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The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has sent a strongly worded letter to the Secretary of State and the five Northern Ireland party leaders “regarding the failure to implement an Agenda for Change pay award for nursing staff”.

The only issue Sinn Fein cares about is “creating division and instability”, a DUP MLA has said, after Mary Lou McDonald speculated that a border poll could be held within the lifetime of the next Dail.

The only issue Sinn Fein cares about is “creating division and instability”, a DUP MLA has said, after Mary Lou McDonald speculated that a border poll could be held within the lifetime of the next Dail.

The chair of the Loyalist Communities Council has said there can't be a return to Stormont until the DUP's issues around the Northern Ireland Protocol are resolved.

The DUP is stalling on a deal, irritating those who want to see devolved government back by Christmas – but that’s not the most significant development in the last week.

If the DUP returns to Stormont with the Northern Ireland Protocol in place it would be a “betrayal”, TUV leader Jim Allister has said.

Now more than at any point since the collapse of Stormont almost 700 days ago does it seem like decision time for Sir Jeffrey Donaldson and his party.

An investigation has been launched to establish if elected representatives have been leaking confidential documents to the loyalist Jamie Bryson, with a warning that councillors’ phones could be audited.

A spoof ad promoting the release of a “Christmas album Northern Ireland style” has gone viral on social media.

A meeting of DUP party officers is expected imminently to discuss a potential deal to pave the way for a return to Stormont, the Belfast Telegraph understands.