In April this year, an Armagh dairy farmer became the first northern unionist to be elected to Seanad Éireann. Ciarán Galway meets with Senator Ian Marshall in Leinster House for a broad ranging discussion. “Being born into a family farm business, you grow up very much grounded in life. You are under no illusions about...
Former Minister for Employment and Learning Stephen Farry tells David Whelan that Northern Ireland’s economic performance is being hindered by a legacy of structural problems which have yet to be addressed. “There are a number of structural problems within the Northern Ireland economy which have always been with us and which have not been significantly...
David Whelan talks to Jill Minne, Strategic HR Director for the Northern Ireland Civil Service (NICS), about the proposed outcomes of the organisation’s recently published People Strategy. In April of last year, restructuring within the NICS saw the centralisation of HR functions. Previously, each government department held its own HR team supported by a central...
Chief Executive of Northern Ireland’s second largest Council, Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council, Roger Wilson, believes that the area’s solid strengths and its increasing potential across a number of areas could be better leveraged to stimulate wider economic growth across Northern Ireland. Now in his fourth year since taking up post as Chief...
In recent months, we have welcomed reports of falling levels of unemployment in Northern Ireland and across the UK. However, this masks persistently high and rising levels of economic inactivity. This includes...
The fact that the constitutional question is now firmly back on the table makes the likelihood of a functioning Executive all the more improbable, writes David Whelan. In July, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar...
DUP MP Emma Little-Pengelly outlines her belief that a no deal scenario is more likely now than ever, fuelled by external pressures around a backstop and discussions about ‘what if it all...
Since the reduction in tariff rates, aimed at reducing the cost to the public purse of the botched RHI scheme, there has been a 33 per cent fall in the generation of...
The operational use of drones is “an evolving area of police work”, the benefits of which the PSNI’s Air Support Unit (ASU) has sought to maximise. Ciarán Galway reports on the deployment...
Ed McDonald, Food Fraud Liaison Officer at the Food Standards Agency in Northern Ireland (FSA in NI) has a clear mission: To protect the public by ensuring that food is safe and...
Kevin Cunnington took up the role of the UK’s Director General of the Government Digital Service (GDS) in 2016. On joining GDS, he also became Head of Function for Digital, Data and...
Sinn Féin Vice President Michelle O’Neill talks to Owen McQuade about Brexit and the changes in Ireland, North and South, that she believes will bring about a united Ireland in her lifetime....
As the world becomes more digitised, Danske Bank is embracing that change and delivering innovative solutions to its public sector clients. agendaNi spoke to Danske Bank’s Public Sector Relationship Manager Bryan Deacon...
A year on from the signing of a confidence and supply agreement which saw 10 DUP MPs back Theresa May’s minority Conservative government, leader of the DUP Parliamentary Party Nigel Dodds speaks...
