New era at Stormont

As a new era opens at Stormont on Tuesday with the arrival of partnership government led by Sinn Féin and the DUP, the Belfast Media Group is ramping up its coverage of the Executive and Assembly.
From next week, we'll be keeping you up to date with the big political picture as Dr Ian Paisley and Martin McGuinness usher in a new dispensation but we'll also be bringing readers unrivalled coverage of the local issues which really matter.
Jobs, planning, water rates, roads, education and health will all come under the microscope in the Assembly chamber and in the committee rooms and we will be there to quiz Belfast politicians on their policies and plans on issues which affect local communities.
Heading up our coverage from Stormont will be journalist Damian McCarney who has reported extensively for the Andersonstown News, South Belfast News and North Belfast News in the past and who has recently returned from a special mission to report on the work of Trócaire in Honduras. Damian will be going behind the scenes to get the local angle on the Stormont story for our readers across the city.
And, in an era when Stormont debates can be read on the internet within hours, Damian will also be writing a regular blog from Stormont — newstormont.blogspot.com —and filing a weekly podcast which can be downloaded from the web onto your computer or ipod. Damian will be supported by our full team of journalists and photographers who have made the Belfast Media Group the city's leading news forum.
Said Belfast Media Group Chief Editor Robin Livingstone: "Damian will be at the fulcrum of a fast-changing political scene in Stormont to give all our readers a ringside seat on all the action. We're the only regional newspaper group making this commitment to full coverage from Stormont but we feel that this exciting new era deserves the type of first-class coverage we have already brought not only to community issues but also to the four councils we cover."