Northern Ireland Elects

The road to the 2027 Assembly Election starts here! 🗳️ Our dedicated election hub is now live. We've launched the candidate tracker - names will be added as they are confirmed. Stay ahead of the news 👇 nielects.com/election/ae27/

🚨 NEW: Eóin Tennyson to stand in Upper Bann for Alliance Party #AE27 @AllianceParty @EoinTennyson

Diane Forsythe joins Carla Lockhart in calling for the DUP leader to take the dFM Emma Little-Pengelly out of The Executive Office - to remove Michelle O'Neill from the First Minister position She says other ministers would remain in post without a FM/dFM in office

🚨 NEW: Ian Irwin to stand in Mid Ulster for Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) #AE27 @UUPonline

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🚨 NEW: Stevan Patterson to stand in West Tyrone for Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV) #AE27 @TUVonline

🚨 NEW: Paul Maskey, Pat Sheehan, Órlaithí Flynn, and Danny Baker to stand in Belfast West for Sinn Féin #AE27 @sinnfeinireland

🚨 NEW: John Blair to stand in South Antrim for Alliance Party #AE27 @AllianceParty @JohnBlairAPNI

🚨 NEW: Chris Hazzard to stand in Strangford for Sinn Féin #AE27

🚨 NEW: Richard Brown-Stewart to stand in East Londonderry for Alliance Party #AE27 @AllianceParty

🚨 NEW: Pat Cullen and Deirdre Hargey to stand in Belfast South and Mid Down for Sinn Féin #AE27 @sinnfeinireland

🚨 NEW: Colin Hillis to stand in South Down for Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV) #AE27 @TUVonline

🚨 NEW: Sian Mulholland to stand in North Antrim for Alliance Party #AE27 @AllianceParty

🚨 NEW: Malachy Quinn to stand in Mid Ulster for Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) #AE27 @SDLPlive

🚨 NEW: Gerard McDonald to stand in Belfast West for Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) #AE27 @SDLPlive

🚨 NEW: Leza Houston to stand in West Tyrone for Aontú #AE27

🚨 NEW: Matthew Robinson to stand in East Londonderry for Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) #AE27 @uuponline

🚨 NEW: Carl Whyte to stand in Belfast North for the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) #AE27 @SDLPlive @CarlJWhyte

🚨 NEW: Rebecca Harper to stand in Lagan Valley for Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) #AE27 @SDLPlive

🚨 NEW: David McGreevy to stand in Belfast East for Social Democratic & Labour Party (SDLP) #AE27 @SDLPlive

🚨 NEW: Steve Aiken to stand in South Antrim for Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) #AE27 @uuponline @SRAikenUUP

🚨 NEW: Liz Clarke to stand in South Antrim for Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) #AE27 @uuponline

🚨 NEW: Darren Guy to stand in Foyle for Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) #AE27 @uuponline @DGuyUUP

🚨 NEW: Áine Murphy, Colm Gildernew and Jemma Dolan to stand in Fermanagh and South Tyrone for Sinn Fein #AE27 @sinnfeinireland

🚨 NEW: Andrew McMurray to stand in South Down for Alliance Party #AE27 @allianceparty @AndyofAlliance

🚨 NEW: Linzi McLaren to stand in South Antrim for Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) @SDLPlive @mclaren_linzi

🚨 NEW: NI Secretary @RhonddaBryant will be in Dublin on Monday to meet with Irish Government ministers They will discuss “shared priorities, including economic growth, joint security, and both governments’ commitments on addressing the legacy of the past”

Robbie Butler has been announced as the new health minister by Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) leader Jon Burrows nielects.com/news/robbie-...

🚨 NEW: Mike Nesbitt has resigned as Minister of Health [@beltel]

🚨 NEW: Peter Wilson to stand in North Down for Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV) #AE27 @TUVonline

🚨 NEW: Andy Burnham will commence his tour of the UK this week No. 10 spox: “The coming week will see the Prime Minister take on some of these issues as he continues his tour around the UK, which will inform his upcoming 10-year plan to make Britain better off.”

🚨 NEW: Áine Groogan to stand in Belfast South and Mid Down for Green Party Northern Ireland #AE27 @GreenPartyNI

🚨 NEW: Dr Martin Blake, former Chief Veterinary Officer for Ireland, has been appointed to carry out the review of DAERA’s implementation of the court deprivation order carried out in Fivemiletown, Co. Tyrone DAERA statement 👇

🚨 NEW: Brian Smyth to stand in Belfast East for Green Party Northern Ireland #AE27 @GreenPartyNI

🚨 NEW: Anthony Flynn to stand in North Down for Green Party Northern Ireland #AE27 @GreenPartyNI

🚨 NEW: Doug Beattie to stand as an independent candidate in Upper Bann #AE27 @BeattieDoug

🚨 NEW: Roisin Mulgrew to stand in Newry and Armagh for Aontú #AE27 @AontuIE

🚨 NEW: Northern Ireland Assembly Voting Intention SF: 22% (-2) UUP: 16% (+3) DUP: 15% (-3) SDLP: 13% (+2) TUV: 12% (+1) AP: 10% (-1) GRN: 5% (=) AON: 3% (=) PBP: 2% (=) OTH/IND: 2% (=) Changes with April 2026 Via LucidTalk & BelTel

An Garda Síochána have intercepted an ‘extremely significant’ bomb that was headed for Northern Ireland after a planned intelligence-led operation targeting dissident republicans nielects.com/news/reactio...