£1.5bn: annual cost of the enduring sectarianism in Northern Ireland

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£1.5bn: annual cost of the enduring sectarianism in Northern Ireland

Sectarianism and the deep divisions within Northern Ireland could be costing the Exchequer up to £1.5bn a year, according to an official report. Although this extraordinary figure is tentatively advanced, the report lays bare the workings of a society cut down the middle by the religious and political divide.