# explainer - Sunday 17 March, 2019
Some 136,000 people died from measles globally in 2018.
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# explainer - Thursday 14 March, 2019
Only one soldier is being charged in relation to two killings. Here’s why more charges aren’t being brought.
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After years of investigations from the PSNI, soldiers are set to be told today whether they’ll face prosecution.
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# explainer - Wednesday 13 March, 2019
The government here has said Lisa Smith, who was married to an Islamic State fighter, can come home.
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Authorities around the world have grounded the Boeing Max 737 following a crash on Sunday.
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# explainer - Tuesday 12 March, 2019
The UK and EU last night announced a joint instrument providing guarantees on the backstop.
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# explainer - Saturday 9 March, 2019
There could be three crucial votes in the House of Commons from Tuesday onwards, with Brexit only a few weeks away.
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It’s a choice now between brighter evenings or brighter mornings.
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# explainer - Monday 4 March, 2019
Zero-hour contracts are banned in most circumstances from today.
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# explainer - Friday 1 March, 2019
Child safety expert Ian Elliott said that the organisation is “as safe as it can be and getting safer” – Tusla disagrees.
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It centres around claims that a former attorney general was inappropriately pressured to prevent a prosecution.
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# explainer - Wednesday 27 February, 2019
The countries have been in a dispute for over 70 years in relation to the Kashmir region.
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# explainer - Saturday 23 February, 2019
The government aims to have draft legislation in place by the summer.
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People access their human rights through citizenship – without it, people can’t to go to school, get a job, or get married.
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# explainer - Tuesday 19 February, 2019
Smollett was hospitalised last month and said he was the victim of a racist and homophobic attack.
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# explainer - Monday 18 February, 2019
Seven Labour MPs have split from the party.
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# explainer - Saturday 16 February, 2019
The US president’s wall is far from a sure thing even now.
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# explainer - Saturday 9 February, 2019
A heated dispute is ongoing in the US involving some very high profile figures.
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For fresh meats, the rules are clear. For processed meats, not so much.
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The controversy over the costs of the project is just the latest in a series of problems to affect the project
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# explainer - Wednesday 6 February, 2019
Can the so-called Malthouse Compromise provide a basis for a breakthrough, or is the latest effort over before it begins?
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# explainer - Tuesday 5 February, 2019
Politicians have only recently started talking about it and Trump hasn’t addressed it much.
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# explainer - Saturday 2 February, 2019
It’s a phrase that has literally been around for centuries.
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This seems as a good time as any to talk about this.
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# explainer - Wednesday 30 January, 2019
Another vote is promised by 13 February – if the Withdrawal Agreement isn’t approved then, it’s looking like a no-deal Brexit.
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# explainer - Tuesday 29 January, 2019
The UK government is running out of road, so here are the options that could salvage May’s deal.
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# explainer - Thursday 24 January, 2019
The current political crisis has been years in the making.
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# explainer - Sunday 20 January, 2019
A campaign has begun this year to try to increase school secretaries’ pay – but is it so varied in the first place?
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# explainer - Wednesday 9 January, 2019
It’s all about money, and a wall.
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# explainer - Tuesday 8 January, 2019
It could mean they can offer small loans to people who otherwise mightn’t get credit.
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# explainer - Monday 7 January, 2019
A US-backed group yesterday said that it had captured an Irish citizen fighting for Islamic State in Syria.
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# explainer - Thursday 3 January, 2019
Four in five people who attempted to cross the English Channel in dinghies in 2018 did so in the last three months. But why?
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# explainer - Sunday 30 December, 2018
Ireland voted to repeal the Eighth Amendment in May of this year.
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# explainer - Wednesday 26 December, 2018
The bill passed in the Senate last week after it received huge bipartisan support.
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# explainer - Thursday 20 December, 2018
Political in-fighting has divided Irish karate for months now.
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# explainer - Wednesday 19 December, 2018
Reform of the Gender Recognition Act 2004 is being considered by the government.
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# explainer - Friday 14 December, 2018
The short answer is, we don’t know yet. But here’s what might happen.
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# explainer - Wednesday 12 December, 2018
If May wins the vote, she could still be pushed to resign if a large enough number of MPs vote against her.
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# explainer - Tuesday 11 December, 2018
Theresa May has turned to European leaders today to try to find something that will make the Brexit deal more palatable.
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# explainer - Tuesday 4 December, 2018
The last time an MP was expelled from parliament for contempt was in 1947 – and that’s an interesting story in itself.
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