Public Affairs
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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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Conference report: DUP will ‘hold its nerve’
Together, we will succeed was the theme of the DUP conference in Belfast, as party figures asserted that unionist unity…
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Sinn Féin’s dream ticket
Athlone played host to party members noticeably buoyed by the prospect of leading government in the Republic in the next…
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David Hilditch: 1963-2023
One of Northern Ireland’s longest-serving MLAs has been described as a “strong principled unionist”, following his death. Paying tribute to…
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Assembly chamber ‘future-proofed’ for electronic voting
The Northern Ireland Assembly Commission has said that no decision has been taken to install an electronic voting system in…
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