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

Jamie PowOctober 30, 2016

Two-and-a-half years after Ashers Bakery refused to decorate a cake with the words ‘Support Same-Sex Marriage’, the Court of Appeal upheld an earlier judgement ... Read More...

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Camp Calais: A real horror story

Heather WilsonOctober 27, 2016

With Halloween approaching, children across Northern Ireland will prepare to dawn their scariest masks and costumes to create horror scenes, wrap doors and sing... Read More...

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The political week in 5 points

Connor DalyOctober 23, 2016

Colum Eastwood became the first leader of the SDLP to address an Ulster Unionist Party conference. He said he wants to see closer co-operation between the two p... Read More...

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Are we investing too much in peace?

Heather WilsonOctober 19, 2016

“Loyalists have been left behind by the peace process” is the assessment by Jonathan Powell, Tony Blair’s former Chief of Staff. His words have been echoed by l... Read More...

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Northern Ireland’s Leaders Need to Find a Common Purpose on Brexit

Jamie PowOctober 17, 2016

Remember the time when we were all getting fed up hearing about the upcoming EU referendum? There came a point when, regardless of what we wanted the outcome to... Read More...

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The political week in 5 points

Connor DalyOctober 16, 2016

Naomi Long looks set to be the next Leader of the Alliance Party having this week secured support of all the party's MLAs. Mrs Long is acting leader following D... Read More...

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