A former head of the civil service told the Covid inquiry she hadn't deleted any relevant messages from her phone - w...
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Stormont only started updating its arrangements for handling a major emergency when that emergency arrived, the forme...
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About half of all fuel sold in Northern Ireland was being smuggled from the Republic, according to declassified paper...
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Ebrington Square, a public space and tourist attraction in Derry/Londonderry, has recently been upgraded to ultrafast...
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If what Boris Johnson is doing on the Northern Ireland Protocol is reckless, then it seems to be recklessness in mode...
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From the first words in the Green Party manifesto — “we are in Code Red for humanity” – this is a document suffused w...
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The head of the Civil Service has refused to intervene in the scandal over an official who forced another civil serva...
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The head of the organisation which scrutinises prices set by utility companies has said parishioners in his church ar...
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As anyone who has started a diet or made a New Year’s resolution will know, deciding what you want to do is no guaran...
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He’s spent the last few years greeting the EU’s Maros Sefcovic in his native Slovak to break the ice at yet another v...
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Michelle O’Neill’s response to a question on Irish unity on Tuesday was verging on the Augustinian: give me a border ...
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When a prospective MLA knocks on your front door, you're holding more power than them, but what should you ask?
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The UUP manifesto has enough meat to show that the party is starting to think seriously about being a major player in...
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At a monopoly company few people have even heard of, something very odd is going on. It has been happening for years ...
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After being asked five times for a copy of a civil servant’s register of interests, a Stormont department has refused...
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Finance Minister Conor Murphy has joined business groups to accuse Chancellor Rishi Sunak of falling to do enough to ...
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If there’s one thing civil servants love, it’s bureaucracy: reports, strategies, committees, consultations, organisat...
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The NI Protocol was “front of mind” for many in discussions about the province as St Patrick’s Day was marked in Wash...
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Stormont is on course to waste at least £420m — and perhaps as much as £660m — over the next 20 years due to its fail...
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The new head of the Civil Service has declined to say whether it is acceptable for a Stormont department to attempt t...
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The Renewable Heat Incentive shut to new entrants six years ago, yet still it hangs unwelcomely over Stormont’s effor...
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Former DUP Economy Minister Simon Hamilton has said it’s “deeply troubling” that the lack of an Executive is hamperin...
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Invest NI, which supports economic development here through grants to companies, is in a frustrating predicament wher...
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Foreign investors who were keen to set up in Northern Ireland are going elsewhere because the fall of the Executive m...
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Nearly 80% of business bosses here regard the performance of the Executive and Assembly as poor, a survey has suggested.
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A community relations survey that received just 145 responses from the public has been criticised for misrepresenting...
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A community relations survey that received just 145 responses from the public has been criticised for misrepresenting...
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An apology to victims of historical institutional abuse in Northern Ireland in the absence of an Executive could be g...
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Edwin Poots acted to halt Irish Sea border checks after receiving legal advice from former Attorney General John Lark...
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Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has said it’s a “matter for the Executive” if officials are ordered by Edwin Poots to sto...
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The full benefits of the £145m Spend Local scheme may have been lost for reasons that include its extension until Chr...
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When one of Ian Paisley’s most astute biographers was attempting to convey the novelty of how the cleric had melded t...
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The new Omicron variant of Covid-19 is likely to be confirmed in Northern Ireland within days, the Executive Office h...
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A long-delayed report on flags and culture in Northern Ireland has recommended having a new civic flag or emblem for ...
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A long-delayed report on flags and culture in Northern Ireland has recommended having a new civic flag or emblem for ...
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Northern Ireland must free itself from “the dead hand of political division” if its economy is to thrive, a business ...
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A departing DUP special adviser received a severance payment running to thousands of pounds after her role ended this...
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A departing DUP special adviser received a severance payment running to thousands of pounds after her role ended this...
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Assembly members on the Executive Office Committee have called on the First and deputy First Ministers to establish a...
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