Seamus McAleavey
@seamusmcaleavey.bsky.social
Former NICVA Chief Executive, Trustee of Pivotal, Trustee Eaga Trust.
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NEW Pivotal report - Policy delivery in Northern Ireland
How do we make sure policy goals are achieved in practice? We asked 30 former senior civil servants, ministers, business and voluntary sector leaders to tell us about their experiences and ideas.
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How do we make sure policy goals are achieved in practice? We asked 30 former senior civil servants, ministers, business and voluntary sector leaders to tell us about their experiences and ideas.
www.pivotalpolicy.org/assets/files...
June 19, 2025 at 5:04 AM
NEW Pivotal report - Policy delivery in Northern Ireland
How do we make sure policy goals are achieved in practice? We asked 30 former senior civil servants, ministers, business and voluntary sector leaders to tell us about their experiences and ideas.
www.pivotalpolicy.org/assets/files...
How do we make sure policy goals are achieved in practice? We asked 30 former senior civil servants, ministers, business and voluntary sector leaders to tell us about their experiences and ideas.
www.pivotalpolicy.org/assets/files...
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Read Pivotal's statement on yesterday's UK Spending Review.
"The Spending Review gives Northern Ireland a 3-year funding settlement but means difficult choices ahead. The money will have to be spent wisely, with strong emphasis on public service transformation"
www.pivotalpolicy.org/our-work/new...
"The Spending Review gives Northern Ireland a 3-year funding settlement but means difficult choices ahead. The money will have to be spent wisely, with strong emphasis on public service transformation"
www.pivotalpolicy.org/our-work/new...
Pivotal media statement on UK Spending Review
www.pivotalpolicy.org
June 12, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Read Pivotal's statement on yesterday's UK Spending Review.
"The Spending Review gives Northern Ireland a 3-year funding settlement but means difficult choices ahead. The money will have to be spent wisely, with strong emphasis on public service transformation"
www.pivotalpolicy.org/our-work/new...
"The Spending Review gives Northern Ireland a 3-year funding settlement but means difficult choices ahead. The money will have to be spent wisely, with strong emphasis on public service transformation"
www.pivotalpolicy.org/our-work/new...
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🚨 New Pivotal report - 'Achieving greater integration in Northern Ireland: young people's voices'.
Published today. Read the report here - www.pivotalppf.org/our-work/pub...
Published today. Read the report here - www.pivotalppf.org/our-work/pub...
May 15, 2025 at 6:15 AM
🚨 New Pivotal report - 'Achieving greater integration in Northern Ireland: young people's voices'.
Published today. Read the report here - www.pivotalppf.org/our-work/pub...
Published today. Read the report here - www.pivotalppf.org/our-work/pub...
Irony central and also the lunatic left - customers - are apparently illegaly boycotting Tesla. Maybe Trump’s next move is compulsory purchace orders for US customers?https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/mar/14/tesla-trump-trade-war-harm-car-companies-elon-musk-tariffs
Tesla tells US government Trump trade war could ‘harm’ EV companies
Letter from Elon Musk’s firm to US trade representative warns of ‘downstream impacts’ of tit-for-tat tariffs
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March 14, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Irony central and also the lunatic left - customers - are apparently illegaly boycotting Tesla. Maybe Trump’s next move is compulsory purchace orders for US customers?https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/mar/14/tesla-trump-trade-war-harm-car-companies-elon-musk-tariffs
Ironic given Munich conference 1938 apple.news/ASRoFSQgcRbO...
Ukraine's future on the line as world leaders gather in Munich amid Putin 'appeasement' fears — The Standard
The Munich Security Conference comes as the US appears to be stepping back from European security guarantees
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February 14, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Ironic given Munich conference 1938 apple.news/ASRoFSQgcRbO...
Peter Mandelson swears at reporter after question on Epstein relationship - The Guardian Quare bit of brown nosing here from the Prince of Darkness “What they will discover is I’m not an uber-liberal, I’m not a wokey-cokey sort of person, and I’m pro-market and pro-business.” Labour man?
February 6, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Peter Mandelson swears at reporter after question on Epstein relationship - The Guardian Quare bit of brown nosing here from the Prince of Darkness “What they will discover is I’m not an uber-liberal, I’m not a wokey-cokey sort of person, and I’m pro-market and pro-business.” Labour man?
The Prince of Darkness Peter Mandelson says he was wrong to call Donald Trump a danger to the world. Let astray by the interviewer. Good one.
January 29, 2025 at 5:12 PM
The Prince of Darkness Peter Mandelson says he was wrong to call Donald Trump a danger to the world. Let astray by the interviewer. Good one.
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🚨New Pivotal report published today
Our new tracker report looks at the Northern Ireland Executive’s actions since its return a year ago, and suggests priorities for 2025
Read the report here pivotalppf.org/cmsfiles/Pub...
Our new tracker report looks at the Northern Ireland Executive’s actions since its return a year ago, and suggests priorities for 2025
Read the report here pivotalppf.org/cmsfiles/Pub...
January 27, 2025 at 7:21 AM
🚨New Pivotal report published today
Our new tracker report looks at the Northern Ireland Executive’s actions since its return a year ago, and suggests priorities for 2025
Read the report here pivotalppf.org/cmsfiles/Pub...
Our new tracker report looks at the Northern Ireland Executive’s actions since its return a year ago, and suggests priorities for 2025
Read the report here pivotalppf.org/cmsfiles/Pub...
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Forty years ago I joined @nicva returning to Belfast from Strathclyde. One of my first tasks was to welcome SoS(NI) Douglas Hurd to open our offices - we later became opponents over the ‘Hurd Principles’ on political vetting.
January 6, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Forty years ago I joined @nicva returning to Belfast from Strathclyde. One of my first tasks was to welcome SoS(NI) Douglas Hurd to open our offices - we later became opponents over the ‘Hurd Principles’ on political vetting.
Canada’s fight with Trump isn’t just economic — it’s existential | Opinion if you try to suck up to the bully he’s going to eat you up. Has Canada got a backbone?
January 3, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Canada’s fight with Trump isn’t just economic — it’s existential | Opinion if you try to suck up to the bully he’s going to eat you up. Has Canada got a backbone?
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December 21, 2024 at 2:55 PM
So, is closing the embassy to the Vatican next? Close to holocaust denial? Any potential criticism seems to attract a hyperbolic response.
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Israeli minister criticises Pope's call to study whether Gaza offensive 'genocide' — Reuters
An Israeli government minister criticised Pope Francis on Friday for suggesting the international community should study whether Israel's military offensive in Gaza constitutes a genocide of the Pales...
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December 20, 2024 at 10:37 PM
So, is closing the embassy to the Vatican next? Close to holocaust denial? Any potential criticism seems to attract a hyperbolic response.
apple.news/AvFha8feoTFO...
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Whatever you might think of Peter Mandelson he’s hardy a moron. The Prince of Darkness doesn’t look like he’ll have soft landing in DC. As a former SoS in Northern Ireland will it stand him in good stead? apple.news/ASGKuIq90SRC...
Trump team warns Starmer’s ‘horrible, arrogant’ ambassador pick means Britain will be ‘locked out’ of key discussions — The Independent
President-elect’s team deeply unhappy at Starmer’s choice for Britain’s new top diplomat
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December 20, 2024 at 7:22 PM
Whatever you might think of Peter Mandelson he’s hardy a moron. The Prince of Darkness doesn’t look like he’ll have soft landing in DC. As a former SoS in Northern Ireland will it stand him in good stead? apple.news/ASGKuIq90SRC...
Bullying on a grand scale.
President-elect Donald Trump filed a lawsuit Monday night against the Des Moines Register newspaper and its highly respected former pollster, adding to his ongoing legal attacks against news media companies.
Trump sues Des Moines Register and Iowa pollster, claiming election interference
Trump’s lawsuit claims a poll by Ann Selzer for the Des Moines Register that incorrectly found he was behind in Iowa amounted to consumer fraud.
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December 17, 2024 at 6:51 PM
Bullying on a grand scale.
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Two men have been charged with murder over the death of children's nurse Karen Cummings.
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Banbridge: Two men charged with murder over Karen Cummings death
The men, aged 32 and 42, are due to appear in Newry Court on Wednesday.
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December 17, 2024 at 5:36 PM
Two men have been charged with murder over the death of children's nurse Karen Cummings.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Israel Is Accelerating Its Plans for the Complete Annexation of the Palestinian West Bank - Byline Times. Yet slogans like ‘from the river to the sea’ are alleged antisemitic? Are Palestinians to be annihilated. Is it ‘to hell or Connaught’?
Israel Is Accelerating Its Plans for the Complete Annexation of the Palestinian West Bank - Byline Times. Yet slogans like ‘from the river to the sea’ are alleged antisemitic? Are Palestinians to be annihilated. Is it ‘to hell or Connaught’?
Israel Is Accelerating Its Plans for the Complete Annexation of the Palestinian West Bank — Byline Times
Netanyahu's Government is stepping up its plans ahead of the arrival of a sympathetic Trump administration
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December 11, 2024 at 9:25 PM
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Israel Is Accelerating Its Plans for the Complete Annexation of the Palestinian West Bank - Byline Times. Yet slogans like ‘from the river to the sea’ are alleged antisemitic? Are Palestinians to be annihilated. Is it ‘to hell or Connaught’?
Israel Is Accelerating Its Plans for the Complete Annexation of the Palestinian West Bank - Byline Times. Yet slogans like ‘from the river to the sea’ are alleged antisemitic? Are Palestinians to be annihilated. Is it ‘to hell or Connaught’?
Opinion - “The Greeks do not have a moral right to the Elgin Marbles and if we "loan" them, they will never come back” - The Standard. The benefits of an imperial past, aka known as looting the world. With ‘legal’ documents to back it up. Immoral I’d say.
December 4, 2024 at 7:09 PM
Opinion - “The Greeks do not have a moral right to the Elgin Marbles and if we "loan" them, they will never come back” - The Standard. The benefits of an imperial past, aka known as looting the world. With ‘legal’ documents to back it up. Immoral I’d say.
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The chief executive of UnitedHealthcare, one of the nation’s largest health insurers, was fatally shot in Midtown Manhattan on Wednesday, according to a police report and people familiar with the matter. Follow live updates. www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12...
December 4, 2024 at 3:17 PM
The chief executive of UnitedHealthcare, one of the nation’s largest health insurers, was fatally shot in Midtown Manhattan on Wednesday, according to a police report and people familiar with the matter. Follow live updates. www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12...
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It’s 25 years today since powers were devolved from UK Govt to the Northern Ireland Assembly. How has it gone and what have we learnt?
The Belfast Good Friday Agreement has been a success in bring cross-community government and peace, but has it brought effective government? 🧵 1/
The Belfast Good Friday Agreement has been a success in bring cross-community government and peace, but has it brought effective government? 🧵 1/
December 2, 2024 at 10:22 AM
It’s 25 years today since powers were devolved from UK Govt to the Northern Ireland Assembly. How has it gone and what have we learnt?
The Belfast Good Friday Agreement has been a success in bring cross-community government and peace, but has it brought effective government? 🧵 1/
The Belfast Good Friday Agreement has been a success in bring cross-community government and peace, but has it brought effective government? 🧵 1/
So, if you have a special relationship, why would you threaten your ally over a commitment to international law? A bit abusive? Donald Trump ally warns Keir Starmer the US will ‘crush’ the UK economy if it helps arrest Benjamin Netanyahu - The Independent
November 24, 2024 at 1:17 PM
So, if you have a special relationship, why would you threaten your ally over a commitment to international law? A bit abusive? Donald Trump ally warns Keir Starmer the US will ‘crush’ the UK economy if it helps arrest Benjamin Netanyahu - The Independent
We have heard of CREEP before!
President-elect Donald Trump has mused more than once that he might like to run for re-election again in 2028 and seek a third term. The Constitution's 22nd Amendment does not allow it. Here’s why. nyti.ms/48YsMZO
November 18, 2024 at 8:55 PM
We have heard of CREEP before!