👤 David Young

15 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
15
2026-09-14 – 2026-10-29
Claims per article
17
254 extracted in total
Hedged claims
6%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
2,490
characters
Writes for Evening Standard.
Hedged claims are ones written with attribution or uncertainty (“reportedly”, “according to”). A higher rate is not a fault: it is often careful sourcing. How these are measured.

What they cover

Politics
53%
Crime & Law
33%
Economy/Business
7%
Environment
7%
Most-tagged topics
Northern IrelandStormontBelfastDUPSinn FéinTreasuryFoyle AssemblyPortadown

Leaning

Not enough articles to place this byline.
4 scored articles; a leaning average needs at least 8 before it says more about the writer than about which stories they happened to be assigned. Their outlet averages -0.15 (centre).

More from this journalist

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
2026-09-29 · Evening Standard · Politics
Parading dispute prompts further Assembly clashes at Stormont
10 outlets covered this event · leans left
2026-09-14 · Evening Standard · Politics
O’Neill accused of ‘cosplaying’ as First Minister at Cardiff independence summit
9 outlets covered this event
2026-10-28 · Evening Standard · Crime & Law
‘Viable postal device’ delivered to Londonderry hotel, police say
2 outlets covered this event
2026-10-28 · Evening Standard · Crime & Law
Viable device in package delivered to Londonderry hotel, police say
2 outlets covered this event
2026-10-05 · Evening Standard · Politics
Judgment reserved in legal bid to challenge Drumcree parade decision
2 outlets covered this event · leans left
2026-10-29 · Evening Standard · Politics
O’Dowd wants £100 support payments to reach householders in NI
no other outlet in the corpus covered this

What they said would happen

2026-09-14 · Evening Standard
O’Neill accused of ‘cosplaying’ as First Minister at Cardiff independence summit
🔮 “The First Minister of Northern Ireland may be absent from her desk, she may be absent from dealing with the issues that face the people of Northern Ireland, including on the health service and including on good public services and the road infrastructure and water and waste infrastructure and all the rest, but there is no (Stormont) first minister in Wales today assertive
2026-10-05 · Evening Standard
Judgment reserved in legal bid to challenge Drumcree parade decision
🔮 Mr McGleenan said police had given an assurance to the commissioners that they had the capacity to deal with any disorder that may have been triggered if a parade was permitted. assertive
2026-10-22 · Evening Standard
SF and DUP at odds on budget meeting plan ahead of talks with NI Secretary
🔮 Both Ms O’Neill and Ms Little-Pengelly are set to hold talks at Stormont with Sir Chris later on Thursday, but in separate engagements with their respective parties, rather than together representing the Executive Office. assertive
2026-10-23 · Evening Standard
First of two storms brings heavy rain to Ireland
🔮 Storm Austen was forecast to bring “intense rain and flooding”. assertive
2026-10-23 · Evening Standard
Man accused of north Belfast stabbing attack pleads not guilty
🔮 Prosecution and defence barristers asked for two weeks to be set aside for the trial but both expressed hope it would not take that long to hear the case. assertive
2026-10-23 · Evening Standard
Man accused of north Belfast stabbing attack pleads not guilty
🔮 Prosecution and defence barristers asked for two weeks to be set aside for the trial but both expressed hope it would not take that long to hear the case. assertive
2026-10-27 · Evening Standard
Supreme Court to hear Government appeal in Sean Brown public inquiry case
🔮 Mr Brown, 61, the chairman of Bellaghy Wolfe Tones GAA Club in Co Londonderry, was ambushed, kidnapped and murdered by loyalist paramilitaries as he locked the gates of the club in May 1997. assertive
2026-10-28 · Evening Standard
Viable device in package delivered to Londonderry hotel, police say
🔮 “I would also like to pay tribute to the police officers who responded to this incident, once again putting themselves in harms’ way to ensure the safety of the public. assertive
2026-10-28 · Evening Standard
‘Viable postal device’ delivered to Londonderry hotel, police say
🔮 We are keeping an open mind as to who is responsible, and we are working through a number of lines of inquiry, one of which, at this time, is that dissident republicans may be responsible,” she said. mixed
2026-10-28 · Evening Standard
Investment summit and boost to AI research hub among Budget measures for NI
🔮 The Government said the summit will focus on strengthening east-west trade between Northern Ireland and Great Britain, and will also highlight the region’s “potential” under post-Brexit rules that mean it is the “only place in the world with dual access to the UK internal market and EU market”. assertive
2026-10-29 · Evening Standard
O’Dowd wants £100 support payments to reach householders in NI
🔮 Mr O’Dowd said he had asked his officials to examine how the money could be paid out in the absence of a local budget in Northern Ireland. assertive
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