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Full coverage: Northern Ireland

Who killed Joe Campbell?: Part 1 – Murder

Joe Campbell, a Catholic in the RUC, was murdered in 1977. For 45 years, his family have looked for justice. This weekend, in a major four-part investigation, we explore the circumstances of his death and who killed him.

Phoebe Greenwood
4th Jun, 2022 - 19 min read

“We wore out so much shoe leather trying to raise funds that we thought we’d have to do this ourselves”

Having been sucked into the spiral of Nama and vulture funds, Belfast property developers Gareth Graham and Adam Dickson saw the need for another form of lending. This is now their main business – all bootstrapped.

Thomas Hubert
11th Apr, 2022 - 8 min read

Barnier on Brexit, Europe and the French presidential election: “We must stop being naive”

Former EU Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier now runs the international campaign of presidential candidate Valérie Pécresse. He sat down with The Currency in Paris to discuss British and unionist attitudes to the NI Protocol, changing the EU, corporation tax and identity politics.

Thomas Hubert
19th Feb, 2022 - 13 min read

After 32 years, luxury hotel magnate Howard Hastings is stepping back. Here’s what he has learned

As he transitions from managing director to chairman of Hastings Hotels, Howard Hastings reflects about steering the business through the pandemic, the future of hospitality and the lessons he learned from his father.

Ian Kehoe
9th Feb, 2022 - 7 min read

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
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