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

Putting wellbeing at the centre of our ‘build back better’ recovery

Northern Slant GuestJuly 6, 2020

From Lauren Pennycook, a Senior Policy and Development Officer at the Carnegie UK Trust. The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted traditional ways of working. ... Read More...

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Stranger Than Fiction

Steve McGookinJuly 4, 2020

Children love fireworks. And the Fourth of July weekend is the perfect opportunity for some collective “ooh”s and “aah”s as their world is magically i... Read More...

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The (Other) New Normal?

Ruairi McCallanJune 30, 2020

After months of back-and-forth, of ‘will they, won’t they’ debates, Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the Green Party have all agreed upon and ratified a programme fo... Read More...

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New crisis, new approach

Jenny McCulloughJune 20, 2020

Michelle and I are basically the same household now. It wasn’t just that Arlene Foster said it, spontaneously, in front of the tough crowd of the Executive ... Read More...

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Looking Back In Anger

Steve McGookinJune 19, 2020

This past week saw two highly significant fifth anniversaries, snapshots of what modern America means as a society, each of which helped set the course for whe... Read More...

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Holding remembrance under scrutiny

Fionnbharr RodgersJune 18, 2020

The Bristonian statue to Edward Colston was likely, to all but a few diehard local historians, an unremarkable background fixture from its erection in 1895 to ... Read More...

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