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How strictly will Irish government enforce new Windsor Framework rules?

MUCH of the Windsor Framework comes into effect from today, with supermarkets already rolling out ‘Not for EU’ labelling.

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Newton Emerson: How strictly will Irish government enforce new Windsor Framework rules?

MUCH of the Windsor Framework comes into effect from today, with supermarkets already rolling out ‘Not for EU’ labelling.

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Let’s not forget Lough Neagh started dying when Stormont was working exactly as intended

It is becoming commonplace to say the death of Lough Neagh represents the failure of Stormont but this glosses over a crucial complication. Some of...

28.09.2023 10

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Newton Emerson: Has the SDLP given up on Stormont?

Anyone could be excused for giving up on devolution, either in the hope of something better or just in despair.

28.09.2023 10

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Is Jeffrey Donaldson's cat dead or alive?

The DUP might struggle with evolution but its leader has a dry appreciation of quantum physics.

23.09.2023 10

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Newton Emerson: Is Jeffrey Donaldson's cat dead or alive?

The DUP might struggle with evolution but its leader has a dry appreciation of quantum physics.

23.09.2023 10

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DUP must resist temptation to kick devolution can down the road to UK election

The choice facing the DUP is to trust the Tories on the Windsor Framework and return to Stormont, or wait for a Labour government to realign the UK...

21.09.2023 10

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Can Titanic Loft Lines vision of car-free living work?

It seems people are only now realising the new Loft Lines waterfront apartments in Belfast will block the view of the Titanic visitor centre.

21.09.2023 10

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Newton Emerson: Can Titanic Loft Lines vision of car-free living work?

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21.09.2023 10

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Government scores recruitment coup in Sheridan

The government has scored another recruitment coup for its amnesty legislation, hiring Co-Operation Ireland chair Peter Sheridan to run the...

15.09.2023 10

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Newton Emerson: Government scores recruitment coup in Sheridan

The government has scored another recruitment coup for its amnesty legislation, hiring Co-Operation Ireland chair Peter Sheridan to run the...

15.09.2023 10

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The rise of Sinn Féin is fraying tempers on both sides of the Border

You would need a heart of stone not to laugh at Leo Varadkar and Chris Heaton-Harris, the Northern Secretary, arguing at the launch of a peace fund....

14.09.2023 30

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How long must peace carrots be handed out?

This week’s row between Dublin and the Northern Ireland Office over peace funding has been highly entertaining but that should not distract from...

13.09.2023 10

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Newton Emerson: How long must peace carrots be handed out?

This week’s row between Dublin and the Northern Ireland Office over peace funding has been highly entertaining but that should not distract from...

13.09.2023 9

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Do oversight bodies have natural lifespan?

So farewell then to chief constable Simon Byrne, whose resignation leaves many problems and unanswered questions.

09.09.2023 2

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Newton Emerson: Nationalism appears to be making the Belfast Agreement up as it goes along

Stormont reform was the dog that did not bark at last weekend’s British-Irish Association conference in Oxford. Tánaiste Micheál Martin said there...

07.09.2023 10

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How to cut school uniform costs without Stormont

“Assembly needed to tackle huge school uniform costs”, declared the headline on a Sinn Féin press release last week.

07.09.2023 1

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Newton Emerson: How to cut school uniform costs without Stormont

“Assembly needed to tackle huge school uniform costs”, declared the headline on a Sinn Féin press release last week.

07.09.2023 9

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PSNI's craven attitude to Sinn Féin remarkable

Gerry Kelly, Sinn Féin’s leader on the Policing Board, has strongly denied his party threatened to quit the board or withdraw support for...

01.09.2023 10

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Newton Emerson: PSNI's craven attitude to Sinn Féin remarkable

Gerry Kelly, Sinn Féin’s leader on the Policing Board, has strongly denied his party threatened to quit the board or withdraw support for...

01.09.2023 10

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Newton Emerson: PSNI has a pattern of appeasing Sinn Féin, but republicans still aren’t happy

The accusation of “political policing” is common in Northern Ireland but it is rare to have it starkly confirmed by a judge. The High Court in...

31.08.2023 10

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Grammar schools, selective thinking and league tables

Academic selection does not stop at 11.

30.08.2023 8

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Newton Emerson: Grammar schools, selective thinking and league tables

Academic selection does not stop at 11.

30.08.2023 6

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Has Simon Byrne already had enough time to fix the PSNI's problems?

PSNI chief constable Simon Byrne has the “unanimous” support of the Policing Board, its vice-chair Edgar Jardine assured the media, as the...

25.08.2023 7

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Newton Emerson: Has Simon Byrne already had enough time to fix the PSNI's problems?

PSNI chief constable Simon Byrne has the “unanimous” support of the Policing Board, its vice-chair Edgar Jardine assured the media, as the...

25.08.2023 8

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Newton Emerson: Too many cooks turned Lough Neagh into a disgusting green broth

Look at a map of Northern Ireland and you might imagine Lough Neagh was its dominant physical feature, with a cultural impact to match. In reality,...

24.08.2023 10

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Can the Northern Ireland Civil Service be fixed?

The Northern Ireland Civil Service (NICS) is an irredeemably delinquent institution.

23.08.2023 10

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Newton Emerson: Can the Northern Ireland Civil Service be fixed?

The Northern Ireland Civil Service (NICS) is an irredeemably delinquent institution.

23.08.2023 9

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Newton Emerson: Sinn Féin and DUP might never agree to water charges, but could acquiesce on their imposition

Derry-born musician Feargal Sharkey has done much to highlight the failure of England’s privatised water industry. It is fitting he has become the...

10.08.2023 10

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Newton Emerson: Donaldson's 'Kinnock moment' more like a howl of frustration

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03.08.2023 10

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Newton Emerson: Politics in Northern Ireland is tricky, as Britain’s Labour Party will soon see

The British Labour Party is inching towards standing in elections in Northern Ireland. It allowed residents to join in 2003 and to form a regional...

03.08.2023 10

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Turning down the volume on street preachers

The incident just before last weekend’s Belfast Pride parade would have been a non-incident without the use of an amplifier.

02.08.2023 9

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Newton Emerson: Turning down the volume on street preachers

The incident just before last weekend’s Belfast Pride parade would have been a non-incident without the use of an amplifier.

02.08.2023 10

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Prospects of Stormont return receding

The prospect of Stormont’s return has receded following a House of Lords report into the Windsor Framework.

29.07.2023 6

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Newton Emerson: Prospects of Stormont return receding

The prospect of Stormont’s return has receded following a House of Lords report into the Windsor Framework.

29.07.2023 8

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Newton Emerson: Dublin’s lingering air of menace fits neatly into Sinn Féin election agenda

Could Sinn Féin become the law and order party? Concern in the Republic over crime and anti-social behaviour gives it an opening to reconnect with...

27.07.2023 10

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All-Island Rail Review has crossed line from vision to fantasy

When leaks began to emerge last week about the All-Island Strategic Rail Review it was clear it was going to be somewhat visionary, to put it mildly.

26.07.2023 8

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Newton Emerson: All-Island Rail Review has crossed line from vision to fantasy

When leaks began to emerge last week about the All-Island Strategic Rail Review it was clear it was going to be somewhat visionary, to put it mildly.

26.07.2023 9

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DUP Stormont boycott leaves NI investment summit with a mountain to climb

The Northern Ireland Investment Summit is supposed to be the moment when the Windsor Framework and the return of Stormont are celebrated together...

21.07.2023 9

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Newton Emerson: DUP Stormont boycott leaves NI investment summit with a mountain to climb

The Northern Ireland Investment Summit is supposed to be the moment when the Windsor Framework and the return of Stormont are celebrated together...

21.07.2023 7

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Future of all-island transport may lie in self-driving buses and sustainable flights

Whenever Boris Johnson suggested a bridge or tunnel across the Irish Sea, a common retort was that a tiny fraction of its cost could fund a free ferry...

20.07.2023 30

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Windsor Framework parcel farce makes a return to Stormont harder to deliver for DUP

There has been a sea border between the Canary Islands and the Spanish mainland since Spain joined the EEC in 1986.

19.07.2023 10

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Newton Emerson: Windsor Framework parcel farce makes a return to Stormont harder to deliver for DUP

There has been a sea border between the Canary Islands and the Spanish mainland since Spain joined the EEC in 1986.

19.07.2023 10

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Police investigations into burning of tricolours and effigies on Eleventh night bonfires will go nowhere

The PSNI says it will investigate the burning of tricolours and effigies on a number of Eleventh night bonfires.

14.07.2023 9

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Police investigations into burning of tricolours and effigies on Eleventh night bonfires will go nowhere

The PSNI says it will investigate the burning of tricolours and effigies on a number of Eleventh night bonfires.

14.07.2023 8

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Newton Emerson: Belfast Harbour's approach to development would have avoided the city's Tribeca fiasco

It is a tale of two cities in Belfast, and not just in the usual sense.

14.07.2023 10

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Newton Emerson: Taoiseach’s image was on the bonfire but he wasn’t the target

Leo Varadkar’s picture may have appeared on a bonfire in Moygashel, Co Tyrone, but the real target of summer troublemaking is Jeffrey Donaldson. The...

13.07.2023 8

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Belfast Harbour's approach to development would have avoided the city's Tribeca fiasco

It is a tale of two cities in Belfast, and not just in the usual sense.

13.07.2023 10

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Orange Order review of main Belfast Twelfth parade welcome

One of Northern Ireland’s worst political habits is to be churlish about progress when a little of it finally occurs.

08.07.2023 6

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Newton Emerson: Orange Order review of main Belfast Twelfth parade welcome

One of Northern Ireland’s worst political habits is to be churlish about progress when a little of it finally occurs.

08.07.2023 7

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