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The east-west connection
The British-Irish Council’s progress is measured more in meetings than press releases, Peter Cheney finds. Supporters want to see it…
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One step at a time: Barry Owens
Becoming captain of Fermanagh after open heart surgery and two painful knee operations “meant everything” to Teemore man Barry Owens,…
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Looking forward to Lyric: David Ireland
Emerging writer David Ireland has been appointed playwright-in- residence at the new Lyric Theatre which re-opens in May. He tells…
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Unite
Unite is Britain’s biggest trade union and is organised in both the UK and Ireland. Formed in 2009 after a…
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Supporting young carers
Children as young as eight are caring for a parent or family member in Northern Ireland. Young Carers NI’s Julia…
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Betraying the future
Cuts are limiting the post-Troubles generation’s prospects, John O’Farrell warns. In March 2011, unemployment in Northern Ireland had officially passed…
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Westminster notes
Miliband offers open door Ed Miliband will keep an “open door” to the First and deputy First Ministers, in contrast…
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West Belfast by-election and the writ
As the by-election moves closer, Peter Cheney analyses the process and recalls a 30-year old precedent. The Government will move…
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Alternative voting
Voters across the UK are being given the opportunity to decide whether to change the system for electing MPs on…
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Jim Nicholson MEP
Conservative and Unionist MEP Jim Nicholson was elected in 1989 and has previously served as a UUP Assembly member (1982-1986)…
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