Issues
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Broadband success in Northern Ireland
Michael McKernan sums up the local performance, which leads several national league tables. Relative to the ups and downs of…
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Europe’s greenest capital
Copenhagen’s European Green Capital project manager Anne-Marie Larsen outlined the city’s progress at the Northern Ireland Environment Forum. Copenhagen –…
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PUP seeks unionist unity
Progressive Unionist Party leader Billy Hutchinson has called for more “unionist unity” at his party conference in Lurgan. “Unionism remains…
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Planning: a high corruption risk
The Department of the Environment needs to build “a strong anti-fraud culture” among planners before planning policy is transferred to…
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The survival of the Seanad
Voters have chosen to keep the Oireachtas’ second chamber, delivering a setback for the Irish Government. In an unexpected move,…
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Rosemary Bennett
Belfast-born Rosemary Bennett has been The Times’ Social Affairs Correspondent since 2006. She read politics, philosophy and economics at Oxford…
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Plan to improve fodder supply
An action plan to improve fodder supply for the livestock industry over the next 12 months has been published by…
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Educational area profiles published
The education and library boards have published profiles of information on schools and the pupil population in each of Northern…
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Deliver solutions on division: Ford
Northern Ireland cannot take its progress for granted, Justice Minister David Ford has said, reflecting on the G8 summit and…
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Employers for Childcare
Getting parents back into work The most recent labour market statistics for Northern Ireland have shown the largest fall in…
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