Public Affairs
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Collecting for the future
William Blair, Director of Collections at National Museums NI, talks to Owen McQuade about the unique and wide-ranging collection at…
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Constituency changes for Northern Ireland’s elections
A review by the Boundary Commission means that all of Northern Ireland’s parliamentary constituencies will be revised, with one to…
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25 years of the Northern Ireland Assembly
Although the Northern Ireland Assembly has spent almost 10 of its 25 years in suspension, there has been meaningful progress…
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New complaints procedure for local government
Local authorities in Northern Ireland are now obliged to follow a new procedure ensuring complaints are dealt with within five…
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TRADE UNION DESK: Learning from Covid
Austerity in the name of fiscal responsibility has been proven not to work in the past but is still being…
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Political Platform: Alan Robinson MLA
Alan Robinson MLA followed in his father’s footsteps, becoming an MLA in the constituency of East Londonderry in 2022. The…
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Women and girls have the right to feel safe
Following the launch of a consultation on a strategic framework to end violence against women and girls (VAWG), Women’s Aid…
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TRADE UNION DESK: Combatting the cheapening of our daily lives
The accurate cliché about tech platforms and their ‘interaction’ with their captive audiences of ‘users’ and advertisers is that ‘if…
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Ministerial directions: A democratic deficit
Since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, 69 ministerial directions have been issued in Northern Ireland, more than have been…
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Political Platform: Aisling Reilly MLA
After being re-elected in 2022, Sinn Féin’s Aisling Reilly MLA made history during her first speech back in Stormont when…
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