New Stormont department needed to tackle sectarianism in NI - report

Progress can be better monitored if an accountable department takes ownership of the issue, the report said.

A new government department should be created in Northern Ireland to specifically deal with tackling sectarianism, an academic report has urged.

Ending the scourge of religious bigotry should top any future executive's priority list and must be given the same political focus as other key policy areas, such as economic development, the Ulster University study recommended.