#Stormont

Having asked an industry/civil service committee to effectively decide which businesses are classed as 'essential' during the pandemic because the DUP & SF couldn't agree, now Stormont has bungled the
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Finance Minister Conor Murphy was in the process of starting to pay £170m for PPE bought from China via the Irish Government when it started to become clear that it
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Contribution to VIEWdigital submission to APG on Press Freedom and SustainabilityA thread http://drpauljreilly.com/2021/04/29/contribution-to-viewdigital-submission-to-apg-on-press-freedom-and-sustainability/ I was happy to play a role in
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A short thread... You all know I regularly highlight issues around #mediaaccess so here it goes. The situation at #Stormont isn’t satisfactory. Colleagues have been raising concerns for weeks and
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Why Stormont/ Devolution needs scrapped and a proper discussion had on alternatives.Thread 1. It hasnt delivered any material +ve outcomes in 22yrs. Socio economically nothibg has improved. We still
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Two days after Bobby Storey’s funeral, the Executive quietly changed the law to remove the prohibition which prevented Michelle O’Neill from attending the funeral – but did not announce that,
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3 year paid holiday then immediately vote themselves a pay rise, retain Spad gravy train, then later vote their “staff” aka family & friends a massive pay rise...in the middle
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The EU has written twice to the UK requesting an Office in N.Ireland As @tconnellyRTE reported, the UK said No @DPhinnemore & I looked into it.Turns out ***SURPRISE!! *** it's
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There certainly is demand for a comprehensive discussion on Irish Unity by its proponents - something that Mary Lou McDonald has often stated.Indeed, something the Taoiseach repeated at the Féile
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Return of Luftwaffe bombers to #Belfast on the night of 4-5 May 1941 was known as the 'Fire Raid'. 1000's of incendiary & high explosives where dropped on the city
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As a Spad in the NI Office I sat in on a meeting between the SoS and families of the Omagh bombing victims. It’s one of the most moving experiences
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Quick stock-taking thread: An awful lot of local and international politics meeting on this island at the moment (from my pov living in Republic):1) Tensions in NI, due to a
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Consider this, a UI is no longer attainable as Ireland no longer exists on it's on merit as an entity, it is but a satellite of Brussels, this suits every
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Irish news:- 'on foot of'- traffic at the Red Cow roundabout- 12 jobs announced for Longford- controversy over the handling of health/justice/Tusla scandal- car accident, reported on the national hourly
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In my first @instituteforgov explainer, we outline the ways @ScotParl, @SeneddWales and @niassembly are working throughout lockdown:https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainers/devolved-legislatures-coronavirus-lockdown Interesting
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Others have commented on much of this piece, but I think the reference to the differences between May and Johnson on Northern Ireland - presented as an unalloyed gain -
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