In April this year, an Armagh dairy farmer became the first northern unionist to be elected to Seanad Éireann. Ciarán Galway meets with Senator Ian Marshall in Leinster House for a broad ranging discussion. “Being born into a family farm business, you grow up very much grounded in life. You are under no illusions about...
Former Minister for Employment and Learning Stephen Farry tells David Whelan that Northern Ireland’s economic performance is being hindered by a legacy of structural problems which have yet to be addressed. “There are a number of structural problems within the Northern Ireland economy which have always been with us and which have not been significantly...
David Whelan talks to Jill Minne, Strategic HR Director for the Northern Ireland Civil Service (NICS), about the proposed outcomes of the organisation’s recently published People Strategy. In April of last year, restructuring within the NICS saw the centralisation of HR functions. Previously, each government department held its own HR team supported by a central...
Chief Executive of Northern Ireland’s second largest Council, Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council, Roger Wilson, believes that the area’s solid strengths and its increasing potential across a number of areas could be better leveraged to stimulate wider economic growth across Northern Ireland. Now in his fourth year since taking up post as Chief...
In recent months, we have welcomed reports of falling levels of unemployment in Northern Ireland and across the UK. However, this masks persistently high and rising levels of economic inactivity. This includes...
agendaNi outlines the latest proposals to reform adult care and support in Northern Ireland, with a focus on how these changes are being tailored to a growing and ageing population. An ageing...
The growing number of dementia cases in Northern Ireland has prompted politicians to act. The Mental Health Capacity (NI) Act passed into law in May 2016, with its Code of Practice currently...
NICOLA (Northern Ireland Cohort for the Longitudinal Study of Ageing) is the first large scale longitudinal study of ageing in Northern Ireland, providing a basis for future government policy by following the...
The British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference (BIIGC) has convened for the first time in over a decade. Conceived as a major provision of the Good Friday Agreement’s third strand, the institution was established following...
In April this year, an Armagh dairy farmer became the first northern unionist to be elected to Seanad Éireann. Ciarán Galway meets with Senator Ian Marshall in Leinster House for a broad...
As tens of thousands gather in Belfast’s city centre to participate in annual Pride demonstrations, including the likes of NICS Head David Sterling, the PSNI and leaders from Northern Ireland’s business community,...
North Antrim representative and DUP MP Ian Paisley Jr faces the prospect of becoming the first politician to lose his seat under parliamentary expenses legislation. agendaNi assesses the incoming recall petition, Paisley’s...
How might reality television influence your concerns for the less fortunate? Rodolfo Leyva from the Department of Media and Communications in the London School of Economics writes. At first glance, the question...
As the regulatory battle with global corporations continues to rage in Europe, the European Commission has fined search engine giant Google €4.3 billion in a landmark judgement against the breaching of competition...
