Public Affairs
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EU fines Google €4.3 billion
As the regulatory battle with global corporations continues to rage in Europe, the European Commission has fined search engine giant…
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Political Platform
Recently elected to replace David Ford as the Alliance MLA for South Antrim, long-serving councillor on Antrim and Newtownabbey…
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No VAT cuts without proper pay
Northern Ireland’s hospitality industry has benefited greatly from tax subsidies and the allocation of public funding. It is time for…
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‘Father of the house’ opts out
Two decades after being elected to Stormont, former Justice Minister David Ford has stepped down as an MLA. The English-born…
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Peanuts and productivity
“The gig economy is a real-time admission of our generation’s mass failure of the young. It belongs in the same…
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Security in the age of killer robots
The definition of ‘autonomy’ and the blurring of boundaries between legitimate use and abuse stand in the way of an…
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Meet the Media, Clodagh Rice
Business journalist at BBC NI, Clodagh Rice, discusses getting a break in the industry, working across multi-platforms and the value…
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‘Players and crap-hats’
The deployment of militarily aggressive British Army units to Northern Ireland – bristling with experience of colonial counter-insurgency tours in…
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Donations and public funds
Over £250,000 in donations and public funds were accepted by Northern Ireland’s main political parties in the first quarter of…
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Party conferences
Media focus at Sinn Féin’s 2018 Ard Fheis was primarily concerned with two key junctures: the first was the party’s…
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