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Commonwealth Games hopes
The final countdown is under way for Northern Ireland’s Commonwealth Games team. Northern Ireland’s 80-strong Commonwealth Games team is counting…
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Europe’s waste controls
Northern Ireland has received consent from the European Commission to relax its target for the amount of waste sent to…
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Vicky Ford interview: Europe’s values
A banker turned politician, Omagh-born MEP Vicky Ford shares her recollections of Northern Ireland and explains the need to control…
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Scotland’s powers: the way ahead
Peter Cheney reviews the forthcoming changes to devolution in Scotland and the potential consequences for Northern Ireland’s system of government…
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Risks but no revival: Reg Empey’s UUP leadership
Sir Reg Empey’s five years as UUP leader in review. “A mammoth task” admittedly awaited Reg Empey on 25 June…
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Fianna Fáil moves north
Following the opening of a Fianna Fáil office in Northern Ireland, Meadhbh Monahan takes stock of the party’s presence in…
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Clean Neighbourhoods Bill
“Low-level environmental crime” such as littering, dog fouling, graffiti, noise and unwanted behaviour in back alleys is targeted in the…
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Clearing up waste law: the Waste Bill
The Assembly’s Waste Bill gives councils and the DoE equal powers to act against illegal dumpers and strengthens the law…
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The state to come: John O’Farrell
There is an alternative to cuts, John O’Farrell contends, as he explains the private sector’s dependence on public spending and…
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Room for optimism: Nigel Smyth
CBI Director Nigel Smyth on the outlook for key sectors and initiatives that are benefitting the economy. You could certainly…
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