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Bo Tree Thai: a restaurant with a difference
Helen O’Malley manages an authentic Thai restaurant in Belfast but also runs a busy household with seven children. Emma Blee…
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Defining the Big Society
Peter Cheney considers what David Cameron’s main social policy means in practice and the reaction so far in Northern Ireland.…
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Nick Clegg in Belfast
Meadhbh Monahan observed Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg at Queen’s University Belfast. Strolling through the Great Hall in Queen’s University,…
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Dangers in the night-time economy
More responsible behaviour is required in the night-time economy in order to save young lives and get rid of the…
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The new Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
The changing role of the committee after the devolution of justice. Set up in 1994 to examine the expenditure, administration…
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Welfare of Animals Bill
Purpose: to bring protection for non-farmed animals into line with standards on farms. One of old Stormont Parliament’s last laws,…
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Justice Bill update
The new Justice Bill has been published but is not as ambitious as some may have wanted, Emma Blee writes.…
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Voice your choice
John O’Farrell questions why benefit claimants will pay more towards filling the deficit than banks, and notes different approaches to…
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The new Shadow Cabinet
Despite losing out in Labour’s Shadow Cabinet elections, Shaun Woodward has resumed his post as Shadow Northern Ireland Secretary. The…
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The future of loyalism
Loyalist representatives can see light at the end of the tunnel, after a troubled year so far, but warn that…
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