$1bn for Northern Ireland ‘reason to be hopeful’

Ian King speaks to Dr Esmond Birnie, a senior economist at Ulster University Business School, and asks him whether there is a risk that the money being given to the DUP as part of the confidence and supply deal with the Conservatives is simply being thrown at Northern Ireland, rather than being targeted at where it would be best spent.

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