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Is Belfast City Council’s policy for dual language street signs “extremist and provocative”?
23 February 2024
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Do the people of Northern Ireland want the Assembly to return?
30 January 2024
CLAIM: Recent polling data indicates that the Northern Irish public wants devolution restored.
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Professor Shirlow is the Director of the Institute of Irish Studies at the University of Liverpool. On 29 January, he claimed in a post onArticles
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Did the Executive promise equal cash to rebuild Windsor Park, Casement Park and Ravenhill?
11 December 2023
CLAIM: The NI Executive’s commitment to provide financial support for new football, GAA and rugby stadiums involved an equal split between sports.
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INACCURATE WITH CONSIDERATION
On 10 November in a post on social media, Loyalist campaigner Jamie Bryson claimed: “[The construction of the three stadiums – at Ravenhill, Windsor andArticles
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Did the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement lead to comfort letters for the ‘On The Runs’?
8 November 2023
CLAIM: The Belfast/Good Friday Agreement (GFA) ultimately led to the “On The Runs” (OTRs) receiving so-called “comfort letters” covering the same types of criminal allegations addressed in Westminster’s recent Legacy Act.
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In a post on social media on 6 September, DUP MLA Emma Little-Pengelly claimed: “Remember that because of Good Friday Agreement, the offences covered byArticles
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Did Sinn Féin collapse Stormont for three years?
12 October 2023
CLAIM: Sinn Féin brought down Northern Ireland’s political institutions for three years between early 2017 and early 2020.
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IT'S COMPLICATED
On BBC NI show Sunday Politics on 1 October, News Letter editor Ben Lowry said: “Sinn Fein brought down Stormont for three years, three yearsEconomy
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Is the EU contributing €1 billion to the PEACE PLUS fund for Northern Ireland?
13 September 2023
CLAIM: The Irish News claimed that the Taoiseach Leo Varadkar joined EU Commissioner Maros Sefcovic in Belfast to announce €1 billion of EU funding for Northern Ireland.
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INACCURATE WITH CONSIDERATION
On September 11 2023 The Irish News tweeted: “Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has joined EU Commissioner Maros Sefcovic in Belfast to announce €1 billion of EUArticles
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Was Ireland’s constitutional claim to Northern Ireland illegal?
24 July 2023
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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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ACCURATE WITH CONSIDERATION
In its manifesto issued ahead of the 2023 local government elections, the Alliance Party claimed: “The current estimates of the cost of division range betweenArticles
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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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INACCURATE
On 3 April, in a column for the Irish Times, campaigner Emma de Souza claimed: “Northern Ireland has the highest levels of child poverty inArticles
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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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BOTH INACCURATE WITH CONSIDERATION
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’tArticles
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Is there no growth in public support for a United Ireland? Is support shrinking instead?
30 March 2023
CLAIMS: There is no evidence of increased support for Northern Ireland leaving the UK - in fact, every major poll points in the other direction.
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On 15 March, DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson MP told the National Press Club in Washington DC: “There is no evidence of growing support forEurope
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