Underhanded Use of Petition of Concern

A reader has written the following: Over the past months you have been trying to get the public more interested in politics in Northern Ireland. This is a super idea because politics shapes our everyday life and the more people get involved the better we can collectively run the country. There are a lot of [...]

NI Water Debacle

A reader submitted the following: There are surely a number of people in the firing line in the current NI water debacle. While the senior management are rightly responsible for the response and communication issues, I certainly believe that as a public body NI Water should have emergency and contingency planning. Where is the ministerial [...]

Has the Green Party lost the plot?

A reader has written the following: Has the Green Party lost the plot? They have one MLA and what is he trying to do but bring in a Hunting Ban Bill that is a copy of possibly the worst piece of law ever to be passed in government history.  The hunting act has nothing to [...]

June 2010 Web Stats

This post is part of our ongoing commitment to publish web stats for www.niassembly.gov.uk (“the site”). During the month of June the site recorded 1: 87,029 visits 3; 457,907 pageviews 4; and an average of 5.26 pages per visit. Trivia 87.00% of users to the website use Internet Explorer; 7.15% use Firefox; 2.52% use Chrome; [...]

Government and Official Opposition

A reader has asked the following question: Are there any plans in the pipeline which would see a change in the consociationalist coalition towards a government and official opposition system within the Northern Ireland Assembly? The system of government used in Northern Ireland was established in the Northern Ireland Act 1998, signed by both the [...]