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The Rwanda asylum policy is working perfectly for Boris Johnson

15 Jun 2022

With no good ideas to improve people’s lives, the Westminster government has nothing left except its ability to fabricate arguments and make people angry.

Who cares for the carers?

10 Jun 2022

Our health care system is completely dependent on a vast unpaid army of carers.

Northern Ireland needs to learn to communicate

9 Jun 2022

Local people know the crippling effect relationship distress can have on their lives. However, most are reluctant to discuss their problems – and many don’t even know how.

Stormont can stretch the bounds of process and at least do something

Roll up, roll up! (Photo by Becky Phan on Unsplash)

1 Jun 2022

Is Stormont about to get weird? Maybe. Is weird better than silent? Yes.

The cost of living crisis

1 Jun 2022

The cost of living crisis is causing devastation for the least well off.

Young people: why they need to take the lead

27 May 2022

Young people, defined as those under 30, comprise 50% of the world’s population. This will rise to 75% by 2030.

Is Northern Ireland moving away from paramilitarism? Maybe, maybe not

A mural on the Lower Newtownards Road (image from UU's CAIN database)

25 May 2022

While the headlines are filled with stories that feel out of time, local perceptions about the reach of Loyalist and Republican gangs are changing slowly, if they are changing at all.