Issues
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Housing supply target requires concrete actions
The Executive has approved a plan to deliver a housing system that can provide 100,000 new homes in 15 years,…
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Northern Ireland Screen blazes a trail with UK industry-first sustainability support scheme
Northern Ireland Screen has announced a newly established sustainability support scheme, the first of its kind in the UK. It…
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Gender pay gap reporting in Northern Ireland: Transparency without progress?
Senior economist at the Nevin Economic Research Institute (NERI), Lisa Wilson, assesses whether mandating gender pay gap reporting in an…
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New macroeconomic model for Northern Ireland
GDP growth in Northern Ireland is expected to average around 1.2 per cent per annum over the medium term, higher…
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The need for a public procurement strategy
It is “disappointing” that there is no strategy for public procurement in Northern Ireland, the Assembly’s Public Accounts Committee has…
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Protecting and enhancing the Northern Ireland environment
Julie Thompson, head of the Environment, Marine, and Fisheries Group at the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA),…
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A draft Programme for Government
As the Northern Ireland Executive looks set to publish a Programme for Government (PfG) for the first time in 13…
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Fuelling the future
One year on from the launch of a series of gas industry 2030 commitments, Kailash Chada, Group CEO of Phoenix…
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Strategy for transformation of education imminent
In October 2024, Minister of Education Paul Givan MLA and the Department of Education responded to the findings and 25…
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The role of the independent referral Bar in a just and stable society
Chair of the Bar of Northern Ireland Donal Lunny KC began his two-year tenure in September 2024. The challenge faced…
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