Newton Emerson: The Department for Infrastructure is failing – is it simply too big to function?
Our Saturday columnist offers his inimitable take on the week’s news stories
Newton Emerson: What is the point of having to book to go to the dump?
Enforcing ‘bin borders’ is a parlour game while industrial levels of illegal dumping are tolerated on the hills above Belfast
Newton Emerson: Stormont’s tedious Brexit debate leaves public cold
Our Saturday columnist casts his eye over another busy week in the news
Newton Emerson: Stormont had money for transport but spent it elsewhere
Transport is one of the few policy areas where public spending in Northern Ireland is significantly less than in England
DUP and Sinn Féin’s contempt for Stormont reform leaves us stuck with lowest common denominator politics: Newton Emerson
A look back at the week that was
Newton Emerson: Have our schools and teachers learned the lessons of the Covid pandemic?
Acknowledgement of the scale and needlessness of the disaster would be a start
Newton Emerson on the week that was: Stormont badly needs to hire a project manager
How many more fiascos will it take before they learn the lesson Kevin McCloud imparts in every episode of Grand Designs?
Newton Emerson: Stormont stance on benefits is cowardice by political choice
If Labour is going to reduce welfare spending, Stormont should consider agreeing a price to devolve certain benefits as soon as possible
Newton Emerson: No job market can put organised crime out of business
Our Saturday columnist looks back on another busy week in the news
Newton Emerson: We are world leaders in regulating protests – so why limit it to parades?
History shows we can limit protests in a way that meets human rights law
Newton Emerson: Clearing the road blocks in the way of major infrastructure
Our Saturday columnist offers his inimitable take on the week’s major news stories
Newton Emerson: The LCC exists in the space where we have forgotten what normal means
Grandiose analysis of the Troubles as a ‘dirty war’ is not matched by analysis of a dirty peace
Newton Emerson: History suggests Trump has no interest in our nonsense
Our Saturday columnist offers his inimitable take on the week’s headlines
Newton Emerson: Northern Ireland’s family farms need a balanced response to inheritance tax change after Labour’s Budget, not Stormont alarmism
We need a more nuanced defence of farming interests
Newton Emerson: The Treasury tap is back on – but does more money mean more problems for Stormont?
Newton Emerson offers his inimitable take on the week’s news headlines