An investigation into the controversy surrounding Northern Ireland Water is to be led by the former most senior civil servant in Wales.
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BBCPolitics on 1st Sep 2010 (via bbc.co.uk)
Northern Ireland Water may be the only public-owned body left in the UK in charge of water supplies … In September 2009, the utility regulator found Northern Ireland Water was half as efficient at delivering services as other UK water providers. So this privatisation thing is really, just awfully, terrible, isn’t it?
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TimWorstall on 31st Dec 2010 (via timworstall.com)
Following the tragic deaths in Northern Ireland, talk of a march for peace has already met with the cynical response that marching has never solved anything in Ulster (Ireland unites against the killers, 11 March). This is, I believe, less of an allusion to those annual demonstrations of the Orange Order than to the protests led by the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association, whose peaceful camp...
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Guardian on 12th Mar 2009 (via guardian.co.uk)
Northern Ireland's utility regulator is to investigate the handling of the crisis that saw thousands of homes left without running water.
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Scotsman on 6th Jan 2011 (via news.scotsman.com)
Following today's excellent GCSE results - in which Northern Ireland again significantly out-performed England and Wales - UUP Education Spokesperson and Lagan Valley MLA Basil McCrea has congratulated Northern Ireland's young people, parents and teachers on their success.
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UlsterUnionists on 22nd Aug 2008 (via uup.org)
Chief Whip of the Ulster Unionist Party Fred Cobain has spoke of his concern in relation to water charges being imposed in Northern Ireland describing it as a 'Ticking Time bomb'.
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UlsterUnionists on 2nd Jul 2009 (via uup.org)
On Northern Ireland, as we were saying this morning, Shaun Woodward was emphasising that there appeared to be a small number of criminals behind these murderous acts. The PMS said that Shaun Woodward had used the word criminals regardless of how these people chose to describe themselves. It had been very clear from the Prime Minister s and Northern Ireland Secretary s visit to Northern Ireland yes...
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DowningStreetSays on 11th Mar 2009 (via downingstreetsays.com)
Northern Ireland's regional development minister is facing growing calls to resign over the recent water crisis in which more than 40,000 homes were left without mains supplies
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FT on 5th Jan 2011 (via ft.com)
The Elections Ireland.Org website is produced in association with renowned Irish political commentator Seán Donnelly. It provides listings, and some analysis, of all general election results in The Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland since 1918. It also covers by-elections in Northern Ireland and Ireland from 1918 onwards, European Parliament elections in the region since 1999, and Iri...
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Intute on 20th May 2009 (via intute.ac.uk)
Shaun Woodward MP, Labour's Shadow Northern Ireland Secretary, speaking to Labour Party Conference today, said: Conference. It has been an enormous privilege to serve as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland. The opportunity to serve and the privilege to work with the people of Northern Ireland will always be with me. This has been another historic year for Northern Ireland. The third and f...
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LabourMatters on 28th Sep 2010 (via labourmatters.com)
The actions of a small number of violent criminals must not be allowed to provoke anyone to undo the progress that has been made in Northern Ireland says Owen Paterson the Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
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Telegraph on 11th Mar 2009 (via telegraph.co.uk)