Given the political vacuum that has paralysed NI for the past ten months, and as the next deadlock deal day, Friday 13th loomed, …
Author: Clare Bailey
Reading the front pages of Monday’s newspapers, I wondered if I was missing something. A change of ‘tone’ seems to be leading to the…
It wasn’t particularly positive or quiet for many people within my South Belfast constituency. I spent time with the residents of Victoria Place in…
When I googled ‘abortion Northern Ireland’ this statement was top of the search results; “Health policy is part of the devolved powers transferred to the…
Presumptions are rife in Northern Ireland politics. I’ve been an MLA for well over a year now and I see the acceptance of truth around…
The legacy of our past - a neat little phrase which belies an enormous and complex problem to which we need to get to the core. It’s so…
I think my Green Party team and I are justified in our claims to be a little more tired than other candidates and agents following the…
I’ve been struck by the ramping up of regressive rhetoric in the days since the traditional parties “launched” their election campaigns. The Irish language, soldiers in…