Reflecting on a scathing inspection in 2015 that declared HMP Maghaberry to be “unsafe and unstable”, new governor David Kennedy talks to David Whelan about the significant progress that has been made in recent years within the largest of Northern Ireland’s three prisons. An unannounced inspection in late 2018 pointed to “significant progress” being made...
Following the reconstitution of the policing board, PSNI deputy chief constable Stephen Martin looks ahead to the formulation of a new Policing Plan and discusses its ability to build on recent outcomes-focussed initiatives. In 2016, the Northern Ireland Policing Board and the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) agreed a number of long-term strategic outcomes...
A year after taking up post as permanent secretary at the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA), Denis McMahon reflects on progress to date, challenges ahead and his vision going forward. DAERA is a department that delivers for farming businesses, rural and coastal communities and one that works hard to protect and enhance...
Speaking at Social Enterprise NI’s Social Value Conference 2019, permanent secretary for the Department of Finance, Sue Gray, outlines her department’s work and ambitions in supporting social economy in Northern Ireland. With 20 years of experience working within the Cabinet Office as director-general of the Propriety and Ethics Team, the expertise gained by to senior...
Senior Lecturer in Cyber Security and IoT at Liverpool John Moores University Áine MacDermott explores the potential of further IoT innovations and the security concerns connected with this progress. The IoT is...
Following the introduction of the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation and Exercise of Functions) Act 2018, Northern Ireland’s departments are now required to prepare a monthly summary report of decisions taken by senior...
After a post-merger transitional year, Radius Housing entered 2019 equipped with a new five-year corporate strategy to further its aim of making a positive difference in Northern Ireland by providing the best...
January 1967 saw Regent House Grammar’s vice principal, Ted Griffiths, hold a public meeting to discuss the launch of a new historical society in Newtownards. 52 years later, Niall Coleman meets with...
Providing a licensing system for the early release of up to 500 loyalist and republican prisoners sentenced before 10 April 1998, the Northern Ireland (Sentences) Act 1998 formed a crucial foundation of...
Following the conclusion of a consultation process on his preliminary report into law and procedure in serious sexual offences in Northern Ireland, David Whelan speaks to The Right Honourable Sir John Gillen...
If no agreement for withdrawal or an extension to the negotiating period is reached by 29 March, the UK will leave the EU without a deal in place. In basic terms this...
Many of the rights enjoyed by Irish citizens and Irish passport holders in Northern Ireland are underpinned by EU law. As the UK faces up to a prospect of no deal, there...
Speaking ahead of the publishing of the draft Withdrawal Agreement and its subsequent superseding of the Chequers White Paper, Nigel Haigh, Honorary Fellow and former Director of the Institute for European Environmental...
Throughout the Brexit negotiations, a consistent stumbling block has arisen in questions around cross-border supply chains and future ramifications for trade in Northern Ireland. agendaNi assesses the latest EU exit trade analysis...
