Investigations & Analysis - Northern Ireland from The Detail

Justice & Crime

PSNI strip searching of under-18s is “deeply shocking”

NI prison head tried to “rewrite” critical solitary confinement report

PSNI prioritisation of public order over hate expression criticised in report

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Politics

NI proxy voting system should be removed according to expert

"It's like a cartel": Migrant voters feel ignored in Northern Ireland

Call for Sinn Féin to apply its southern housing policies to west Belfast “housing crisis”

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Health

Review of neurologist’s deceased patients to be published

Report finds “very worrying” failings at children’s mental health hospital

Western Trust’s “final opportunity” to tell truth about Derry girl’s death

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Education

NI law falls "well short" of UN standards on corporal punishment

“Potentially unlawful” restraint and seclusion in schools not addressed in Stormont plan

Queen’s University investigating if historical benefactors had links to slavery

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The Good Friday/Belfast Agreement

Cross-border workers increasingly "confident" part of all-island economy since 1998

Ulster Canal restoration shows all-island management of waterways “makes sense”

“There are no borders in nature”: climate change resistance on the island of Ireland

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Legacy

Legal challenge quashes PPS decision to drop Soldier F prosecution

Enniskillen bomb victims launch legal challenge against PSNI Chief Constable

Lord Chief Justice expresses frustration at the failure to resolve legacy issues

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Government Accountability

Lyons unaware of take-up of broadband scheme costing £200m of public money

Digital exclusion concerns voiced over Stormont’s £200m broadband scheme

Immigration plan to impact vulnerable children seeking safety in Northern Ireland

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Brexit

Since 1998 Good Friday Agreement all-island co-operation has grown exponentially

ROBORDER: PSNI developing AI-controlled border surveillance system

Legal challenge aims to establish if Boris Johnson signed Withdrawal Agreement in bad faith

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Data

Immigration plan to impact vulnerable children seeking safety in Northern Ireland

PSNI officers faced no professional discipline in almost two-thirds of domestic abuse cases

Afghans in NI “distraught” with calls for British Home Office to resettle their family here

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