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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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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 in
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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’t
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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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ACCURATE / INACCURATE
On 15 March, DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson MP told the National Press Club in Washington DC: “There is no evidence of growing support for
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What did the Supreme Court say about the lawfulness of the Northern Ireland Protocol?
27 February 2023
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Was Northern Ireland part of the Irish Free State for a day?
15 December 2022
CLAIM: Tánaiste Leo Varadkar claimed that, on 6 December 1922, Northern Ireland was both already in existence and technically a part of the Irish Free State.
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On 6 December, Ireland’s Tánaiste Leo Varadkar said: “Article 12 of the Treaty [the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921, which created the Irish Free State] created
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Has the Executive been in a state of collapse for 40% of its existence?
8 November 2022
CLAIM: There have been several recent claims that, since it was first established a year and a half after the Good Friday Agreement, Northern Ireland’s devolved institutions have not been functioning for 40% of the time.
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ACCURATE
FactCheckNI has counted the days of existence and days of dysfunction. The Executive has been utterly collapsed for around 37.8% of that time. However, that
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Did the 2006 St Andrews Agreement effectively give the DUP and Sinn Féin a veto over the formation of an Executive?
26 October 2022
CLAIM: Irish Times columnist Stephen Collins claimed that the 2006 St Andrews Agreement modified the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement in such a way that it has effectively handed both the DUP and Sinn Féin veto powers over the formation of an Executive at Stormont.
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The 2006 St Andrews Agreement made significant changes to the rules for nominating a First and deputy First Minister and, thus, forming an Executive. However,
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How is the NI Protocol affecting the local cost of living?
21 June 2022
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The NI Protocol: what power do local MLAs have?
16 May 2022
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Do most UUP voters intend to transfer to nationalist parties ahead of other unionists in the May elections?
6 April 2022
CLAIM: According to polling, most people planning to cast a first preference vote for the UUP in May’s Assembly election will switch their vote to nationalists before they provide a transfer to other unionist parties.
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INACCURATE
Only 7% of UUP voters plan to switch to a nationalist party first, according to the survey. While 31% say their first move will be
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Are 75% of non-voters in Northern Ireland pro-Union?
16 November 2021
CLAIM: Three-quarters of non-voters in Northern Ireland are pro-Union.
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This claim is accurate with consideration. The claim that three-quarters of non-voters in Northern Ireland are pro-Union is based on evidence from a research survey