Archive: Northern Ireland
When the middle class milk the country, it's redefined as a jolly jape
The cash-for-ash scandal saw such misuse of public funds that it brought down Stormont. But because it was done by the middle class, there was none of the customary outrage over scrounging.
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Northern Ireland transport receives £400M
Support for major new road investment in Northern Ireland is promised by the Conservative’s new ‘confidence and supply’ agreement with the Democratic Unionist Party.
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BASC strengthens Northern Ireland team
BASC Northern Ireland has appointed longstanding volunteer Jonny Orr to its team based in Lisburn.
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Northern Ireland students rally to the STEM cause
Today’s publication of GCSE exam results in Northern Ireland reveals continued high performance by students, particularly in maths.
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BASC: No change to Northern Ireland bird pest control
Laws which cover control of pest birds in Northern Ireland are to remain unchanged for the next 12 months. General licences are issued by government agencies to provide a legal basis for people to use a range of methods to control certain species of birds classed as pests.
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Confirmed: Northern Ireland has no back-up plan for a hard border
In case of a no-deal, Northern Ireland will have a hard border but it's not prepared for it.
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The Politics.co.uk Podcast - abortion laws in Northern Ireland
Politics.co.uk editor Ian Dunt is joined by Dr Ruth Fletcher, Senior Lecturer in Medical Law at Queen Mary University, and Lisa Hallgarten, Policy Manager at Brook, to discuss abortion laws in Northern Ireland.
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N.Ireland isn't being 'annexed' - Brexit chickens are coming home to roost
All the EU is doing is presenting the legal reality of the UK's own demands
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The Good Friday Agreement will endure long after Dan Hannan and Kate Hoey have been forgotten
No, the Good Friday Agreement hasn't outlived its usefulness
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Who's to blame for the mess in N.Ireland? The buck stops with Theresa May
May has made one tactical error after another when it comes to handling Northern Ireland
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The Irish border and the revenge of Game Theory
This is why we are still likely to end up with some kind of border in Ireland
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Have we gone through all this for a border that might not exist when we leave the EU?
There is now a real prospect that support for Irish unity will reach critical mass
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This is what happened last time the govt gave itself huge executive powers
To understand the impact of these powers just look at how they were used in Northern Ireland
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Irish border paper: Britain is hostage to its own delusions
Project Fear is now Project Reality
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Housing inequality returns to Northern Ireland as the DUP chases votes in Protestant areas
Stormont has lost £1m of public money buying social housing land in parts of Belfast where little demand exists
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The government must act to rescue Northern Irish power-sharing
Northern Ireland secretary James Brokenshire always tries to avoid the last problem rather than avoiding the next one
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'Burning but flourishing': The frenzied religious politics of the DUP
A brutal, tribal and self-pitying party which will not welcome the heightened media attention it is receiving
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A deal between the Tories and the DUP will be a disaster for Northern Irish politics
A deal with the DUP will only make the current situation in Northern Ireland worse
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Northern Ireland's Unionists are desperate to break their losing streak
Unionism in Northern Ireland has a fight on its hands
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James Brokenshire needs to get tough if he wants to save Northern Ireland power-sharing
The government must see off Stormont troublemakers
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Martin McGuinness: A life of two halves
Martin McGuinness' life shows us what happens when politics doesn't work and when it does
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Northern Ireland is leaving the union - it's only a question of when
We're fast approaching Northern Ireland's endgame
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Arlene Foster needs to take responsibility for the situation in Northern Ireland
The first minister's handling of the situation has been reckless
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May's hapless approach to Brexit threatens to tear Union apart
May has closed her ears to Scottish and Northern Irish concerns
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Brexit could spell the death of Northern Ireland
The risks of Brexit breaking up the UK are very real
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We must fight back against the war on women's reproductive rights
Pro-choice campaigners have been left reeling in recent weeks
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Comment: The court abortion ruling which puts Northern Irish women at risk
A bar on Northern Irish women getting free abortions on the NHS means only the rich can plan their family.
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Why is Jeremy Hunt appealing against his own powers?
Health secretary insists he has no power to overrule anti-gay Northern Ireland law, in bizarre legal case.
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Comment: Serving in Ireland taught me the nature of political Islam
Whether it's Shankill Road or Bradford, many peoples' fate is arguably determined by the accident of birth.
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