During the dispute over an Orange Order parade at Garvaghy Road in Portadown, Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Bryant faced calls to intervene to prevent the procession from taking place. Speaking to ...

A growing question among local politicians concerns whether Stormont should be reformed. If rules or procedures are changed, can that make local politics more effective? Will it better serve the peopl...

Why has Northern Ireland’s growth in renewable energy use stalled? In 2005, only 3% of local electricity came from renewables yet by 2020 it was almost 50%. It has remained around the same level ever ...

On 13 July 2026, a Facebook page, Our Northern Ireland Voice – Official, posted a graphic which claimed “85% of women murdered in Ireland this year killed by foreign migrants”. Text accompanying the g...

Is Stormont underfunded? If so, how much of that is self-inflicted? What does underfunded, in this context, even mean? It is difficult to understand the budgetary pressures at Stormont without underst...

During a 26 May debate on local government and the Anti-poverty Strategy, Communities Minister Gordon Lyons said:  “We are not complacent about poverty levels, but it is worth noting that there has be...

A horrific attack in North Belfast on 8 June has resulted in a charge of attempted murder for a Sudanese national. The incident received international attention – as did the protests and racist disord...

We were prompted to write this explainer after a viral video which featured a man at a demonstration in England making various claims, for example that all “illegal immigrants” get electric bikes for ...

On 9 June 2026 (listen from 31:15) DUP MLA Jonathan Buckley appeared on BBC Radio Ulster’s Talkback show, commenting on a knife attack in Belfast the previous evening. The suspect, who has since been ...

What is renewable energy doing for people in Northern Ireland? What more can it do? How do we make that happen? Recent shocks in the energy market have highlighted the volatility of relying on fossil ...

In a 21 April article for the Belfast Telegraph, journalist and policy expert Paul Gosling claimed that: “Derry has Northern Ireland’s lowest employment rate alongside the second-lowest proportion of ...

On 16 January 2026, the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) published a service instruction: Responding to Complaints about Public Displays. This contained guidance as to how the PSNI should “re...

In a 26 January Assembly debate about economic trends on the island of Ireland, SDLP MLA Sinéad McLaughlin claimed: “Regional inequality has doubled here since the Good Friday Agreement. That is shock...