Northern Ireland Executive
Devolved government of Northern Ireland
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| 2024 | Sinn Féin's expectations of boosting their chances in the Irish general election were not realized. Fianna Fáil became the biggest party, while Sinn Féin experienced poor election results in both the Dáil and EU elections. |
| March 2024 | The East–West Council held their first meeting, marking a significant development in inter-regional cooperation after the Northern Ireland Executive's formation. |
| March 2024 | The non-departmental public body Intertrade UK was established as part of a concession to the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) following the Executive's formation. |
| February 2024 | Northern Ireland Executive is finally restored after a 22-month boycott by the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP). |
| February 8 2024 | Deadline for forming the executive, after which fresh elections would have been called if no government was formed. |
| February 3 2024 | The Northern Ireland Assembly met to elect a new Speaker. Edwin Poots was chosen as the 7th Speaker of the Assembly. Michelle O'Neill was nominated as First Minister, becoming the first nationalist politician to hold this post. Emma Little-Pengelly was appointed deputy First Minister from the DUP. |
| January 30 2024 | Political parties returned to Stormont for talks. Concurrent public sector strikes were also held on this day. |
| January 29 2024 | Jeffrey Donaldson announced the Democratic Unionist Party would return to Stormont, ending their boycott, which was welcomed by Sinn Féin. |
| January 18 2024 | Legal deadline to restore power-sharing passed. The largest general strike in over 50 years was held across Northern Ireland in protest over pay. |
| January 17 2024 | The Assembly was recalled, with the DUP's position remaining unchanged. |
| February 27 2023 | UK and EU announced the Windsor Framework to modify the Northern Ireland Protocol, hoping to facilitate Assembly executive formation. |
| January 11 2023 | Heaton-Harris invited parties to talks, but Sinn Féin and SDLP withdrew after Mary Lou McDonald's exclusion. |
| December 6 2022 | The Westminster Parliament passed legislation extending the deadline for forming an Assembly Executive. |
| November 2022 | British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Tánaiste Micheál Martin met at the British-Irish Council summit in Blackpool, expressing confidence in resolving Northern Ireland Protocol negotiations. |
| November 9 2022 | Heaton-Harris announced legislation to extend the deadline for forming a new Assembly Executive to 8 December 2022, with an additional 6-week extension option. |
| October 27 2022 | Political parties met and failed to elect a Speaker for the fourth consecutive time, with no government formation. |
| September 28 2022 | Chris Heaton-Harris, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, stated he would legally call an early election on 28 October if no government was formed by that date. |
| May 2022 | Democratic Unionist Party refuses to return to power-sharing due to disagreements over the Northern Ireland Protocol and the Windsor Framework, leading to the absence of an executive and senior civil servants controlling nine government departments. |
| May 2022 | Northern Ireland Assembly election is held, which ultimately delayed the formation of the Northern Ireland Executive due to political disagreements. |
| December 2021 | A judicial ruling determined that DUP ministers' boycott of the North/South Ministerial Council was an 'abject breach of their solemn pledge' related to protesting the Northern Ireland Protocol. |
| January 2020 | Brexit occurred, leading to complex issues surrounding the Irish border and potential backstop complications in negotiations. |
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