Gavin Robinson suggested there were security concerns around the appointment of Marie Anderson.

A ‘terrified’ delivery driver was forced at gunpoint to drive the device on Monday night, police said.

Northern Ireland deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly met the president during a host of engagements in the US this week.

The deputy First Minister will lead the mission for Northern Ireland in the US capital this week in First Minister Michelle O’Neill’s absence.

The two leaders have undertaken a number of engagements in Cork on the first evening of the UK-Ireland summit in Cork.

A small group of protesters gathered outside the building as the two leaders held a business roundtable in the city centre.

The British prime minister was speaking ahead of a gathering of UK and Irish ministers in Cork.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin said he was ‘delighted’ to welcome Starmer to his home county of Cork.

Emma Little-Pengelly said that stability in the Middle East ‘does not come from indulging extremism and terrorism’.

Catherine Connolly said that across the island of Ireland there are ‘different aspirations for the future’ and an ‘unfinished story’.

Ms Connolly was greeted by First Minister Michelle O’Neill and deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly.

Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly was speaking ahead of a traditional visit to Washington DC for St Patrick’s Day celebrations.

Michelle O’Neill accused the Labour Government of making ‘false promises of a new dawn’, but ‘following Tory austerity’.

Steve Aiken will represent the UUP at Dublin Castle on Tuesday.

The unionist party has said it will not send a representative to the event in Dublin on Tuesday

Northern Ireland’s deputy First Minister said she had other commitments on Remembrance Day.

A Director of the Office of Identity and Cultural Expression has also been appointed by the Executive Office

Stormont deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly voiced opposition to the move.

The Tanaiste’s comments came after Fine Gael candidate for the Irish presidency suggested a Stormont parliament could be retained in a united Ireland.

The UK Government has put forward new legislation aimed at dealing with the legacy of the Northern Ireland conflict.

Ministers from both sides of the border will discuss co-operation on emergency planning on Friday.

The First Minister faced questions over why she did not attend a state banquet with the US president.

Northern Ireland's First Minister Michelle O’Neill has insisted she is comfortable with her decision not to attend the event at Windsor Castle.

Claire Sugden said she is concerned about relations between ministers in the powersharing Executive.

The First Minister made the comment when she appeared before her scrutiny committee

Northern Ireland's First Minister and deputy First Minister appeared before their Stormont scrutiny committee on Wednesday.

Mr Robinson called on the Sinn Fein vice president to ‘show leadership’ after a row over a jobs fair in Londonderry.

Police figures show that racist hate crimes in Northern Ireland have reached record levels.

A small number of youngsters are expected to receive healthcare in the region.

The deputy First Minister has said she was representing Northern Ireland when she attended Wimbledon last month.

Cricket Ireland has stepped in to reschedule the event which was cancelled after local residents expressed concern at the inclusion of a GAA club.

Emma Little-Pengelly took a swipe after he said that Irish unity would become ‘centre stage’ if Nigel Farage became UK prime minister.

The summit will be held in Armagh.

Concern has been expressed that a ‘huge swathe’ of applicants have been excluded from the redress scheme.

Northern Ireland’s police chief said ‘bigots and racists’ behind earlier nights of unrest in the region would be arrested.

Forty-one officers have been injured in the unrest, which had resulted in 15 arrests by Thursday evening.

The three, aged 15, 17 and 18, are set to appear before Ballymena Magistrates’ Court later.

Elsewhere, a leisure centre in Larne was set on fire.

A fire broke out at Larne Leisure Centre following vandalism at the facility, amid several nights of disorder in Northern Ireland.

Assistant Chief Constable Ryan Henderson said the force would be bringing extra officers, vehicles and equipment to areas where unrest has flared.

Seventeen police officers were injured following a second night of sustained violence in Ballymena on Tuesday

The new technology-focused posts will be filled over the next three years.

Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly stressed that the site of the former prison could only be developed when political consensus is reached.