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Achieving a shared future
With elections looming next year, new Social Development Minister Alex Attwood does not know how long he will have to…
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What’s the problem with skills?
Brian Acheson sees the solution in young people educated for the economy, using the block grant to grow the private…
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Diana Rusk
Political correspondent with the Irish News, Diana Rusk has had a “baptism of fire” since she took up the post…
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Peter Weir MLA
One of the few to take the route, Peter Weir was elected as an MLA before he sat in the…
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Assembly round-up
Stormont’s last sitting month sees a logjam of legislation dominate the agenda and two new faces appearing on the hill.…
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Commissioner for Older People Bill
Purpose: to set up and give power to the Older People’s Commissioner’s office. In its 2005 manifesto, the DUP…
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Northern Ireland Office
Created in 1972 as Stormont’s powers were taken away, the Northern Ireland Office was the mainstay of provincial business in…
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Conversational politics
The implications of a changing media world on political discourse were discussed by Conall McDevitt and Mark Devenport at an…
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The public arena
Tighter rules on public protests will restrict the quality of democracy, contends John O’Farrell. Politics must be a public activity…
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Counting up the members
Local statistics are sketchy but political party membership appears to be holding up. Smaller parties, though, are more open about…
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