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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe Good Friday Agreement is 20 years old today - but will it last another 20?
The Good Friday Agreement transformed Northern Ireland. But sectarian divides still run deep, worsened by austerity...
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Published in: TransformationWomen of faith and the Northern Ireland peace process: breaking the silence
“This business of loving enemies mattered to me. That was a command I had to obey.”
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Published in: openDemocracyUKHonourable deceptions in the choreography of the Northern Ireland Peace Process
In some situations, the end does justify the means. In these anti-political times isn't it useful to remember the...
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Published in: Dark Money InvestigationsIs there a link between Cambridge Analytica and the DUP’s secret Brexit donors?
Today we reveal the close relationship between a key Cambridge Analytica backer and a senior pro-Brexit Northern...
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Published in: Dark Money InvestigationsNorthern Irish party donors finally published – but source of DUP Brexit money remains secret
Firm that donated to DUP owned by Gibraltar-based businessman, prompting criticism of 'representation without taxation'.
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Published in: 50.50A tribute to the fearless Laura Lee: freedom fighter for sex workers’ rights, and my friend
Laura Lee died on 7 February 2018. She was a leading activist who campaigned fearlessly for the decriminalisation of...
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Published in: Dark Money InvestigationsElectoral Commission demand end to ban on publishing Northern Irish Brexit campaign donor details
MPs vote for campaign donor transparency for Northern Ireland – but exclude all major recent donations.
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Published in: Dark Money InvestigationsMPs should reject the government’s attempt to cover up for the DUP’s Brexit dark money donation
Theresa May is trying to cover-up for her scandal-prone Northern Irish allies. MPs must call her bluff.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKDUP dark money cover-up: officials dismiss minister’s reassurances on Northern Ireland transparency
“No one should read a great deal into what the minister was saying.”
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Published in: 50.50The Backlash podcast episode 1: women and the far right
We talk to three women who know more about the far right than most: councillor Jolene Bunting in Northern Ireland,...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe left should think more carefully before defending the Good Friday Agreement
The fact that the ultra-conservative Brexiters are out to get the Belfast Agreement doesn’t mean progressives should...
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Published in: Dark Money InvestigationsWhat we've discovered in a year investigating the dark money that funded Brexit means we can't stop now
On the first anniversary of our dark money investigation...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The EU as Britain’s constitutional stabiliser?
More than it thinks, Britain may need its membership in the EU for the preservation of its national integrity and of...
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Published in: HomeRefugees, displacement and moving bodies: studying loss and the language of dance
Dance offers an avenue to communicate experiences of loss (for example of refugees, expelled ethno-religious or...
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Published in: Dark Money InvestigationsNorthern Ireland Electoral Commission in new bid to honour transparency laws from 2014
The government has been accused of trying to cover up for the DUP as it reverses a law which promised transparency...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKGovernment confirms its “full transparency” changes to Northern Ireland electoral laws will not be backdated
Details of the DUP’s “dark money” will remain secret.
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Published in: 50.50Northern Ireland police must stop intimidating equality activists
The force can't claim to be progressive whilst cracking down on those protesting hateful conservatism and...
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Published in: 50.50I'm a trans teenager in Northern Ireland, where bigotry is taught at school
While LGBTQ+ rights groups are deemed “inappropriate” for educational environments, abusive and anti-choice...
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Published in: Dark Money InvestigationsHiding the DUP dark money: The fraud of so-called transparency
Theresa May's government is cowering behind walls of secrecy.
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Published in: Dark Money InvestigationsDid the DUP's controversial Brexit donors break the law – by refusing to reveal the secret source of their cash?
It appears the secretive group that channelled Leave cash to Theresa May’s allies got hit with a record fine - for...