Public Affairs
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Opening up the archives
One hundred years after the formation of an official public record office for Northern Ireland, David Whelan talks to Acting…
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2024: The year of elections
2024 is set to be a year of elections, with over 40 general elections scheduled or highly likely to take…
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TRADE UNION DESK: The next scandal(s)
The extraordinary success of Mr Bates vs the Post Office has highlighted the truth of an adage used previously in…
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UK legacy legislation: Ireland pursues legal avenue
Ireland has initiated its first interstate case against the British Government at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) since…
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Local parties back end to mandatory powersharing
The Alliance Party and the SDLP have endorsed a new report which has recommended a new process requiring a ‘supermajority’…
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Stephen Farry MP: Fiscal floor must be increased to reflect need
Alliance MP Stephen Farry argues that the 124 per cent fiscal floor included in Chris Heaton-Harris MP’s financial package for…
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All-island education cooperation
While she follows in a long line of Fianna Fáil education ministers, Minister for Education Norma Foley TD became the…
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Political Platform: Justin McNulty MLA
Three times elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly, SDLP Newry and Armagh representative, former Armagh GAA star, and current County…
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Betting on Barnett? Lessons for Northern Ireland from Wales’ funding floor
The £3.3 billion “final offer” to restore devolution in Northern Ireland has made the Welsh Government’s Fiscal Framework a hot…
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‘Benn, but not a Bennite’
In September 2023, Hilary Benn MP was appointed by Labour leader Keir Starmer MP as the new Shadow Secretary of…
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