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The fallout of the flooding that impacted North Louth and parts of Dundalk earlier this month continues with Sinn Féin TD Ruairí Ó Murchú saying this week that ‘capacity and legacy issues’ need to be urgently dealt with by Uisce Eireann’s Drainage Area Plan. The Dundalk deputy said he has asked for a meeting with […]
Minister visits a development site for supported living in Dundalk before officially opening a new cost rental housing development in Drogheda. Minister for Housing, Local Government, and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien TD, today visited two new housing developments in County Louth, making stops in Dundalk and Drogheda. His first destination was the Coulter Close development site […]
The Irish Government Should Offer This Country as the Location of an International Peace Conference on the Israel Palestine War. – Tóibín Aontú Leader and Meath West TD has called on the Irish Government to offer a location in this country for an International Pease Conference on the Israel Palestine War. An Teachta Tóibín stated: […]
Sinn Féin spokesperson on Foreign Affairs and Defence, Matt Carthy TD, has appealed for an urgent end to hostilities in Gaza and Israel. He has urged that all armed actions by Palestinian forces cease, and that Israeli forces immediately stop the ongoing attacks on Gaza. He called for a decisive international intervention to bring about […]
Sinn Féin MP John Finucane has called on the Irish government to confront the ‘cynical and cruel’ Legacy Bill through an interstate case against the British government. Speaking after the Legacy Bill passed its final stage in the House of Lords, the North Belfast MP said: “The British government’s flawed and irredeemable Legacy Bill has […]
Sinn Féin MP John Finucane has branded the British Government’s decision to push through the Legacy Bill and ignore opposition from victims ‘cynical and cruel’. Speaking after the Legacy Bill passed through Westminster, the North Belfast MP said: “The British Government’s flawed and irredeemable Legacy Bill has always only been about one thing – closing […]
SDLP Leader Colum Eastwood MP has urged the Irish Government to take legal action against the British Government’s legacy legislation after it passed in the House of Commons this afternoon. Mr Eastwood said that the names of victims and survivors who have been denied access to truth and justice should ring in the ears of […]
Aontú Leader Peadar Tóibín TD has called on all Dáil parties and independents to support the party’s European Convention on Human Rights (Challenge to British Government Amnesty) Bill following the completion of the British Parliaments passage of the controversial Legacy Bill today. The Meath West TD said: “Despite huge opposition on this island for the proposals by […]
Sinn Féin councillor Cathal King has welcomed a commitment from DFI to come before council to discuss the plans for a fixed bridge as part of the Southern Relief Road. The Newry City councillor said: “I’m pleased to hear that DFI have accepted a Sinn Féin request to come before council, to give a clear […]
Newry City SDLP Councillor Michael Savage has called for an urgent meeting between Council and the Shared Island Unit to exhaust all opportunities to secure gap funding for a lifting bridge on the new Southern Relief Road. He made the call at the August Monthly Council Meeting in response to a letter from the Permanent […]
By Donal McMahon The Department for Infrastructure (DfI) will not seek to engage with a Shared Island Unit over a proposed £50m Newry bridge design despite a council’s concerns. Plans for the Southern Relief Road bridge will look to link traffic from Warrenpoint harbour area to the A1 bypass for onward journeys to Belfast and Dublin. […]
A new podcast presented by Tánaiste Micheál Martin has launched today (Monday, July 31st 2023). ‘In Conversation’ with Tánaiste Micheál Martin is a new podcast with the Fianna Fáil leader adopting the role of interviewer instead of interviewee. In his inaugural audiocast Mr Martin is in conversation with Dr Mark Henry, author of ‘In […]
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