Issues
-
Why education matters: moving beyond segregation
NICIE calls for the education system to model a genuinely integrated and shared future. A failure to engage with historic…
Read More » -
Single telecoms market proposed
Europe is moving towards a single telecoms market which is likely to result in lower charges. The European Commission has…
Read More » -
Antrim customers on ‘cloud’ 9
When Antrim Borough Council transformed itself into a customer centric organisation, ICT was the key enabler. The customers of Antrim…
Read More » -
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…
Read More » -
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 –…
Read More » -
PUP seeks unionist unity
Progressive Unionist Party leader Billy Hutchinson has called for more “unionist unity” at his party conference in Lurgan. “Unionism remains…
Read More » -
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…
Read More » -
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,…
Read More » -
Rosemary Bennett
Belfast-born Rosemary Bennett has been The Times’ Social Affairs Correspondent since 2006. She read politics, philosophy and economics at Oxford…
Read More » -
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…
Read More »