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

The political week in 5 points

Connor DalyNovember 5, 2017

Green Party leader Steven Agnew told the BBC’s Sunday Politics programme that contentious issues should be taken away from Stormont’s political parties and open... Read More...

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We’re being held to ransom and few seem to care

Connor DalyNovember 3, 2017

A friend once compared Stormont to student politics. It means so much to the cliques involved yet matters little to everyone else, he said. To my mind that did ... Read More...

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You get what you pay for: MLAs’ salaries should continue

Sean HaugheyNovember 2, 2017

An online petition to ‘stop all pay’ to MLAs has reached close to 22,000 signatories. With the Assembly mothballed for 10 months now – and with direct rule (how... Read More...

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Creating incentives for compromise: the case for a voluntary power-sharing coalition

Gareth BrownNovember 1, 2017

The concept of voluntary coalition was raised again this week in light of another missed and subsequently extended deadline for the restoration of devolution in... Read More...

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Youth work really does work

James CumiskeyOctober 30, 2017

Amidst the funding crisis faced by Northern Ireland's Education Authority in the months subsequent to the collapse of the Northern Ireland Assembly, youth work ... Read More...

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The political week in 5 points

Connor DalyOctober 29, 2017

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar accused Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams of trying to "spread the blame" for the failure of talks to restore power-sharing at Stormont. In... Read More...

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