Jan05
05 January 2017
A New Year’s Resolution?
The year has opened in dramatic style. We look at what to expect, possibly, in the coming weeks.
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Northern Ireland Assembly
Dec21
21 December 2016
Can the Executive get on with the job of delivering?
While the scandal around the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme has been determining the headlines daily, distracting many from ‘normal business’ as we head into the Christmas period with some level of uncertainty about the Executive and its plans for the next five years, it is important to examine what we know about the Programme for Government (PfG), along with the process around it.
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15 December 2016
Media now a crucial player in the opposition function
Given his large listener base and multi-layered approach to his own output, Stephen Nolan’s efforts in discerning the facts around the collapse of the Renewable Heat Incentive scheme have surely catapulted the issue into the wider public consciousness.
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22 November 2016
Arm's-Length Bodies – what are they?
Just what is an arm's-length body and are there too many? Today's DUP motion calls for a review of the number and function of arm's-length bodies, or ALBs, so as to ‘maximise the available revenue’, but just who and what are our ALBs?
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14 November 2016
Objective ‘change criteria’ could be decisive in driving health reform
Health Minister Michelle O'Neill has published a new consultation on her vision for health and social care in Northern Ireland.
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