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Was Ireland’s constitutional claim to Northern Ireland illegal?
24 July 2023
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Is arts funding per capita almost five times higher in Ireland than it is in Northern Ireland?
4 July 2023
CLAIM: Central arts funding per capita in Northern Ireland is £4.72 per year, compared with £22.50 per person, per year in Ireland.
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On 10 May, the Arts Council NI claimed on Twitter: “Our Director of Arts Development @Gcampbellini & Director of Strategic Development & Partnerships @karlygreene highlight
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Does this picture show all the publicly-available green space in Northern Ireland?
28 June 2023
CLAIM: A map shared on Twitter shows the amount of green space in Northern Ireland which is available to the public.
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On 25 May, Irish Mirror/Belfast Live Environment Correspondent Shauna Corr shared the following image on Twitter: In her tweet, she said: “This map of Northern
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Is Lagan Valley one of the least wooded parts of NI?
22 June 2023
CLAIM: Lagan Valley is one of the least wooded areas in Northern Ireland, particularly with regards to ancient woodland.
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On 18 June, Alliance Party MLA Sorcha Eastwood claimed on Twitter: “Lagan Valley is one of the least wooded areas in NI, particularly re ancient
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Is Nicola Sturgeon the first former or current political party leader to be arrested since the 1970s? Is she the only former First Minister or Prime Minister to be arrested in history?
14 June 2023
CLAIM: Nicola Sturgeon is the first former First Minister or Prime Minister in UK history to be arrested. She is the first former or current leader of a major party to be arrested since Jeremy Thorpe in the 1970s.
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The arrest of former Scottish National Party (SNP) Leader Nicola Sturgeon on Sunday triggered a number of claims about police dealings with UK political figures.
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Economy
Are Treasury contributions to NI going down? Is local spending rising by only 3.6% while it rises by 6% in England?
1 June 2023
CLAIM: Treasury contributions to NI public services are going down. At the same time, by 2025 spending in England is set to rise by 6% while spending here will go up by 3.6%.
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DUP MPs Sir Jeffrey Donaldson and Gavin Robinson both recently claimed in press releases issued at the end of April that: “The Treasury contribution to
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Does NI have the lowest wages, slowest economy, lowest productivity and highest economic inactivity in the UK and Ireland?
23 May 2023
CLAIM: Northern Ireland has the lowest wages, lowest economic growth, lowest productivity, and highest economic inactivity in the UK and Ireland.
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In its manifesto published ahead of the 2023 local government elections, Sinn Fein claimed: “The north has the lowest wages, lowest economic growth, lowest productivity,
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Do divisions in society cost Northern Ireland between £400m and £830m every year?
16 May 2023
CLAIM: The cost of social division to the public purse in NI ranges between £400m and £830m every year.
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In its manifesto issued ahead of the 2023 local government elections, the Alliance Party claimed: “The current estimates of the cost of division range between
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Does Northern Ireland have the highest rate of child poverty in the UK?
2 May 2023
CLAIM: Northern Ireland has the highest levels of child poverty in the UK.
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On 3 April, in a column for the Irish Times, campaigner Emma de Souza claimed: “Northern Ireland has the highest levels of child poverty in
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Education
Is Northern Ireland one of the cheapest parts of the UK for childcare?
25 April 2023
CLAIM: Northern Ireland is one of the least expensive places in the UK for childcare.
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On 11 March, Belfast Live posted on its Facebook page that: “Northern Ireland has been named as one of the cheapest regions in the UK
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Is direct rule incompatible with the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement? Or would joint authority breach the principle of consent?
18 April 2023
CLAIM: 1. Direct rule is incompatible with the GFA. In the absence of a functioning Stormont, joint authority is the only way to respect the multilateral spirit that brought the Agreement about. 2. Nothing in the Agreement helps establish joint authority - in fact, joint authority would be a clear violation of its terms and would also remove the principle of consent.
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On April 4, SDLP MP Claire Hanna was quoted in the Irish News, saying: “[We] should also be clear that one-sided direct rule simply isn’t
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Would 35 million people live in Ireland if it was as densely populated as England?
5 April 2023
CLAIM: If Ireland’s population density was the same as England, its population would be 35 million people.
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On 25 March, Irish comedian Tadhg Hickey claimed on social media: “Had we English levels of density we’d have a population of 35 million.” Mr