Issue 122
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New Executive health plan faces budgetary uncertainty
In December 2024, Health Minister Mike Nesbitt MLA launched a three-year strategic plan for health and social care. However, in…
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ESB: Invested in Northern Ireland’s next generation
Anyone with young kids in their life knows: when it comes to mind-boggling questions, a child’s curiosity knows no bounds.…
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Improving productivity through research and development
Investment in research and development is critical to improving Northern Ireland’s productivity and economic outcomes, says the region’s first Chief…
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Urgent action needed to stabilise general practice
Dr Frances O’Hagan, chair of the BMA’s Northern Ireland general practitioners committee, outlines her hopes and concerns around the provision…
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Housing supply target requires concrete actions
The Executive has approved a plan to deliver a housing system that can provide 100,000 new homes in 15 years,…
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Northern Ireland Screen blazes a trail with UK industry-first sustainability support scheme
Northern Ireland Screen has announced a newly established sustainability support scheme, the first of its kind in the UK. It…
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Gender pay gap reporting in Northern Ireland: Transparency without progress?
Senior economist at the Nevin Economic Research Institute (NERI), Lisa Wilson, assesses whether mandating gender pay gap reporting in an…
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New macroeconomic model for Northern Ireland
GDP growth in Northern Ireland is expected to average around 1.2 per cent per annum over the medium term, higher…
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The need for a public procurement strategy
It is “disappointing” that there is no strategy for public procurement in Northern Ireland, the Assembly’s Public Accounts Committee has…
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Protecting and enhancing the Northern Ireland environment
Julie Thompson, head of the Environment, Marine, and Fisheries Group at the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA),…
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