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Decision time: Alban Maginness
Alban Maginness emphasises the risk of public spending cuts for businesses, and calls for a collective political decision on whether…
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Henry McDonald
Ireland correspondent for the Guardian and Observer newspapers, Belfast man Henry McDonald began his career in the Irish News. He…
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Floor-crossing: the ethics of leaving or changing parties
Usually, a politician will not resign and force a by-election if they cross the floor or become an independent. In…
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Mike Smyth suggests revenue raisers
There is plenty of scope to raise more public money despite the fiscal conditions ahead, Mike Smyth contends, but the…
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Agriculture in the economy
Richard Halleron recounts the success story of Northern Ireland’s farms and food industries despite the wider downturn and takes stock…
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Defining unemployment
Right now, over 55,000 people in Northern Ireland know the everyday pressures of unemployment but the question of who exactly…
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Kieran McCarthy MLA
Strangford MLA Kieran McCarthy is Alliance’s Chief Whip and spokesman on health, and culture, arts and leisure. An Ards Borough…
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Banks ‘holding up recovery’
Companies continue to criticise the limited cash supply from lending but banks question the level of demand. Small businesses are…
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Medium-term outlook: cutting off recovery?
Oxford Economics’ Neil Gibson predicts a slow and painful regional recovery as Northern Ireland enters a new economic world. At…
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Manufacturing seeks help
With the manufacturing sector experiencing a further decline in output and continual job losses, it is calling for the Executive…
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