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Ulsters Last Stand?: Can Unionism Move Beyond Insurance Policy Politics?
How has Ulster unionism arrived at where it is today – fractured and uncertain, yet dominated electorally by the DUP, a party that tells us it offers unionists sure footing in uncertain times? In his latest book, Ulster’s Last Stand? Reconstructing Unionism after the Peace Process (Irish Academic Press, 2010), Prof. James McAuley from the [...] read our review »
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Books: Listening to Van Morrison…
Great little review of Listening to Van Morrison by Griel Marcus… It’s a short book, not a biography or a career survey, but an attempt to follow those moments in Morrison’s music, as he’s made it from his first records with Them, from Belfast in 1965 to the present day, when something happens that breaks [...] read our review »
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Of the Old North and other Vanished Kingdoms..
I’m currently trawling through Norman Davies’s fabulous new tome – “Vanished Kingdoms” – Five stars in the (London) Telegraph’s review from Ben Wilson: All the nations that have ever lived have left their footsteps in the sand,” writes Norman Davies. “The traces fade with every tide, the echoes grow faint, the images are fractured, the human [...] read our review »
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Comment on DARD budget to be cut by 18% over four years
on 7 September 2010 at 4:50 pm
It still doesn’t add up… DCAL & DARD cuts do not help sufficiently to fund the expected cuts – Health & Education, 2 biggest budgets, will face greatest burden.
Someone, somewhere needs to work out a better plan; perhaps some of the NIW forensic accounting on slugger could pour onto this problem?
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Comment on DCAL cuts “widespread and unpalatable”?
on 3 September 2010 at 11:11 am
So we top slice the budgets, how very predictable
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Comment on NI Water: Are the sacked NEDs owed an apology?
on 21 August 2010 at 8:52 am
Of course, there may(should) be 4 NIW NED vacancies arising in the near future; the recruitment of the new NED’s was on a temporary basis…
According to the Commissioner for Public Appointments:
“The following are examples of what may be considered as exceptions. This is not however an exhaustive list:
• Emergency appointments
• Extension of appointment term
• Expert posts”
According to the Equality Commission’s Codes of Practice:
“Emergency Recruitment
4.9 Emergency vacancies should be filled by way of contact with the widest possible pool of applicants.”
“If a post MUST be filled without notice then every effort should be made to reach the widest possible pool of candidates. Informal methods of recruitment should not be used – it is not acceptable simply to call a friend or
relative.”
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