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Northern Ireland’s European priorities
Economic development is the major focus of the Executive’s European policy but ministers are also welcoming a new Peace IV…
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A sense of entitlement
Conservative stereotypes about welfare aren’t backed up by the facts, John O’Farrell writes. The public believes that 27 per cent…
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Inez McCormack
Trade unionist and feminist · 1946-2013 “I have worked out that you are loved in low places and loathed in…
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Westminster notes
Bill committees attract attention Ian Paisley Junior’s comments on organised crime have focused attention on one of the lesser-known and…
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Assembly round-up
Tensions rose at Stormont as MLAs debated the flags dispute. The Assembly continued to debate the future of housing and…
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Karen McKevitt MLA
Karen McKevitt is an SDLP MLA for South Down. After serving as a councillor for Crotlieve on Newry and Mourne…
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Belfast 2023
Titanic Quarter Chief Executive David Gavaghan sets out how the development is changing Belfast’s image and how a rising population…
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James Prior’s Assembly attempt
Secretary of State Jim Prior attempted to restore devolution by setting up an Assembly with limited powers in 1982. Peter…
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How Northern Ireland’s archives work
agendaNi sums up the process for handling public records and the forthcoming change from a 30-year rule to a 20-year…
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Humphrey Atkins’ brief from 1979
Peter Cheney examines the brief for Mrs Thatcher’s first Secretary of State, Humphrey Atkins, who arrived in 1979. Despite the…
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