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Tescopoly: A Green’s Praise for Sammy Wilson
It’s rare that I’ll have anything very nice to say about the DUP’s Sammy Wilson, our current Northern Ireland Finance Minister. Despite a friend telling me when we were both students that Sammy always...
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DUP Minister Under Pressure As Anti-Fracking Campaign Grows
The issue of hydraulic fracturing – fracking – has been catapulted into mainstream attention in Northern Ireland over the last few weeks. For those not yet in the know, fracking involves pumping...
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Occupy Belfast create 'The People's Bank'
Royal Avenue, Belfast’s main city centre thoroughfare, mixes classic architecture with more obviously new arrivals. On the corner of Royal Avenue and North Street lies a grand, art deco building that...
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Where Next For Northern Ireland? The Agreement, 14 Years On
When I was ten years old, I remember being dragged out one evening by my parents to the local primary school in Dundonald, East Belfast. Uncooperative and grouchy, I had to stand around bored for a...
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Union of Students in Ireland votes to retain free education stance
A special conference of the Union of Students in Ireland (USI), the national union of students in Ireland, has voted to retain the union’s stance that higher education should be 100% funded by the...
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Reproductive Rights in Irish Law: A Beginner's Guide
A protest vigil in memory of Savita Halappanavar When the tragic news of Savita Halappanavar’s death was circulated around the world on Wednesday, it brought Ireland’s strict anti-abortion laws to...
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Inez McCormack – A Tribute
Mention Inez McCormack to many Northern Irish people of this generation and get blank faces. But Inez McCormack was an incredible, lifelong fighter for justice. Through her activism, she affected the...
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Prominent feminist is new Northern Ireland Green Party Deputy Leader
Clare Bailey makes her first speech as Deputy Leader with GPNI Leader Steven Agnew. She was elected unanimously to the new Deputy Leader position, which follows the Northern Ireland Green Party’s...
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“Troubling the troubles”– the Northern Irish Greens are an inspiration to us all
Green Party NI at their recent conference – greenpartyni.org Where the Short Strand’s Mountpottinger Road meets the Albertbridge Road, the houses have thick steel mesh over their windows and, at first,...
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Why won’t the Lib Dems rule out working with the DUP?
Nick Clegg has ruled out an SNP deal – but not one with the right-wing DUP On the 25th of April, Nick Clegg made it clear that he wouldn’t work with the SNP under any circumstances. Shortly after, Ed...
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