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The year 2024 will see greatness descend on France. Taking centre stage next summer is the Paris 2024 Olympics, closely followed by ‘Skills Olympics’ in September in Lyon. With 1,500 competitors competing in 60 categories, WorldSkills is the pinnacle event in apprenticeship training and standards. WorldSkills has often been dubbed the ‘Skills Olympics’ as competitors […]
Sinn Féin’s Chris Hazzard MP has welcomed a major new economic report, ‘The Economic and Social Benefits of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement’ which has outlined the growing success of the all-Ireland economy since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement. The South Down MP said: “This new report from the Ibec – Ireland’s largest business […]
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council has announced plans for the development of an exciting new project in partnership with the Ulster Architectural Heritage Society to showcase the rich architectural heritage of Newry. The Newry Architectural Heritage Project will showcase the significant number of historic buildings across the city, which exhibit several different architectural styles […]
As speculation around an agreement between the Government and the European Union on the Northern Ireland Protocol continues, Upper Bann MP Carla Lockhart has said that the Prime Minister and EU should be in no doubt that unless the seven tests set out by the DUP are met in any new agreement, then Stormont will […]
Sinn Féin MP Chris Hazzard has said the potential discovery of Ireland’s biggest prehistoric Bronze Age site in Downpatrick needs an urgent response from government agencies to ensure the rich heritage of the site is not lost forever. The South Down MP contacted various government departments following last night’s revelations from the popular archeological television […]
Upper Bann MP Carla Lockhart has welcomed the latest addition to the retail offering in Portadown, with the opening of Bathe Botanicals by local entrepreneur Christine McCaughey, Speaking after calling to see the new business in Portadown town centre, Carla Lockhart said: “Independent retail is the strength of any town centre, and in Portadown, Lurgan, […]
Upper Bann MP Carla Lockhart has said the horrors inflicted by the IRA must never be forgotten, and that the sacrifice made by the RUC GC must be remembered. The DUP representative made the call following the Memorial Service to mark the 40th anniversary since the murder of Sgt Gordon Wilson, who served in the […]
Following the publication of the Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People’s (NICCY) research report into the experience of children and families facing homelessness, Housing Executive Chief Executive, Grainia Long, has called for a strategic shift towards prevention of homelessness. She said: “Our statutory obligation is to provide solutions for homelessness, when it has […]
Local Member of Parliament Carla Lockhart joined a joyful group of locals at the ‘Never Too Old Club’, held in Portadown Masonic Hall every Wednesday from 4pm to 6pm. Speaking after visiting the group last week, the DUP MP said: “Across the constituency of Upper Bann we have a fantastic range of groups who hold […]
Aontú leader and Meath West TD Peadar Tóibín has called for Rishi Sunak to proceed with the EU Protocol deal without the DUP. An Teachta Tóibín stated: “The DUP achieved just 0.7% of the 2019 Westminster election vote, yet their intransigence has erased the democratic institutions in the north of Ireland, led to political chaos […]
While most children do live in adequate housing, this report launched today (Thursday), demonstrates that in Northern Ireland, there is ‘a long way to go to achieve this for all children and young people.’ ‘A Place to Call Home’, produced by Queen’s University, on behalf of the Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People […]
Being spat on, kicked, head-butted, punched and bitten. This is the stark nature of some of the attacks on police officers in Northern Ireland, with the number of assaults on officers reaching a five-year-high. Assaults with injury have increased year-on-year from 516 for the period April 2018 to March 2019, to 911 for the period […]
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