Public Affairs
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Undermining devolution
The post-Brexit expansion of UK Government departments in Northern Ireland could potentially undermine devolution, a senior MLA has stated. The…
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TRADE UNION DESK (Dis)United Kingdom
There are several reasons why the UK is trailing the charts of every measure of a well-functioning economy and a…
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Political Platform Connie Egan MLA
Elected in May 2022, Connie Egan is an MLA for North Down who cut her political teeth in campaigns for…
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A new script for mental health
If we do not flip the script around mental health, we will fail to ever get to grips with this…
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David Trimble: ‘A man in a hurry’
Described as a man with whom no one had an easy working relationship, David Trimble’s leadership style may have been…
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Assembly co-optees: 96 per cent re-election rate
Often criticised as an exploitation of MLA replacement rules, results from the recent Northern Ireland Assembly election show that the…
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The Protocol, the Prime Minister, and prospects for Irish unity
The careers of Conservative Party prime ministers have been among the many casualties of Brexit, write Mary C Murphy (UCC)…
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The Brexit ‘power grab’
A new Whitehall department, quietly set up in Northern Ireland to manage the international trade implications of Brexit, will bypass…
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Dáil Reform Committee says no to northern Oireachtas representation
Seamus Mallon, Austin Currie, and Ian Marshall are just three examples of how the Seanad has often been used as…
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Jim Fitzpatrick 1929-2022
Jim Fitzpatrick, as chair of The Irish News, played an unassuming yet crucial role in journalism and political life in…
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