Public Affairs
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Citizenship recommendations response overdue
The UK Government has failed to respond to a report by MPs which called for better and easier processes for…
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Trade Union Desk
It used to be said that the cost of freedom is eternal vigilance. In Brexit Britain, the benefit of freedom…
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Political Platform
Community development worker Ciara Ferguson is one of two new Sinn Féin MLAs co-opted for Foyle, following the replacement of…
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Gender-based violence: We need to understand what is going wrong, why and how to put it right
Chair of the Executive Office Committee, Sinéad McLaughlin MLA says that we need men to take the lead in creating…
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Assembly business: Communications
Head of Communications for the Northern Ireland Assembly, Susie Brown, discusses the Assembly’s new communications strategy, including the role of…
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Union or unity: What does public opinion say?
Jon Tonge of University of Liverpool assesses whether there is evidence of a post-Brexit shift in opinion towards support for…
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Boundary Commission proposals published
The Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland has published its initial proposals for the new UK parliamentary boundaries in Northern Ireland.…
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Time to reboot the St Andrews Act algorithm
Recent frets and threats about an “unthinkable” prospect of a Sinn Féin First Minister ignore current realities of office. They…
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Political Platform
Deborah Erskine is the new DUP Fermanagh and South Tyrone MLA. Co-opted to replace Arlene Foster, Erskine is a one-time…
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The best climate act possible
Climate bills in Northern Ireland are a bit like buses. We wait 10 years for one and then two come…
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