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SDLP Policing Board member Mark H Durkan has said that recruiting more PSNI officers is key to keeping local communities safe. He was speaking following the launch of a PSNI recruitment campaign on Wednesday. Foyle MLA Mr Durkan said: “That PSNI officer numbers have been allowed to drop to an all-time low is a matter […]
By Donal McMahon Councillors are urging the Minister for Health to develop a drug rehabilitation hub following the death of a young man at a Southern Trust psychiatric unit. Seán Boyle (24)died on 1 June 2020 in intensive care after attempting suicide on 28 May, just 21 hours after being admitted to Craigavon Area hospital. […]
By Donal McMahon A public inquiry in to a Mournes wind farm has been significantly postponed amid large scale opposition to a “forest of steel”. ABO Wind NI Ltd, with its HQ in Lisburn, has plans for eight turbines and an electrical substation to be constructed in Hilltown, Co Down. An inquiry was due to […]
By Donal McMahon Controversial designs for a £93m relief road are being publically launched in Newry tomorrow (Jan 21). Plans for the Southern Relief Road will be on display for six weeks with the Department for Infrastructure (DfI) providing a staffed day at Newry Leisure Centre (10am -9pm) on Tuesday. Newry, Mourne and Down District […]
Sinn Féin MLA Liz Kimmins has welcomed the passing of a motion brought to the Assembly today calling on the health minister to develop specialist autism mental health services. The party’s health spokesperson said: “I welcome cross-party support for Sinn Féin’s motion in the Assembly today which urges the health minister to bring forward a plan […]
Nicola Grant workers party representative has called upon the Northern Ireland Executive to stop the party-political squabbling in relation to the crisis in the Health and social care services. People are dying on trollies and in corridors, patients are being nursed in the most undignified situations, our dedicated health service staff are stretched to breaking […]
Newry City Councillor Valerie Harte has said the robbing of the Vivo Shop in Stream Street Newry on Saturday afternoon had disgusted the local community. The Sinn Féin elected representative said, “I share the disgust of our community at this act of thuggery carried out at the Vivo Shop. A young member of staff was […]
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council has announced that the ongoing works at Newry swimming pool and Leisure centre will continue for a few more weeks, past the January 2025 deadline. A spokesperson for NMD Council said: “Newry, Mourne and Down District Council wishes to advise that the reopening of the swimming pool and health […]
Speaking after Newry Mourne & Down Council agreed to a motion to both endorse the recent findings of Amnesty International which concludes that Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza and also declaring Newry, Mourne & Down District an Apartheid-Free Zone, Councillor Cathal King said that the only way to stop the slaughter in […]
The SDLP is using our Opposition Day on Tuesday to call for urgent action to end violence against women and girls. Motions will focus on new laws to better support victims of abuse, tackling online violence, RSE and healthy relationships and gender-based budgeting. The situation is at crisis point with 25 women violently killed in Northern Ireland […]
Education Minister Paul Givan has announced his programme for reforming the provision of support for children with special educational needs. The Minister’s Special Educational Needs Reform Agenda and associated five-year delivery plan have been developed following completion of a comprehensive review of policy and delivery. Speaking in the Assembly, Paul Givan said: “Children with special educational needs, […]
SDLP Leader of the Opposition Matthew O’Toole MLA has said that claims from First Minister Michelle O’Neill around the Executive’s record of delivery don’t add up. Ms O’Neill said the Executive has a “very strong track record of delivery”. She said the Executive had passed a “huge, vast array of legislation”. South Belfast MLA Mr […]
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