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Mexico conference preview
Environmental officials and ministers are preparing to meet in Mexico later this month to work on a global climate deal.…
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Will Day interview: why sustainability matters
Sustainable development consultant Will Day shares his thoughts on its current state and the crucial need for long-term decision-making. Peter…
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Climate pressures and positives
Professor John Sweeney sees some changing attitudes as the Mexico conference approaches. As for a warmer Ireland, pressure on water…
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Lough Neagh’s troubled waters
Although Lough Neagh is Europe’s major commercial wild eel fishery and Northern Ireland’s main source of drinking water, the lake…
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Peter Hain interview: hopes and hard choices
Executive ministers are too timid and difficult decisions must be tackled, Peter Hain suggests. The former Secretary of State talks…
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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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