Politics
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Back to school: the new year’s policy priorities
The main education spokesmen put forward their priorities for 2010-2011. More stalemate over selection is likely but finance, community relations…
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Margaret Guilfoyle: our woman makes mark on Australian politics
Australia’s first female prime minister, Welsh-born Julia Gillard, is awaiting her fate in the federal election but she is not…
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The Shankill Road’s Downing Street: who lived in Number 10?
The lives of 15 residents at the humble Belfast address. Five labourers, a flaxdresser and a driller called 10 Downing…
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Achieving a shared future
With elections looming next year, new Social Development Minister Alex Attwood does not know how long he will have to…
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Outside the system
MLAs are being given a cold shoulder as they try to help constituents with immigration problems. Ryan Jennings reports. Nearly…
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Skills, knowledge and success
Employment and Learning Minister Sir Reg Empey explains why he thinks Northern Ireland’s new skills strategy will improve our economic…
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Coalition skills plans
Reversing the over-importance placed on higher education is emerging as the coalition’s main theme as it gears its skills policy…
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What should Europe be
Coolness and enthusiasm about the EU and its future can be sensed across the local political spectrum, as parties put…
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Climate pressure
Time is running out in the fight against global warming, Bairbre de Brún tells Peter Cheney. The Sinn Féin woman…
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Diane Dodds interview: an independent approach
One of the few independent MEPs, Diane Dodds finds this an advantage rather than a hindrance. Local farming and fisheries…
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