Sinn Féin’s explanation for moving Conor Murphy does not add up. Stormont’s economy minister is one of the party’s six nominees for the Seanad. His...

03.01.2025 10

Newton Emerson

Daft Brexit rules have brought havoc for the Alliance Party as well as Northern shoppers

The classic cliche about the Alliance Party is that it sits on the fence. This trite insult fails to grasp what an achievement it is to carve out...

02.01.2025 10

Newton Emerson

Stormont staggers on, mostly because no one can agree on an alternative

One-fifth of Scots would vote to abolish devolution, according to a poll conducted last month for Progress Scotland, a think-tank owned by SNP...

26.12.2024 4

Newton Emerson

The Department for Infrastructure is failing – is it simply too big to function?

The Department for Infrastructure is not just failing on roads and public transport. Its other main responsibilities, NI Water, planning and flood...

22.12.2024 4

Newton Emerson

What is the point of having to book to go to the dump?

Having to book to use the recycling centre is a pointless nuisance but as soon as one council in Northern Ireland introduced it, the rest were...

20.12.2024 7

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Why has ramming police cars become a trend in Northern Ireland?

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) ended 2024 by appealing to criminals to stop deliberately driving into police cars. There were 40...

19.12.2024 7

Newton Emerson

Stormont’s sea border non-event leaves public cold

Stormont’s consent vote on the sea border is a mechanism created in 2020 by the original Brexit protocol. Although it was always known that the...

14.12.2024 4

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Stormont may be scared of water charges, but British ministers should also admit they muddied waters

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UK has to pick a side between the US and the EU - and Northern Ireland is stuck in the middle

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Luckily for the DUP, Sinn Féin does not want a crisis over Irish language signs at Grand Central Station either

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‘Funding for you, funding for me’ approach is a rail way of widening division

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At home the DUP spurns Irishness, but when abroad it embraces it

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Titter of wit needed about Ulster Scots heid buck cat

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Belfast is a city drowning in its own filth

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Unionists are enjoying the pile-on over the Republic’s defence freeloading

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Slow dancing with the DUP and speeding up construction

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Instead of begging, could Stormont not find a way of borrowing more cash?

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It would be pathetic if the united Ireland cause was frustrated by bill for disability benefits

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Whatever happened to the citizens' assemblies we were promised?

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A British defence spending bonanza will present Sinn Féin with a dilemma

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Delays, developers and ‘down with this sort of thing’ – the week that was in the news

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How to make 50:50 recruitment acceptable to all

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Newton Emerson: Sinn Féin voters in the Republic and unionist voters in Northern Ireland agree on something

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If anything, the GAA’s estimate of its €2.87 billion economic and social value too conservative

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Maybe Stormont just needs a nudge in the right direction

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Moral panic about build-to-rent apartments overlooks their obvious advantages

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Harmony reigns at the Stormont executive after Hilary Benn hits a nerve on public service reform

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Has Trump just brought the paramilitary gravy train to a screeching halt?

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Stormont can’t deal with falling pupil numbers, how will it cope with a falling population?

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The cruise ship business could be Belfast’s for the taking – but can we get it right?

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Architecture of the Belfast Agreement is dying of disinterest

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What will be the ‘consequences’ of the failure of the Stormont Brake?

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Why not let the money follow the patient to help save our failing NHS?

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DUP’s first attempt to use the Stormont brake ends in humiliation

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Welcome to the new happy, clappy Sinn Féin

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Why do our young people not want to leave home?

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Starmer’s political image increasingly at odds with a public mood turning against liberal causes