How the Greens would break Northern Ireland’s political deadlock
Northern Ireland has been without an Executive for almost a year, after the DUP pulled out of government over the post-Brexit Northern Ireland Protocol. On the fourth episode of #BrightGreenLive,…
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Peace at any cost? The Good Friday Agreement, 20 years on
Stormont, the seat of the Northern Ireland Assembly. Photo Credit: pixabay user 'veve' CC0 license On 10th April 1998 the Great and the Good, from President Bill Clinton, to…
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Even with Stormont in crisis, we can still fight climate change
Photo credit: Fossil Free Northern Ireland Northern Ireland’s climate activists have suffered a lost decade. After the passing of the UK Climate Change Act in 2008, the other devolved…
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Stasis at Stormont: Why Northern Ireland needs Green politics more than ever
Tanya Jones, Deputy Leader, GPNI. Photo credit: GPNI As I write this, it is a year since the late Martin McGuinness resigned as Northern Ireland's deputy first minister, leading…
The past, present and future of the Marriage Equality campaign in Northern Ireland
Photo: Pixabay user fsHH Creative Commons license On the afternoon of the 17th August 2017, the campaign for equal civil marriage equality in Northern Ireland was dealt another devastating…
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Brexit and the Tory deal have only deepened Northern Ireland’s political crisis
The Irish Sea, this summer, feels a few miles wider. For me, it began at the count. My fellow Green candidate and I scarcely paid any attention to our own…
What does GE2017 mean for Northern Ireland?
Stormont, home of the Northern Ireland Assembly. Photo credit: flickr user Robert Young Creative Commons license To maintain even a meagre sense of optimism in Northern Irish politics one…
Northern Irish Greens 2011 – Election Review
After reading Peter and Sam’s post-election thoughts on Green performance in Scotland and Wales, I thought I’d complete the regional picture. Less than a week after the Assembly elections in…