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Full coverage: Northern Ireland

Barcelona better business than Belfast for Cerberus vulture deals

Since the start of the pandemic, the US vulture fund has written down millions off the value of bad loans acquired from AIB in Northern Ireland – but reported no Covid-19 impact on its latest Irish-owned Spanish landlord business.

Thomas Hubert
23rd Sep, 2021 - 4 min read

At the source of the Northern Ireland Protocol: an Irish reading of Barnier’s “secret Brexit diary”

The UK and the EU remain at loggerheads over how to manage trade around Northern Ireland after Brexit, yet current issues were first raised four years ago and solutions agreed in 2019. In his book, the EU’s chief negotiator Michel Barnier explains how we came to this, but also reveals his personal outlook on Ireland, partition and why peace was his top priority.

Thomas Hubert
19th Jun, 2021 - 26 min read

“I wanted to do something that had a sense of purpose. That I wasn’t just going to work.”

Mairead Mackle left a career in podiatry over 25 years ago to set up a business that focused on providing home care and housing services. She discusses the expansion of Homecare Independent Living, the impact of the pandemic and her commitment to empowering women in the workplace.

Cait Caden
24th Feb, 2021 - 5 min read

Sam Smyth: Bobby Storey’s death leaves many deep questions unanswered

Since the Provisional IRA's former head of intelligence was laid to rest, a debate has been raging over social distancing at his funeral. Yet there are many deeper, uncomfortable truths for the Republican movement – and secrets that Bobby Storey has taken to his grave.

Sam Smyth
4th Jul, 2020 - 5 min read

“Would you like to go to a wedding where there were four people seated at a normal six-foot round table?”

With hotels on both sides of the border, Howard Hastings has a unique view on the policy response of both governments. As he prepares to reopen, he believes that domestic tourism will not be enough, and that government intervention is required.

Cait Caden
29th Jun, 2020 - 10 min read

Tom McGurk: “The DUP’s indifference to business Brexit fears has to come at a political price”

This week’s Westminster election may reshape Northern Ireland’s political landscape along Brexit fault lines – but on a UK scale, it still looks set to return a majority set on unrealistic trade expectations, raising again the prospect of a no-deal.

Tom McGurk
11th Dec, 2019 - 8 min read

Energy security: when the urgent drives out the important, risks pile up

Brexit and climate change combined looks certain to create problems for Ireland's shared energy supply between the north and the south. The solution? An integrated risk agency.

Stephen Kinsella
28th Nov, 2019 - 6 min read

Tom McGurk: The pathogen of Brexit has infected British politics but been defining for Ireland. The DUP should be very afraid.

In their time the DUP has said that there would never be the Good Friday, IRA disarming or power-sharing with Sinn Fein. Now they are telling us that the new version of the Irish backstop will never be accepted. We shall see.

Tom McGurk
18th Oct, 2019 - 8 min read

Existence of NI dairy industry suspended to Brexit deal

Many sectors face severe disruption if Brussels and London fail to seal a Brexit agreement in the coming days. One would disappear: milk production and processing in Northern Ireland.

Thomas Hubert
17th Oct, 2019 - 4 min read
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