Public Affairs
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No regulations to protect council minorities
Northern Ireland’s 11 new councils are free to abandon protections for political minorities as the regulations to enforce them have…
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Lord Mason of Barnsley 18 April 1924 – 19 April 2015
Addressing the 1976 Labour Party conference, Roy Mason stated that Northern Ireland “had had enough of initiatives, white papers and…
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A new parliamentary landscape
Weber Shandwick’s Jon McLeod sees a tight Commons majority as offering more opportunities for lobbying. He shares his reflections with…
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Lessons from the marriage referendum
Birgit Schippers looks at the impact of the Republic’s Yes vote in the marriage equality referendum on Northern Ireland. The…
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Red Sky inquiry reports
Peter Cheney summarises the findings of the Assembly inquiry into Nelson McCausland and Stephen Brimstone. A critical report into the…
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William Massey’s war years
A Limavady farmer went on to lead New Zealand throughout World War One. Peter Cheney retells his story. One of…
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Hearing the quieter voices
The Verbal Arts Centre’s James Kerr has the ambition of reaching out to everyone who wants their voice to be…
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There is an alternative
Brian Campfield sets out the trade union movement’s policy platform for countering austerity. No one could be in any doubt…
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There is an alternative
Brian Campfield sets out the trade union movement’s policy platform for countering austerity. No one could be in any doubt…
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All change for departments
agendaNi examines how a smaller number of departments will change the workings of government at Stormont. The number of Northern…
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