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Updates

Northern Ireland needs to learn to communicate

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*

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

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

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.

The cost of living and the cost of governmental collapse

There is no magic fix for the cost-of-living crisis. Plenty of things might help but, with no Executive in place, Stormont can’t do any of them.

Re-wilding Northern Ireland

Fixing Northern Ireland’s biodiversity issues requires active measures that will be difficult without an Executive.

Manifestos: Sinn Fein

Scope’s manifesto series continues with the party that is leading in all the polls.

Manifestos: People Before Profit

The manifesto series continues with People Before Profit. Will they return more than one MLA this time round? Read about their pitch to voters here.

Manifestos: the Green Party of Northern Ireland

Scope’s look at party manifestos ahead of the Assembly election on May 5 continues.

Manifestos: the Alliance Party

Next in our election series looking at party manifestos comes those most significant others, Alliance.

Good mental health starts in early years

If interventions are better early rather than late, then perhaps it makes sense to make them as soon as possible.

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Organisations providing support to people and communities during the COVID-19 emergency can share their service information

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