BBC News - N. Ireland Politics

14 June 2013 Last updated at 07:52 ET

New unionist party tweets in Irish

The new pro-union political party NI21 begins sending out tweets in Irish.

£30m to go to help low income pupils

The education minister agrees to give £30m to help schools that teach children from families on low incomes.

Ex-UUP men's new party named NI21

The new political party formed by former Ulster Unionists Basil McCrea and John McCallister is to be called NI21, the BBC understands.

Stormont assembly passes SPAD bill

The Northern Ireland Assembly votes to bar anyone with a serious conviction from being a special political adviser at Stormont.
Ulster Unionists suspend Lord Laird

Ulster Unionists suspend Lord Laird from their Westminster team amid accusations that he agreed to carry out parliamentary work for payment.
Bomber must lose job says soldier

A former soldier permanently injured in an IRA bomb in 1981 says Paul Kavanagh should lose his job as special adviser to Martin McGuinness at Stormont.
Assembly marks Derry's culture year
Gove: Exam system split inevitable
O'Dowd: Computer tests not mandatory
Unionist leader 'appalled' by guide
NW 200 pledge from NI first minister
O'Dowd makes A-level re-sit changes
Emergency aid for farmers to begin
Robinson launches 'Jeremiahs' attack
Tax move 'has to benefit Treasury'
NI agri-food strategy unveiled
UKIP 'wrong' over Sinn Féin EU exit
President Obama is to visit Belfast

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