The estimated €3 billion year-one cost of Northern Ireland in a United Ireland would break even within nine years, a new ...

A united Ireland would cost €3bn in the first year, but the financial burden to subvent Northern Ireland would disappear ...

A new peer‐reviewed article by academics at the University of Bath warns that unless governments take urgent steps to address ...

Stormont agriculture committee chairman, Robbie Butler has highlighted the scope for Northern Ireland’ initial Climate Action ...

Additional funding secured in spending review presents an opportunity for the Stormont Executive to move beyond crisis ...

Michelle O’Neill, Northern Ireland’s First Minister, has called for an immediate end to “the racist and sectarian attacks on families across the North and the rioting in Ballymena.” ...

Ulster University (UU) held an important discussion on the role and future of public service media. Key speakers included Phil Ramsey (lecturer in media studies (UU), Siobhan Walsh (director of ...

In his lifetime, public health specialist Gabriel Scally has observed life expectancy rates on either side of the Border flip. People in the Republic are now living longer than those in Northern ...

Ireland allocates a higher share of government expenditure to health, with 26.3% in Ireland compared with 17.3% in Northern Ireland in 2022/23, and education, with 10.7% in Ireland compared with 9 ...

Securing a “good” pay deal for nurses and introducing a safe and effective staffing bill are among pledges in a new three-year strategic plan for Health and Social Care (HSC) in Northern Ireland. The ...

Northern Ireland needs a long-term funding agreement from the UK Government to fix its public services which are in crisis, MPs have warned. The House of Commons was told that road infrastructure ...

In Northern Ireland almost 10,000 people are diagnosed with cancer each year – more than 26 people every day. The average number of cancer cases per year increased by 8% from 9,125 cases in 2011-2015 ...