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Detectives from the Police Service of Northern Ireland’s Major Investigation Team, investigating the murder of Stephen Barriskill in the Whiteside Hill area of Portadown on 27 October, have charged a 53-year-old man with murder. Connor Lawrence McNeill, 53, of Whitesides Hill in Portadown has been charged with the murder at a residential property in the […]
SDLP Deputy Leader Nichola Mallon MLA has hit out at Sinn Féin’s Conor Murphy “fake news” claims after the SDLP exposed Sinn Féin’s failure to protect families from Universal Credit cuts. Ms Mallon said: “Sinn Féin have spent the evening spinning fake news to cover for their own failure to protect the most disadvantaged in […]
Robin Swann has welcomed the £200million monitoring round allocation for the health service. Minister Swann said: “The vast majority of this funding was available to the Executive as a result of the increased health spending announcements by the UK Government.. The fact that the Executive allocated more than the funding received from this source, with […]
Finance Minister, Conor Murphy has announced an additional £200 million for the health service to meet Covid pressures on hospitals, tackle waiting lists and fund a pay award for health workers. The money comes from the £250 million October monitoring round allocations agreed by the Executive which also sees funding provided for Special Educational Needs, roads […]
Detectives have arrested two people following an assault in the Enniskeen area of Craigavon last night (Thursday 28th October). Detective Sergeant Wilson said: “Shortly after 6pm, police received a report that a man was at a residential property in the Woodside Hill area of Portadown with a knife. “While police were trying to locate the […]
Sinn Féin Councillor for the Slieve Gullion area, Oonagh Magennis has said that it is important that vital works for the main Crossmaglen road from Camlough are not placed on the backburner again. Councillor Magennis was speaking after contacting the DFI section manager about works that were originally pencilled in for 2020. She said: “I […]
A number of groups from across the borough, who successfully completed a six-session creative writing course aimed at building positive relations gathered at the Armagh City Hotel, Armagh to mark the launch of ‘Once Alien Here’ containing a collection of their poems, stories and scripts. Supported by Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council’s Peace […]
There has been a lot of publicity recently around Natasha’s Law – the new Food Safety Law that is now in place requiring food retailers to provide full details of the ingredients and allergens in all pre-packaged food. This publicity has heightened public awareness around an issue that can have a major impact on many […]
Sinn Féin Group Leader in Council Barra Ó Muirí has given a warm welcome to the Active Travel Masterplan agreed at Monday’s meeting of the Active and Healthy Communities at Newry, Mourne and Down District Council. A visionary document, the master plan has proposed ways to improve opportunities for cycling and walking in the district […]
This weekend Newry BID will be out and about on the streets of Newry hosting its ‘Random Taps of Kindness’ initiative as part of the ‘TAP into Newry’ Campaign. TAP into Newry celebrates the arrival of the Spend Local High Street Voucher Card which started arriving through doors in recent weeks. Newry BID is encouraging […]
Dr Steve Aiken OBE MLA, Chair of the NI Assembly Finance Committee has welcomed measures in the Budget announced today which provide for an extra £1.6Bn for Northern Ireland and cuts to Air Passenger Duty (APD). Steve Aiken said: “The statement by the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, that the UK economy is growing stronger than forecast, […]
Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister:- “The deliberate design of the iniquitous Protocol was to prise Northern Ireland and Great Britain apart. That is its underlying political intent. “Today’s figures from the Food & Drink Federation, confirming a substantial reduction in food sales from GB to NI, demonstrate the trade-inhibiting Protocol is working as Brussels […]
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