Scope Articles

The secret government report that helped make peace walls permanent

12 Dec 2014

Scope has had access to a secret 1971 government document that helped set segregation in stone and made Belfast’s peace walls permanent.

Inside the Nolan Show

8 Dec 2014

The “Biggest Show in the Country” is broadcast from a tiny studio at the end of a corridor which dog legs deep into the disorientating innards of Broadcasting House. It’s not easy to find.

Fantastic Mr Tax – is devolution of corporation rates wily economics or a fairytale?

4 Dec 2014

Chancellor George Osborne has paved the way for devolved corporation tax in Stormont. In the coming weeks Scope will examine the pros and cons of lowering the rate - here we look at some of the arguments against a reduction.

Open Government: is necessity the mother of invention?

27 Nov 2014

Paul Braithwaite, Development and Implementation Officer, Building Change Trust, looks at whether an Open Government could be the step change that Northern Ireland needs.

Where the Big Lottery millions will go

Joanne McDowell, NI director of the Big Lottery Fund

25 Nov 2014

Early next year the Big Lottery Fund will unveil its spending priorities for the next six years with more than £100 million at stake, Scope caught up with Northern Ireland director Joanne McDowell to read the runes.

Life in the garret - art work in NI

An Artists' Union march in the USA in the 1930s

24 Nov 2014

Young at Art's Claire Kelly talks to Scope about poor pay and conditions in the arts sector, and how she thinks collective bargaining can help.

Analysis: religion, equality and the clash of rights

24 Nov 2014

The “gay cake” controversy has degenerated into a row between those who support gay marriage and those who do not. Scope probes further into a clash of human rights.

Stumbling backwards into the future

The ugly scaffolding around the architecture of the institutions

24 Nov 2014

Quintin Oliver ran the Yes campaign in the referendum that followed the Good Friday Agreement. Here he analyses what has been achieved to date and the challenges that remain

Meet the new boss: Andrew McCracken from CFNI

Andrew McCracken, new CEO with the Community Foundation for Northern Ireland

24 Nov 2014

Scope talks with Andrew McCracken, recently appointed chief executive at funding organisers CFNI, about the importance of empowerment and economic trouble on the horizon.

Why is integrated education getting nowhere?

20 Nov 2014

The founders of Northern Ireland realised that having segregated education would make division worse. They wanted kids to be taught together. Almost 100 years later this prospect looks as distant as ever. Scope asks why.

Budget analysis: half baked and two speed

20 Nov 2014

A look at the consequences for the third sector, and beyond, stemming from Stormont's Draft Budget for 2015/16

Two brave women campaigners should learn from

14 Nov 2014

Doing good work is not always the same as doing work that has widespread popular support.

Suicide survivor’s moving story of hope

11 Nov 2014

Kevin Hines jumped off the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco – and lived.

Health boss goes to war over negative media coverage

10 Nov 2014

The tension between the media and health authorities has exploded into open warfare and the dispute goes to the heart of the function of the Press. Scope investigates.

Big Lottery makes major new appointments

6 Nov 2014

The Big Lottery Fund has appointed three new Northern Ireland committee members to make decisions on how National Lottery funding is invested.

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The secret government report that helped make peace walls permanent

Inside the Nolan Show

Fantastic Mr Tax – is devolution of corporation rates wily economics or a fairytale?

Open Government: is necessity the mother of invention?

Where the Big Lottery millions will go

Life in the garret - art work in NI

Analysis: religion, equality and the clash of rights

Stumbling backwards into the future

Meet the new boss: Andrew McCracken from CFNI

Why is integrated education getting nowhere?

Budget analysis: half baked and two speed

Two brave women campaigners should learn from

Suicide survivor’s moving story of hope

Health boss goes to war over negative media coverage

Big Lottery makes major new appointments