Politics

Making sense of political events, decisions and ideas directly affecting Northern Ireland. Given their geographical proximity, events in Great Britain and the Republic of Ireland will be included in this section

What the polls could mean for Election Day – and beyond

Eoghan KellyApril 12, 2022

Election Day is less than five weeks away. Two polls have been released as the campaign for the seventh Northern Ireland Assembly gets underway; one from Lucid... Read More...

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EVENT: Thinking Longer-Term: The Future of Politics

Connor DalyMarch 1, 2022

Northern Slant is excited to be part of this year’s Imagine! Festival of Ideas & Politics – and we want you to be part of it too. We’re delighted... Read More...

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Why We Need to Think Longer-Term

Connor DalyFebruary 28, 2022

Northern Slant Editor, Connor Daly, writes ahead of our panel discussion, Thinking Longer-Term: The Future of Politics to be held on Thursday 24 March, 7:00pm-... Read More...

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Insult followed injury the day after Bloody Sunday

Kevin MeagherFebruary 5, 2022

Of course, the obscenity of Bloody Sunday is that it did not end with the deaths of fourteen civilians and the shooting of as many more. After the killings ... Read More...

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Assembly polling update: As you were

Eoghan KellyJanuary 24, 2022

Election day is less than five months away so the latest LucidTalk/Belfast Telegraph poll will be pored over with great interest by every political party in No... Read More...

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NS Hosts: Pivotal’s Ben Harper on educational migration

Roger GreerJanuary 18, 2022

In this episode of the Northern Slant Hosts podcast, I spoke with Dr Ben Harper, Research Manager at Pivotal, about the research that they have been ... Read More...

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