Northern Ireland: Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann The Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann is the largest global festival of Irish traditional music, language, and culture, organised by… Read More »The Fleadh, the Mòd and the Eisteddfod: Socio-economic considerations for national cultural festivals
Legislative background International agreements In the past three decades, governments around the world have set out to decarbonise electricity and heat generation, industrial processes, and… Read More »Wind in a bottle: how can Northern Ireland maximise its wind energy potential?
Understanding the Product Regulation and Metrology Bill: key issues and implications On 4 September 2024, the UK Government introduced the Product Regulation and Metrology (PRM)… Read More »Navigating the Product Regulation and Metrology Bill: balancing regulatory alignment, devolution, and global trade ambitions
Introduction Tourism in Northern Ireland accounted for £2.3 billion or 5% of the region’s Gross Value Added in 2019. The sector supported 70,200 jobs in… Read More »Tourism update: 2024
This blog article focuses on key UK Government, Northern Ireland Executive and Departmental initiatives which are currently in place to address the digital divide in… Read More »Addressing the Digital Divide in Northern Ireland
This blog article provides a brief overview of the ‘Digital Divide’. Drawing on the Northern Ireland experience, it explores key characteristics of the Digital Divide,… Read More »An overview of the Digital Divide in Northern Ireland
Data recently released by the footfall-counter Springboard highlights how the number of shoppers in the United Kingdom’s (UK’s) town centres was down by a third… Read More »High street regeneration: What can we learn from other cities?
This blog article complements the Assembly Research and Information Paper Internal Market Act 2020 and the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland. It explains Northern Ireland’s post-Brexit… Read More »Northern Ireland’s post-Brexit goods trade
This article draws on recent experiences of Government-funded sporting events in Northern Ireland (NI), highlighting a number of those events, in particular their economic and… Read More »Is Northern Ireland ‘Open’ for business? Examining the social and economic impact of sporting events
This blog post provides an overview of Northern Ireland’s (NI) current position with regard to trade in goods and updates our previous blog on NI’s… Read More »Northern Ireland trade in goods, 2018
