Brendan Hughes
@brendanhughes64.bsky.social
Journalist, currently Political Reporter for BBC News Northern Ireland
📢 "Shame on you" 🗣️ "Order members"
Here's the moment when a protester was removed from Stormont's public gallery during the no-confidence debate against DUP minister Paul Givan over his recent trip to Israel.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Here's the moment when a protester was removed from Stormont's public gallery during the no-confidence debate against DUP minister Paul Givan over his recent trip to Israel.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM
📢 "Shame on you" 🗣️ "Order members"
Here's the moment when a protester was removed from Stormont's public gallery during the no-confidence debate against DUP minister Paul Givan over his recent trip to Israel.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Here's the moment when a protester was removed from Stormont's public gallery during the no-confidence debate against DUP minister Paul Givan over his recent trip to Israel.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Hauliers tell a Stormont committee it's "easier" to move goods from GB to Northern Ireland by travelling through the Republic of Ireland.
Bureaucracy under NI's post-Brexit Windsor Framework deal is "quite horrendous", MLAs were told.
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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Bureaucracy under NI's post-Brexit Windsor Framework deal is "quite horrendous", MLAs were told.
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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 5, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Hauliers tell a Stormont committee it's "easier" to move goods from GB to Northern Ireland by travelling through the Republic of Ireland.
Bureaucracy under NI's post-Brexit Windsor Framework deal is "quite horrendous", MLAs were told.
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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Bureaucracy under NI's post-Brexit Windsor Framework deal is "quite horrendous", MLAs were told.
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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Stormont "may add to the pressures" on its finances by choosing not to "raise more funds for itself", the Northern Ireland secretary has said.
Hilary Benn speaking in Lisburn 👇
Hilary Benn speaking in Lisburn 👇
November 5, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Stormont "may add to the pressures" on its finances by choosing not to "raise more funds for itself", the Northern Ireland secretary has said.
Hilary Benn speaking in Lisburn 👇
Hilary Benn speaking in Lisburn 👇
'I'm not going to be cancelled' - DUP Education Minister Paul Givan defends his trip to Israel.
A no-confidence motion is set to be tabled at Stormont following criticism from other parties.
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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A no-confidence motion is set to be tabled at Stormont following criticism from other parties.
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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 3, 2025 at 11:43 AM
'I'm not going to be cancelled' - DUP Education Minister Paul Givan defends his trip to Israel.
A no-confidence motion is set to be tabled at Stormont following criticism from other parties.
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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A no-confidence motion is set to be tabled at Stormont following criticism from other parties.
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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The Prime Minister says Labour's replacement for the Troubles Legacy Act will protect military veterans "from unjustified persecution".
Sir Keir Starmer says it will also give victims "the confidence that they need in the process".
#PMQs response to SDLP MP Colum Eastwood 👇
Sir Keir Starmer says it will also give victims "the confidence that they need in the process".
#PMQs response to SDLP MP Colum Eastwood 👇
July 16, 2025 at 11:58 AM
The Prime Minister says Labour's replacement for the Troubles Legacy Act will protect military veterans "from unjustified persecution".
Sir Keir Starmer says it will also give victims "the confidence that they need in the process".
#PMQs response to SDLP MP Colum Eastwood 👇
Sir Keir Starmer says it will also give victims "the confidence that they need in the process".
#PMQs response to SDLP MP Colum Eastwood 👇
Robust debate? We could do it by email, says Stormont speaker Edwin Poots.
"Technology has created a temptation for members to deliver a pre-scripted text in the chamber, shortly after which they leave to issue a clip of their speech on social media.."
📰 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"Technology has created a temptation for members to deliver a pre-scripted text in the chamber, shortly after which they leave to issue a clip of their speech on social media.."
📰 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
June 17, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Robust debate? We could do it by email, says Stormont speaker Edwin Poots.
"Technology has created a temptation for members to deliver a pre-scripted text in the chamber, shortly after which they leave to issue a clip of their speech on social media.."
📰 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"Technology has created a temptation for members to deliver a pre-scripted text in the chamber, shortly after which they leave to issue a clip of their speech on social media.."
📰 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The UK government urges Glastonbury organisers to "think very carefully" about whether to allow Kneecap to perform this summer.
Home Office minister Dan Jarvis condemned remarks attributed to the group, but says it's "for the organisers of the festival to decide who appears".
Home Office minister Dan Jarvis condemned remarks attributed to the group, but says it's "for the organisers of the festival to decide who appears".
April 29, 2025 at 1:13 PM
The UK government urges Glastonbury organisers to "think very carefully" about whether to allow Kneecap to perform this summer.
Home Office minister Dan Jarvis condemned remarks attributed to the group, but says it's "for the organisers of the festival to decide who appears".
Home Office minister Dan Jarvis condemned remarks attributed to the group, but says it's "for the organisers of the festival to decide who appears".
🙌 Stormont's communities minister Gordon Lyons uses sign language in the Northern Ireland Assembly to introduce the second stage of the Sign Language Bill, to recognise British and Irish sign language.
February 18, 2025 at 3:56 PM
🙌 Stormont's communities minister Gordon Lyons uses sign language in the Northern Ireland Assembly to introduce the second stage of the Sign Language Bill, to recognise British and Irish sign language.
"Would you consider yourselves friends?"
Michelle O'Neill: "Yes, I think we are.."
Emma Little-Pengelly: "..this is a professional working relationship.."
- Northern Ireland's first and deputy first ministers, speaking on the first anniversary of Stormont's restoration.
Michelle O'Neill: "Yes, I think we are.."
Emma Little-Pengelly: "..this is a professional working relationship.."
- Northern Ireland's first and deputy first ministers, speaking on the first anniversary of Stormont's restoration.
February 3, 2025 at 5:07 PM
"Would you consider yourselves friends?"
Michelle O'Neill: "Yes, I think we are.."
Emma Little-Pengelly: "..this is a professional working relationship.."
- Northern Ireland's first and deputy first ministers, speaking on the first anniversary of Stormont's restoration.
Michelle O'Neill: "Yes, I think we are.."
Emma Little-Pengelly: "..this is a professional working relationship.."
- Northern Ireland's first and deputy first ministers, speaking on the first anniversary of Stormont's restoration.