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Dealing with Homelessness
Charities and officials disagreed over how to tackle homelessness in 1984 with the voluntary sector being accused of self-interest. Many…
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Stormont’s potential praised
In an assessment of the 1982-1986 Assembly, the DUP appeared to dismiss Northern Ireland’s influence at Westminster and point to…
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Lignite developers ‘misled’ NIE
Misleading prices and a poor grasp of technology undermined the case for a lignite gasification plant in the early 1980s.…
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Irish schools programmes proposed
A 1979 paper shows that Irish was strongly taught in Catholic post-primaries but the BBC was reluctant to roll out…
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Analysing Maskey’s win
Sinn Féin’s Alex Maskey became the party’s first councillor in Belfast since the 1920s when he won a by-election in…
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Joining up justice
Justice Minister David Ford explains how the different parts of the criminal justice system – and its partners in wider…
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Plans to tackle human trafficking
Following on from a widespread public debate about human trafficking, Justice Minister David Ford has launched a consultation on improving…
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Private prison visit
The Assembly’s Justice Committee plans to visit a private prison in England and Wales as it continues to scrutinise the…
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Digital policing
Ger Daly, Managing Director of Accenture’s global Public Safety business, discusses the challenges and opportunities facing police forces today. “We…
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Major challenges for prison reform
Michael McKernan assesses the progress being made under the prison reform programme. In April 2014, Alliance Party leader David Ford…
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