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Will Northern Ireland's devolution be suspended?

Ruth Tarrant

9th September 2015

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The fragile power-sharing agreement between unionists and nationalists in the Northern Ireland Assembly is close to breaking down completely; Theresa Villiers, the Northern Ireland Secretary, is currently in Belfast to get negotiations between the two sides underway in an attempt to rescue devolution.

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Ruth Tarrant

Ruth has been Subject Lead in Economics at tutor2u for many years after a career of teaching Economics, Business, Politics and Maths in a range of secondary schools. She is a highly experienced A level Economics Examiner, and also teaches undergraduate Economics on a very part-time basis at the University of Oxford. Ruth is passionate about making economics fun, engaging and accessible.

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