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Published in: Home: NewsCovid bereaved say loved ones were treated ‘like toxic waste’ after death
UK was not equipped to deal with Covid deaths, bereaved families tell inquiry as Module 1 concludes
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Published in: Home: NewsResults of pandemic planning exercises kept secret from local councils
Local government chief says sharing results of national exercises would have ‘changed what we were doing’ during Covid
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Published in: Home: NewsNo one told me about pandemic risks, says former NI deputy Michelle O’Neill
Former health minister was ‘unaware’ of high influenza risk to Northern Ireland – or of departmental risk register
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Published in: Home: NewsWas Westminster to blame for gaps in Northern Ireland’s pandemic planning?
Arlene Foster says UK government should have ‘stepped in’ – but others disagree about scale and cause of problems
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Published in: Home: NewsNorthern Ireland: Health sector known to be at risk of failure since 2018
A 2018 document reveals concerns were raised that ‘underfunded’ public health sector would collapse in an emergency
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Published in: Home: NewsBrexit prep forced Northern Ireland to ‘cannibalise’ departments before Covid
The UK’s only nation to border the EU was left to prepare for Brexit with no ministers, says Denis McMahon
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Published in: Home: NewsKey Northern Ireland emergency documents years out of date before pandemic
Lack of ministers hampered Covid response, says Denis McMahon, and crucial policies barely mentioned risk of pandemic
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Published in: Home: AnalysisIs Ireland getting ready to unite?
Sinn Féin is preparing for government in the Republic, having already won in the North. What would its success mean?
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: NewsHow both sides of Scottish indy debate are being bankrolled by dark money
Revealed: Former PM Gordon Brown’s think tank Our Scottish Future is among those receiving the lowest transparency rating
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Published in: Home: OpinionAs world leaders meet in Belfast, it’s clear the DUP is running out of road
OPINION: With the party isolated in a room full of peace negotiators, momentum is growing for Stormont’s reform
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Published in: Home: AnalysisYes, the Good Friday Agreement ended violence. But it didn’t bring peace
The peace deal saved lives, but realising reconciliation remains an elusive aspiration as Joe Biden visits Northern...
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Published in: Home: OpinionWhere ‘levelling up’ funds go doesn’t matter. They aren’t supposed to work
OPINION: Meaningful change on inequality would require real powers for local authorities. Anything else is just noise
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Published in: 50.50: AnalysisCan the UK survive Westminster’s attack on trans rights in Scotland?
LGBTIQ activists across the UK are rethinking their place in the union after Sunak blocked new Scottish legislation
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Published in: Home: OpinionHow a farcical new report on Northern Ireland Protocol poses a real threat
OPINION: It’s worrying that a paper undermining the Good Friday Agreement has been welcomed by influential politicians
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Published in: Home: AnalysisTroubles bill puts perpetrators before victims, say politicians and bereaved
The families of victims on both sides of the debate have slammed the government’s plan to end criminal investigations
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Published in: Home: OpinionWhy Chris Heaton-Harris and Steve Baker mean instability for Northern Ireland
OPINION: No wonder a trade deal with the US is off the table – look at Truss’s new Northern Ireland ministers
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Published in: Home: OpinionWill Charles be able to hold the Union together?
OPINION: The Queen represented a romanticised vision of Britain. With her gone, Scotland has even less reason to stay
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Published in: 50.50: NewsExclusive: Suspended doctor is trustee of Belfast anti-abortion charity
Stanton Healthcare, accused of spreading anti-abortion misinformation, has a suspended anti-vax GP as a trustee
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Published in: Home: OpinionLiz Truss’s U-turn on Brexit is bad news for Northern Ireland
An ex-Remainer with a point to prove, Truss will continue Johnson’s hardball tactics with the EU – at NI’s expense
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Published in: Home: OpinionBoris Johnson’s hypocrisy on the Northern Ireland protocol is a new low
Recent political posturing isn’t about peace – it’s about the selfish aims of the PM and the DUP