Investigations & Analysis - Northern Ireland from The Detail

Justice & Crime

Major drop in Terrorism Act charge rate in Northern Ireland

Almost 59,000 ‘full body searches’ of NI prisoners in five years

Ombudsman may investigate PSNI strip searching of under-18s

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Health

Mental Health Champion’s office “intentionally created” to lack power and independence

Almost £8.5m spent on Belfast Trust recall of neurology patients

Huge number of neurology patients transferred from NI for care

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Government Accountability

Council to vote again on west Belfast greenway plan

Most new NI poultry farms near protected nature sites

“Significant level of falsification” of official documents in poultry applications

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Data

Major rise in hotel use for asylum-seekers: “It feels like we are in a prison”

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

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Brexit

"The future on this island will be shared regardless of numbers or polls"

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

ROBORDER: PSNI developing AI-controlled border surveillance system

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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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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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