of security for the G8 conference in Co Fermanagh.

Video: Lord Mayor and Parades chief among Obama fans

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:26:00 GMT

Many invited guests including politicians and other local representatives witnessed President Obama’s first visit to Belfast on Monday.

Highlights of Barack Obama’s speech

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:35:41 GMT

US president Barack Obama’s Waterfront Hall speech as it happened:

Robinson will have left, on a high, by end of next year

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:13:36 GMT

It seems like only a few minutes ago that Peter Robinson and Mike Nesbitt issued joint invitations to the creation of a Unionist Forum and got themselves very excited about the prospect of the pro-Union family working together to solve problems and resolve differences.

Cameron concerned about extremists in Syria

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:34:38 GMT

David Cameron said today that he is “as worried as anyone” about terrorist and extremist elements among opposition forces fighting to oust Bashar Assad in Syria.

LIVE BLOG: Barack Obama in Belfast

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:17:07 GMT

FOLLOW the events as they happen as Belfast welcomes US President Barack Obama to the Waterfront Hall.

World leaders touch down for G8 summit

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 06:37:35 GMT

G8 leaders have begun arriving in Northern Ireland for today’s G8 summit.

Protestors to march against G8 in Enniskillen

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 06:23:43 GMT

A ring of steel has been erected around the site of the G8 Summit as up to 2,000 protesters are expected to take part in an anti-capitalist march.