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Sinn Fein MLA Liz Kimmins has said news Power NI is to increase its prices for domestic customers by 21.4% from 1 January 2022 will be another huge blow for workers and families. Liz Kimmins said: “News that hard-pressed families are set to be hit with another price hike will come as another huge blow. […]
Newry, Mourne and Down District Chairperson, Councillor Cathy Mason was delighted to welcome a delegation of pupils from schools across the district to council offices in Newry and Downpatrick this week. The pupils presented her with their ‘Leaf Pledges’ on climate change in the hope that the Council will work together with them in the […]
Every newspaper headline, news bulletin and radio phone-in programme in recent weeks has declared that the NHS is in meltdown: that the system is broken and is on the verge of collapse. What is seldom examined is exactly what the crisis is, how it has been caused and why it will continue under the present […]
A new cross-border partnership established to foster economic growth along the key strategic route between Dublin and Belfast has today announced its inaugural political leadership team who will help drive employment opportunities, address barriers impacting trade and encourage the delivery of better transport infrastructure. Councillor Pete Byrne from Newry, Mourne and Down District Council was elected […]
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council Chairperson, Councillor Cathy Mason has launched a Christmas Appeal to provide food and essential non-food items products to residents who are most in need this Christmas. For many of us, Christmas is a magical time, however for other more vulnerable families across our district it can often cause added […]
Sinn Féin MLA John O’Dowd has said hospital parking should be free for all and encouraged people to get behind a Sinn FéinAssembly Bill to scrap parking fees at hospitals. The Upper Bann MLA said: “Hospital car-parking must be free and accessible to all. “Sinn Féin’s Assembly Bill will scrap hospital parking charges and make it free for health workers, patients and […]
Cuan Mhuire (Sr Consilios) will be holding their annual ‘Bucket Collection’ in Camlough village this Saturday (27th November) from 9am to 3pm. All monies raised will help Cuan Mhuire, founded by Sr Consilio in 1966 continue deliver its life saving and life changing services. The local ‘Friends of Cuan Mhuire’ Group are once again organising […]
SDLP Upper Bann MLA Dolores Kelly has welcomed a public consultation into a law-change that would consider killers’ decision not to reveal the location of their victims’ bodies. ‘Charlotte’s law’ follows a campaign by the family of Co Tyrone woman Charlotte Murray who went missing in 2012. The law has also received support from […]
Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey said that her focus is on preventing homelessness, during a visit to a housing project funded by her Department. The Queens Quarter Housing project currently receives funding from the Department’s Homelessness Budget and from the Supporting People Budget, which are administered by the Housing Executive. The Minister was speaking ahead of […]
Sinn Féin MLA John O’Dowd has said the British Secretary of State must live up to his commitment and introduce the Irish Language Act. The Upper Bann spokesperson said: “Sinn Féin back An Dream Dearg’s call on the British Secretary of State to live up to his commitments to legislate for an Acht Gaeilge. “The […]
Fuel poverty is a harsh reality. The ‘official’ figure in Northern Ireland is 22% of households. Fuel poverty charities are now warning that recent energy price increases will push thousands of additional households into further fuel poverty. The current energy crisisis a symptom of the crisis underlying global capitalism. The working class, the unemployed, the […]
Health Minister Robin Swann marked National Fertility Awareness Week by thanking staff at the Regional Fertility Centre (RFC) in Belfast for their work to restore and rebuild services impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. The Minister also heard about ongoing plans to implement the Executive’s New Decade, New Approach commitment to providing up to three publicly-funded cycles of […]
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