The Irish Times

Storey funeral highlights fundamental problems with Sinn Féin

Party’s real power exercised not by politicians but by unaccountable politburo

Wed Jul 08 2020 - 01:00

Fair treatment pledge for all who lost out over ‘cash for ash’ scheme

Renewable Heat Incentive scheme: Minister responds to report which said many respondents suffered

Wed Apr 29 2020 - 22:12

Northern Executive starts implementing findings of cash-for-ash report

Emotional Arlene Foster speaks of ‘dark moments’ of recent years and how corruption allegations upset her and her family

Mon Mar 16 2020 - 18:13

NI Assembly to debate report into botched heating incentive scheme

Report revealed no ‘malicious activity’ by Stormont ministers, officials and advisers

Sun Mar 15 2020 - 18:11

Cash for ash scandal: Everybody is to blame, nobody is to blame

Coghlin report has described RHI scheme as a tragicomedy of ‘errors and omissions’

Fri Mar 13 2020 - 18:24

Sinn Féin minister sought ‘consent’ for action from unelected official, inquiry finds

Cash-for-ash report: Máirtín Ó Muilleoir asked permission from party official Ted Howell

Fri Mar 13 2020 - 16:09

Cash-for-ash report makes 44 recommendations to address ‘shortcomings’

Policies and process should be improved, report finds

Fri Mar 13 2020 - 14:04

Cash-for-ash report finds no evidence of corrupt or malicious activity

Three-year inquiry finds Arlene Foster should not have signed off scheme

Fri Mar 13 2020 - 14:04

Cash for ash inquiry report: Why the findings are so important

Renewable heating grants scheme could yet cost the Northern taxpayer up to £490m

Fri Mar 13 2020 - 01:00

Newton Emerson: ‘Cash for ash’ inquiry report priced into Stormont already

New-found politeness in politics could be RHI report’s main achievement

Thu Mar 12 2020 - 02:00

‘Cash for ash’ report to be published on March 13th

Controversy around the Renewable Heat Incentive scheme led to the collapse of Stormont

Tue Feb 04 2020 - 20:20

Foster urges new SF talks on Stormont impasse after election

Sinn Féin’s Michelle O’Neill says party ‘ready to form credible, sustainable... executive’

Sun Nov 24 2019 - 17:45

Arlene Foster faces tough battle raising DUP members’ spirits for election

DUP annual conference: Time to get out the woolly hats for winter election canvassing?

Sat Oct 26 2019 - 01:00

Silos, secrecy and quiet deals: How dysfunction became Stormont’s norm

The cash-for-ash inquiry has shed light on the North’s furtive, unusual political culture

Sun Jan 13 2019 - 19:00

DUP leader Arlene Foster rejects British government ‘spin’ on Brexit deal

Foster also issues abject apology over ‘cash for ash’ scheme , saying lessons will be learned

Sat Nov 24 2018 - 15:53

Boris Johnson to offer much needed distraction at DUP conference

Torrid time: Stormont’s collapse, Brexit, RHI scandal – and Foster’s leadership in question

Fri Nov 23 2018 - 01:00

Arlene Foster’s former adviser applied to ‘cash for ash’ scheme

Stephen Brimstone says he told DUP leader about interest but did not step back from talks

Thu Sept 27 2018 - 18:47

Arlene Foster denies DUP tried to deflect from ‘cash for ash’ scandal

Party leader provides written statement to inquiry into North’s botched energy scheme

Tue Sept 25 2018 - 01:00

Ex-DUP adviser accused of making ‘sales pitch’ for chicken firm

Andrew Crawford removed reference linking poultry industry to ‘cash for ash’ overspend, inquiry told

Fri Sept 14 2018 - 16:22

Relatives of Arlene Foster adviser had 11 boilers in RHI scheme

Ex-aide says DUP wants to blame him for the programme as he comes before inquiry

Thu Sept 13 2018 - 15:51

RHI inquiry: Ex-DUP advisers at odds over green energy scheme closure

Arlene Foster’s former adviser Andrew Crawford said he never tried to postpone cost controls

Wed Sept 12 2018 - 15:38

Former DUP minister fell asleep in pub and was asked to leave

Witness statement to inquiry into cash-for-ash overspend says Jonathan Bell fell asleep in New York pub

Mon Sept 10 2018 - 18:22

Cash for ash inquiry hears evidence of failure, fury and farce

RHI inquiry chairman incredulous that there was no written record of who decided not to pull the reins on the highly lucrative but disastrous scheme

Fri Sept 07 2018 - 06:00

The Irish Times view on the cash-for-ash scandal: Breathtaking incompetence

Inquiry raises serious doubts about the parties' ability to run Northern Ireland's affairs

Mon Jun 25 2018 - 00:10

Cash for ash: Fallout will not end with politicians

RHI inquiry exposes DUP and NI’s civil service view of London money as fair game

Sat Jun 23 2018 - 05:00

Arlene Foster defends role in energy scandal that led to Stormont collapse

DUP leader says would have taken different decisions if fully informed on flaws in RHI

Thu Apr 12 2018 - 18:12

Belfast court rules reducing heat scheme payments was lawful

Judge says Stormont’s introduction of reduced tariff was not an abuse of power

Thu Dec 21 2017 - 17:15

Lawyer warns little in ‘cash for ash’ inquiry will be uncontentious

Idea of NI energy scheme leading to money ‘going up in smoke’ anathema to public

Tue Nov 07 2017 - 14:50

‘Cash for ash’ overspend may be as low as £60m, court told

Counsel for group of 500 boiler owners says claim taxpayer faces £500m bill ‘flawed’

Thu Oct 05 2017 - 15:15

‘Cash for ash’ inquiry delayed until November

Renewable Heat Incentive scheme investigation had been due to open next month

Mon Sept 18 2017 - 16:26

Eamonn Mallie: History speaks for itself on the DUP

‘Lie down with dogs and you’ll rise with fleas’

Mon Jun 12 2017 - 20:01

List of 821 ‘cash for ash’ scheme beneficiaries released

Companies and individuals received more than £62 million in Renewable Heat Incentive scheme

Wed May 24 2017 - 19:17

Q&A: What is going on in Northern Ireland?

The North’s parties are holding new talks aimed at restoring power sharing

Mon Apr 03 2017 - 08:42

Government issues warning to North’s parties after election

Sinn Féin and the DUP told the onus is on them to resurrect Stormont’s institutions

Mon Mar 06 2017 - 09:58