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26 — villageJune – July 2013THe political demise of ulster unionist, lord laird, who has lost the party whip after being stung by the Daily Telegraph/BBC Panorama in the latest ‘cash for access’ scandal, may not be as shocking to those who have observed, and been at the receiving end, of his political antics over […]
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20 — villageJune – July 2013THe North’s High Court has quashed an order by regional development Minister, danny Kennedy, to proceed with construction of two parts of the a5 dual-carriageway. This is the largest planning-re-lated decision ever overturned by a court in the North. The grounds were that the department of regional development had failed […]
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21THe journey from “Croke Park” to “Haddington road” has been bumpy for public-sector management or public-sec-tor unions. Pay and working hours have been the main focus. Issues of gender equality have not received much attention.This is shameful given that the public sector is a major employer of women. In 2010 the edu-cation and health sectors […]
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Children featured prominently in one of the most controversial fracas of the 1913 Dublin Lockout . Tellingly the actual children’s interests were instrumental, not really a matter of concern for the grown-ups and their politicking. One hundred years later, has anything changed in the status of children in Ireland, asks Niall Crowley, commissioning editor of this Lockout special [one of a series]
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Iona Institute misrepresented research
David Quinn insists that change be driven only by evidence, but when it suits him he cites a discredited author who ignores recent research and relies on distortions
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Lairdie, Lairdie
Resigned Lord Laird’s symbiotic relationsip with the Sindo over the years promoted some regressive causes
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Abuse and austerity
The recession is hampering excape for victims of domestic violence