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Irwin Armstrong interview: a local link to Downing Street
Peter Cheney interviews Northern Ireland Conservative Chair Irwin Armstrong about the party’s national influence and regional economic policies. For a…
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Conservative Party: towards 2015
A partisan stump speech is a sign of Owen Paterson’s growing popularity on the Tory right. Others take a more…
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Frances O’Grady: make the recovery real
TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady added an alternative voice to the Tory conference. She shares her reflections with agendaNi. What…
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A national opportunity
Northern Ireland needs to maximise the economic and political potential of UK party conferences, Peter Cheney writes. A national party…
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Nigel Dodds interview: a national platform
DUP MP Nigel Dodds talks to Peter Cheney about his party’s approach to Parliament and discusses its national and regional…
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PUP seeks unionist unity
Progressive Unionist Party leader Billy Hutchinson has called for more “unionist unity” at his party conference in Lurgan. “Unionism remains…
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Planning: a high corruption risk
The Department of the Environment needs to build “a strong anti-fraud culture” among planners before planning policy is transferred to…
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The survival of the Seanad
Voters have chosen to keep the Oireachtas’ second chamber, delivering a setback for the Irish Government. In an unexpected move,…
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Alliance Party reshuffle
The Alliance Party has reshuffled its spokespeople. The move, planned for the half-way point during the Assembly term, involves the…
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Ivan Lewis: new Shadow Northern Ireland Secretary
Ivan Lewis has succeeded Vernon Coaker as Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland. Lewis has been MP for Bury…
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