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The Belfast Telegraph and Sunday Life team have received 21 nominations as part of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) NI Media Awards.

After months of paralysis, Lough Neagh’s future has finally begun to be addressed at Stormont.

On his first day as Ireland’s finance minister in 1957, James Ryan was given a stark message by his top civil servant TK Whitaker. The minister was warned that the survival of the State depended on the survival of its economy.

Belfast has a healthy literary scene, closely connected with Queen’s University, whose creative writing tutors include poets Gail McConnell and Stephen Sexton

A week ago the Assembly met for its first substantive session in two years. The speeches were mostly filled with optimism, ambition and promises that this time Stormont will deliver.

The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) is fortunate nationalism is not laughing openly at the party’s deal with the British government

Michelle O’Neill has told journalist Andrew Marr that she believes Hamas will eventually be regarded as a partner for peace in the Middle East.

Work on the Larne border control post is pushing ahead despite last week’s DUP deal to return to Stormont.

On a day like today, Northern Ireland’s problems seemed far away. Smiling photos of Michelle O’Neill, Emma Little Pengelly, Rishi Sunak and Leo Varadkar — and even a warm hug between the new First Minister and the Prime Minister — gave the impression that where once all was broken, now all is well.

Stormont’s new leaders put on a united front as the Prime Minister and Taoiseach visited Belfast today to celebrate the restoration of devolved government after two years.