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Tenacious delivery

NI Water’s Chief Executive Sara Venning reveals how the organisation is working hard to facilitate Northern Ireland’s bold economic and…

Finance Minister Conor Murphy MLA: Budgeting in a pandemic

Finance Minister Conor Murphy MLA discusses the outlook for public spending in Northern Ireland, his department’s response to Covid-19 and…

Minister Long: Legislating for change

Minister for Justice Naomi Long MLA talks to David Whelan about the Department’s…

Policing in a pandemic

PSNI Deputy Chief Constable Mark Hamilton talks to David Whelan about the budgetary pressures facing policing, the impact of the…

Gabriel Scally: Get it down. Keep it down. Keep it out.

Having been battered by the third wave of Covid-19, public health restrictions remain in place across the island of Ireland…

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Issues

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March 2021

Abortion access: Denial of rights

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March 2021

Tenacious delivery

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March 2021

New decade, same approach

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March 2021

Powering a sustainable future

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March 2021

Budget: Public spending outlook bleak

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March 2021

Developing a new Skills Strategy for the next decade

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March 2021

An extraordinary year: Chief Commissioner’s year in review

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March 2021

Northern Ireland’s vaccine rollout slowest in UK

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March 2021

CITB NI: Training within construction is more important now than ever

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March 2021

Mother and baby homes public inquiry ‘not off the table’

Controlling risk together

Featured

March 2021

Controlling risk together

Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI) Chief Executive, Robert Kidd, discusses the pandemic’s impact on the promotion and…

Brexit

Europe and Brexit

March 2021

A frosty reception

The elevation of David Frost MP as Minister for EU relations in Boris Johnson’s cabinet has led to increased tensions…
Europe and Brexit

March 2021

Brexit: The financial settlement

The UK’s Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) estimates a divorce bill of around £33 billion for the UK as a…
Europe and Brexit

March 2021

Horizon involvement not signed off

The future of almost €100 million of Brexit-threatened EU funding drawn down by researchers and businesses in Northern Ireland for…
Europe and Brexit

March 2021

Executive collaboration under scrutiny

Collective decision-making in Northern Ireland’s Executive is to once again become a source of tension after the interim Agriculture’s Minister’s…

Policing and justice report

Policing and justice report

March 2021

Hate Crime and Public Order (Northern Ireland) Bill not expected until 2022

Northern Ireland could jump from being a laggard to having the most progressive hate crime laws in the UK, if…
Policing and justice report

March 2021

Bearing witness

A new report published by Victim Support NI highlights that court culture is still causing unnecessary suffering to victims of…
Policing and justice report

March 2021

Justice: A legislative programme

With less than a year left of the current Assembly mandate, the progression of legislation by the Department of Justice…
Policing and justice report

March 2021

Digital justice

Embedding digital and remote innovation necessitated in response to the pandemic will be a key element of progress under the…

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March 2021

Social Enterprise: The future of business

Social Enterprise NI Director Colin Jess discusses the challenges faced by the sector during the pandemic and highlights the levels…
Social economy report

March 2021

Pivoting in pandemic

AEL’s Chief Executive David Hunter discusses pivoting in a pandemic and the need for social value to be a core…
Social economy report

March 2021

Social value on public spending

Scoring for social value is to become mandatory in government contracts for the first time in Northern Ireland. The Department…
Social economy report

March 2021

Skills and the social economy

The future role of social enterprises in Northern Ireland’s economic recovery has been given a welcome boost by their inclusion…

Technology report

Technology report

March 2021

The tech trends of 2021

2021 finds technology in an interesting space: in the midst of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and the Covid-19 pandemic, out…
Technology report

March 2021

EQ ICS: Delivering off the shelf solutions

Andrew Hughes, Technical Pre-Sales Lead at EQ ICS discusses the delivery of ‘off the shelf’ public sector software solutions to…
Technology report

March 2021

Transport 5.0

Smart mobility, or Transport 5.0, is the concept relating to the digitisation of transport around the world. agendaNi examines the…
Technology report

March 2021

Strategy for quantum technology in Ireland

Irish physicist J.C. Séamus Davis, a professor at University College Cork and Oxford University, as well as an emeritus professor…

Public affairs

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March 2021

Changes to Assembly Opposition standing orders

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March 2021

Establishing a fiscal council

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March 2021

Parliamentary constituencies: Future review obligations

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March 2021

Trade Union Desk

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March 2021

Political Platform

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March 2021

Victims’ rights to investigation and participation

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February 2021

Delivering at pace

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January 2021

Declan Lawn: In the spotlight

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January 2021

Speaker: Alex Maskey

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January 2021

The workings of the Assembly

Economy

Economy

January 2021

Regional impacts of Covid-19
January 2021

Mid South West collaboration lays down plans for a prosperous future
January 2021

Skills and regional balance

Education

Education

September 2020

Evolution of education: Minister Peter Weir
September 2020

Schools restart plan
September 2020

Education, equality and the economy

Energy

Analysis

September 2020

Diane Dodds: A vision for the renewable electricity sector
September 2020

Natural gas infrastructure: The journey to a low carbon future
September 2020

A new Energy Strategy: Delivering policy options

Environment

Environment

January 2021

Environmental priorities: Minister Edwin Poots MLA
January 2021

What is at the end of the tunnel?
January 2021

Carbon emission reduction: 82 per cent target advised

Health

Health and care services

January 2021

Chief Nursing Officer: Charlotte McArdle
January 2021

Adult Safeguarding Bill
January 2021

Financial support needed for life-saving research

Infrastructure

Planning

June 2019

Transport emissions: Northern Ireland
June 2019

Resources for infrastructure
June 2019

Extra £51 million per year needed for ‘safe and sustainable’ roads

Justice

Justice

March 2020

Justice Minister Naomi Long
March 2020

Probation Board for Northern Ireland sets out its strategic vision for 2020–23
March 2020

Prisons: ‘Significant operational progress’

Local government

Local government

April 2019

Local elections 2019
April 2019

City deals’ ‘major milestone’ progress
April 2019

Decision making for improved outcomes