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Economy report
Executive spending rules adjusted for social need
The Department of Finance has formally published an interim fiscal framework which mandates per capita public spending in Northern Ireland…
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Economy report
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough: The Economic heart of NI
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council has gained a prestigious reputation both locally and regionally for being a highly…
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Economy report
Finance and economics perspectives on constitutional change
An all-party Oireachtas committee has found that there is “no insurmountable economic or financial barriers to unification” in a report…
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Public Affairs
From college dropout to Taoiseach: Simon Harris TD
For many northerners, the new Taoiseach, Simon Harris TD, is an unknown entity relative to his party colleagues Leo Varadkar…
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Public Affairs
Who picks co-opted MLAs?
The co-option of Andrew McMurray MLA following the resignation of former Alliance Party MLA Patrick Brown marks the fourth co-option…
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Public Affairs
The Troubles(ome) history of British policy in Northern Ireland
As an academic historian, I have serious reservations about the so-called ‘public history’ of British policy in Northern Ireland announced…
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Public Affairs
Saving the Assembly Rooms
A Belfast building which was the scene of the courts-marshal – prior to their execution – of the United Irish…
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Public Affairs
Political Platform: Eóin Tennyson MLA
Eóin Tennyson is the Alliance Party’s finance spokesperson and in 2022 became the first ever Alliance MLA in Upper Bann.…
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Public Affairs
East-West Council holds its first meeting
A new institution established under the Safeguarding the Union Command Paper, the East West Council, held its first meeting in…
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Public Affairs
TRADE UNION DESK: Pandemic highlighted absence of government’s real social engagement
As the Covid-19 pandemic highlighted, it is not enough for government to put in place mechanisms to receive the views…
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