Investigations & Analysis - Northern Ireland from The Detail

Government Accountability

Sperrins goldmine biodiversity targets questioned by Fermanagh and Omagh District Council

Approving Sperrins goldmine application in current form “would be unlawful”, Loughs Agency tells public inquiry

Salmon and water supplies could be at risk from Sperrins mine waste facility, inquiry hears

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Data

One in six areas in Northern Ireland labelled unsafe for asylum seekers

30 femicides in Northern Ireland since 2020 — Belfast rally demands ‘not one more’

Campaigners urge Stormont action after UN genocide findings in Gaza

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Legacy

Finucane inquiry blocked from secret files over funding delay

From South Armagh to Strasbourg: the long fight for justice after the Troubles

Finucane Inquiry opens amid promises of full state cooperation

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The Good Friday/Belfast Agreement

More than 93% of unionist parades go ahead without restriction

Good Friday Agreement: More work needs to be done to tackle inequality

Good Friday referendum: ‘I had arguments in my own household, with my own friends’

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Lough Neagh

Moy Park farms spread 20 times more poultry manure on Northern Irish fields than agreed with environmental authorities

Lough Neagh management body recommended entering ownership talks before due diligence, emails reveal

Tommy Greene: Stormont can’t keep ignoring the evidence on Lough Neagh sand dredging

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Politics

The secret group linked to security services that helped shape the Legacy Act

‘We advise them not to go near the flag areas.’ Migrant leaders on navigating Northern Ireland’s politics

NI proxy voting system should be removed according to expert

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Education

AI girlfriends ‘reinforce dangerous ideas about how women should behave’ - Women’s Aid

Three-quarters of Irish Traveller children still leave school with fewer than five GCSEs

Trade unions call on Queen’s to scrap contract with company running asylum seeker barges

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Health

'I’d be in floods of tears': Why Northern Ireland still has no mother-and-baby unit

‘You have to keep asking, asking, asking’: Survivors of mother and baby homes still battling to access their records

Health trust forced to pay back tens of thousands to adults with learning disabilities after they were overcharged

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Brexit

‘We advise them not to go near the flag areas.’ Migrant leaders on navigating Northern Ireland’s politics

Denzil McDaniel: Rows over the border have been a constant since 1921

If Stormont is restored, will border areas still be neglected?

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