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The UUP's Robin Swann resumed his role as health minister - a post he held up until Stormont's collapse in 2022 - and Alliance took the final role, Andrew Muir as minister for agriculture ...

Why was Stormont Dissolved in 1972? Eighty- seven years have passed and partition within Ireland still remains the island’s defining feature. Since the six county country of Northern Ireland was formed under the umbrella organisation of the United Kingdom in 1921, Northern Ireland has experienced two periods of its history that are so extreme in their differences. For the first fifty or so ...

After over five decades in existence with its in-built Unionist majority, described by its founder James Craig as “a Protestant parliament and a Protestant state”, the Parliament of ‘Northern Ireland’ at Stormont reached the point of collapse at the end of March 1972. The Six-County state was engulfed in armed conflict.

Northern Ireland Secretary Julian Smith has held bilateral meetings with the leaders of the five parties at Stormont House ahead of a looming deadline in January.

Since devolution as we know it today began in Northern Ireland 22 years ago, Stormont has been without a functioning government for 35% of its lifespan.

The Northern Ireland Assembly is the devolved legislature of Northern Ireland. It is often referred to as the Stormont Assembly as it operates from Stormont parliament buildings in east Belfast ...

Sinn Féin instigated the collapse – even if they said this was in response to DUP shortcomings. The question of why Stormont remained on the floor, after the first year at least, is one of politics. What about the Irish Language Act (ILA)? That became a key request for Sinn Féin in the negotiations to restore Stormont.

The stalemate between the political parties in Northern Ireland which has caused the latest collapse of devolved government can be traced back to the Brexit withdrawal agreement in January 2020.

Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris has said if a Stormont executive is not restored by Friday, he will have some decisions to make.

Tears flowed inside Stormont when the first power-sharing executive in Northern Ireland collapsed exactly 50 years ago. Outside the building, protesters celebrated as the cross-party ...

Here are some key questions about the political situation. – Why did Stormont collapse and why is it still down, three years on?

That takes the total number of collapse days for modern Stormont up to 3578 (3316 days, including the 2008 Sinn Fein boycott, plus a further 262) while the number of working days remains on 5057. As of today, Stormont has been in a state of collapse for 41.5% of its existence.***

The out-going Unionist Government at Stormont was outraged at the imposition of Direct Rule and deeply anxious for the future: said Faulkner “you have also made it clear that even this change is intended only to create a situation in which further radical changes, of the nature we believe to be unrealistic and unacceptable, will be discussed”.

The unionist-controlled Stormont parliament which used to govern Northern Ireland was closed down exactly 50 years ago.

Mr Heaton-Harris also offered a £3.3bn financial package for Northern Ireland including funds to settle public sector pay claims - but it is contingent on the Stormont institutions being restored.

It's been a long wait, 730 days to be precise. The arduous journey back to Stormont was one during which all sides experienced their fair share of disappointment, despair and false dawns.

Thursday marks three years of deadlock at Stormont since the assembly and executive collapsed. Talks aimed at getting devolved government back up and running are ongoing, but no agreement has yet ...

Sky News explains why Northern Ireland's government collapsed and what happens now The power-sharing agreement between the main parties at Stormont collapsed in 2022.

With no ministers in place at Stormont, civil servants have been making the day-to-day calls on running public services, but their hands are largely tied.