Public Affairs
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Changing the conversation
As a critical feature of democracy, the public’s ability to shape debate within the Northern Ireland Assembly has been given…
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Meet the media
Evan Short is a journalist with the Belfast Media Group’s North Belfast News and Ireland Correspondent for the New York-based…
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Political Platform
Clare Bailey MLA Clare Bailey is the Deputy Leader of the Green Party and newly elected MLA for South…
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Female leaders inspiring change
In an era when global positions of power including the British Prime Minister, German Chancellor, Scottish and Northern Irish First…
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From MLA hopeful to Seanad
When Belfast’s youngest ever former Lord Mayor Niall Ó Donnghaile submitted his nomination papers to challenge for a seat at…
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NI Assembly Election 2016
The votes have been cast, the numbers have been tallied and the winners and losers have been announced. Following an…
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Assembly committees
The make-up and membership of the Assembly’s nine statutory committees and five standing committees have been revealed. Statutory committees Committee…
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Bleak outlook for agriculture
Ulster Unionist MEP Jim Nicholson put it very succinctly when he said that the Irish border automatically becomes the formal…
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New permanent secretaries appointed
Permanent secretaries are the most senior civil servants in each department and work to ensure that the Northern Ireland Civil…
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Meet the Media
Slugger O’Toole Deputy Editor David McCann holds a PhD in politics from Ulster University and is a regular commentator on…
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