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Public Affairs
Unionism faces most difficult challenge since 1885
Alex Kane “The key to border poll success for unionists is actually in the hands of ‘soft’ nationalists and ‘soft’…
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Nationalism’s ‘watershed’ election
Chris Donnelly “It’s early days, but there is no doubt that the election results have injected new momentum into the…
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Direct rule and joint authority
Professor Rick Wilford, professor with Queen’s University Belfast’s Centre for Irish Politics, considers the elusive concept of joint authority amidst…
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Assembly Election 2017
As well as the reduction of the Stormont Assembly by 18 seats, the March 2017 snap election also brought further…
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Changing Spain’s politics
During a visit to Madrid to examine how Spain handled the financial crisis, Owen McQuade and Dave Whelan met with…
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Political Platform
Paula Bradshaw In March, Alliance MLA Paula Bradshaw, was re-elected to the south Belfast constituency having first won the seat…
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Meet the media – Amanda Ferguson
Amanda Ferguson is a freelance journalist who made her name working for the Belfast Telegraph and has gone on to…
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Brexit: implications for Northern Ireland
Two decades ago a new dispensation in the Belfast Agreement was negotiated to great international acclaim. The fruits of this…
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Issues
Stormont: Unionist majority ended
Significant electoral losses by Northern Ireland’s two main unionists parties will have implications not just for Northern Ireland but for…
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Back home in Derry: Martin McGuinness retires
Martin McGuinness, the longest serving Minister thus far in the Northern Ireland Assembly, has brought the curtain down upon…
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