An international conference on prison facilities to be held in Belfast has been denied access to the former Maze Prison site. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Bid to ban fox hunting begins again at Stormont www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Belfast's deputy lord mayor Paul Doherty has quit the SDLP in a dispute over a council vote on a statue of IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The United Kingdom is "cracking at the seams", First Minister Michelle O'Neill tells Sinn Féin's ard fheis. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Former Sunday World editor Jim McDowell dies www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

DUP councillor suspended for linking LGBT community with Hamas support www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Alliance MLA Kellie Armstrong says will not be seeking re-election next year. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Belfast City Council is to "reconsider" a decision to close a planning enforcement investigation over a statue of IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

First Minister Michelle O'Neill has questioned the need for a £50m government investment in Northern Ireland's defence sector. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

DUP leader brands 'puerile' Sinn Féin's objection to £50m defence sector deal for Northern Ireland www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Northern Ireland secretary Hilary Benn says the government is to bring forward a "substantial package of amendments" to its Troubles legacy legislation. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Hospital car parking charges could be "abolished temporarily" in Northern Ireland next month - because a Stormont deferral of the plans may not become law on time. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

No data has been gathered on the impact of allowing more taxis in some Belfast bus lanes, despite Stormont saying it would collect the information. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

💳 Stormont executive announces £100 voucher scheme to help 300,000 low-income housholds with heating oil costs: ✅ Eligibility criteria: Oil-heated households receiving income-based or disability benefits or state pension, or income under £30k.

📢 Live stream: Stormont ministers to speak after fuel costs meeting www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cz...

Stormont ministers to discuss fuel cost pressures www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Ulster University to cut up to 450 jobs. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

New DUP MLA Julie Middleton says she's been targeted in misogynistic online attacks over her decision to replace her husband at Stormont. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Social housing plans at a north Belfast peaceline have stalled because of "water connection issues", Stormont's communities department has said. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

DUP's Julie Middleton replaces husband as Foyle MLA www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Business leaders urge Stormont to delay workers' rights reforms www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

DUP MLA Gary Middleton says he's stepping down due to 'significant' mental health issues. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

No further action is being taken over a statue of IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands erected without planning permission, Belfast City Council has confirmed. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Stormont canteen renovation almost £200k over budget vm.tiktok.com/ZNRXxtxmb/

The Belfast Bikes scheme has seen usage fall by a quarter since prices were sharply increased. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A refurbishment of the Stormont assembly canteen cost nearly £200,000 more than its original budget. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Second Sinn Féin assembly member won't seek re-election www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Plans to ban cars from a busy street outside Ulster University's Belfast campus have been dropped. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Man charged with murder of Denis Donaldson www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Is the Northern Ireland Executive dysfunctional? ✍️ BBC Political Correspondent Gareth Gordon takes a look www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Stormont assembly to be recalled over cancellation of SEN summer schemes www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A nationalist councillor who said a plaque removed over its mention of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor should be "reinstated" now backs the original decision, his party has said. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Alcohol minimum pricing 'no longer deliverable' before next election www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Sinn Féin's Gerry Adams says he never held role or rank in the IRA www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Stormont's economy minister clashes with the chair of an assembly committee as she defended her department's handling of UK government funding being allocated to reduce energy bills. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Four Stormont ministers arrive in Washington ahead of St Patrick's Day celebrations this week. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

🏛️ Confirmed: MLAs will get a near 27% pay rise from next month, increasing from £53,000 to £67,200 a year. 🪙 It follows a two-week consultation. 🗣️ The chair of the review board says public reaction has been "overwhelmingly critical" but the move is a "corrective measure".

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer meets Stormont leaders ahead of UK-Ireland summit www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Billboard at centre of lengthy political row removed www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A civil court case brought by three IRA bomb victims against former Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams is set to open in London. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Stormont's Irish language commissioner should reflect on remarks that have "landed very badly with unionists", DFM Emma Little-Pengelly says. It follows Pól Deeds saying hostility to the language could be seen as "another blow struck in the cause of Irish unification" www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

First Minister Michelle O'Neill says a proposed £14,000 pay rise for MLAs is "quite excessive". Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly says "we understand and we've listened to the public". A consultation on the proposals by an independent panel closes today. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A Stormont committee renews calls to remove an unauthorised billboard after graffiti was scrawled on it in support of a man jailed for storing a gun linked to the killing of Lyra McKee. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Sinn Féin says it is opposed to the BBC becoming an 'anchor tenant' at a new visitor attraction in Belfast city centre. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Hostility towards the Irish language is not doing unionism "any favours", Stormont's Irish language commissioner has said. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The Stormont executive is to receive an additional £380m for public services over the next three years, the UK Treasury has announced as part of the Chancellor's Spring Statement. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Middle East briefings give Northern Ireland 'a seat at the table' says Alliance MP Sorcha Eastwood www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

AS-Levels to be scrapped in Northern Ireland under major review www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Stormont politicians have been reacting to the escalating Middle East conflict www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

There are "no plans" to extend the Wild Atlantic Way tourism brand to Northern Ireland, a Stormont committee has been told. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...