Mr Benn unveiled a legacy framework for dealing with Northern Ireland’s troubled past with Tanaiste Simon Harris last month.

The symbolic arrest of an ‘MLA’ was also staged at the front of Parliament Buildings in Belfast by environmental activists.

The role is to include oversight of air and water quality, waste management, nature and biodiversity and the marine environment.

It comes ahead of the 50th anniversary of the murder and secret burial of the Co Tyrone teen by the IRA on November 1 1975.

Ms Dodds and her husband Nigel were targeted by the IRA as they visited their son at a children’s hospital in Belfast in 1996.

Michelle O’Neill questioned when the inquiry into the death of GAA official Sean Brown would start.

The project to transform the GAA pitch in west Belfast has been hit by delays.

Edwin Poots said he has noted an increase in ill-tempered debate in recent weeks.

The Ulster Folk Museum in Co Down has used its archive of history gathered from local people to bring the old Samhain traditions to life.

The move came after Caoimhe Archibald instructed her officials not to engage with UK trade talks with Israel.

Marianne Smyth was sentenced at Downpatrick Crown Court after being found guilty of theft and fraud in September.

Mickey McKinney said they received the threat during the trial of former paratrooper Soldier F recently.

An inquest into the death of the 14-year-old is set to get under way in Belfast next year.

Research by the Royal College of Psychiatrists in Northern Ireland has indicated 89% of psychiatrists have experienced or witnessed moral injury.

Health Minister Mike Nesbitt said steps will be taken to mitigate pressures but warned they cannot be eradicated.

The former paratrooper is accused of the murder of two men during the events of Bloody Sunday in Londonderry in 1972.

Soldier F has been accused of the murder of James Wray and William McKinney after a civil rights parade in Londonderry on January 30 1972.

The final sum is twice what was expected for 165 items including his time at Arsenal and Tottenham.

The 38-year-old man was extradited on Wednesday, the Police Service of Northern Ireland said.

The Agriculture Minister also warned that Belfast Lough ‘has the potential to become the next Lough Neagh’.