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Community Constituency Government Infrastructure Newry Newry and Armagh Stormont

Traffic Calming Scheme at Park View Cloughoge, Newry

Infrastructure Minister Liz Kimmins has announced the completion of a traffic calming scheme in Park View, Cloughoge outside Newry.   Liz Kimmins said: “This traffic calming scheme will assist in reducing vehicle speeds throughout the village and improve road safety for all road users, particularly vulnerable road users such as pedestrians and cyclists.” Road humps and cushions […]

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Community Constituency Government Newry Newry and Armagh Politics Stormont Westminster

Grant Calls For Executive Commitment to Protect Those Against Benefit Cuts

Nicola Grant Workers Party representative has called on the Executive and the Northern Ireland Assembly to give a commitment, that regardless of the Westminster Governments decision tomorrow, that those most vulnerable in Northern Ireland will be protected. Those on benefits now and in the future will suffer a disproportionate impact given the prominent levels of […]

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Community Constituency Government Infrastructure South Down Stormont Warrenpoint

£80,000 Invested In Puffin Crossing Facilities for Warrenpoint and Dundrum

Infrastructure Minister Liz Kimmins has announced the switching on of new pedestrian PUFFIN crossings on the A2 Seaview, Warrenpoint road and on the A2 Main Street, Dundrum. The Department has invested £40,000 in each of the specialised pedestrian crossings. Minister Kimmins said, “The locations are popular crossing points on the A2 road, for people accessing schools, […]

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Armagh Campaigns Community Constituency Daisy Hill Government Health Newry Newry and Armagh Politics South Armagh Stormont

McNulty: Health Service Inequalities In Newry “Unacceptable”

SDLP Newry & Armagh MLA Justin McNulty has described health service inequalities in Newry as “completely unacceptable.” Mr. McNulty was responding to information from the Department of Health, which confirmed that just 23% of consultants working in the Southern Trust were employed at Daisy Hill Hospital. Newry & Armagh MLA Justin McNulty said: “This is […]

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Armagh Community Constituency Government Newry Newry and Armagh Politics South Armagh Stormont

McNulty Welcomes Overdue Progress on Irish Language Commissioner

SDLP Newry & Armagh MLA Justin McNulty has welcomed overdue progress on the appointment of language commissioners. Mr. McNulty said: “We are now five years on from the promise to appoint language commissioners in New Decade, New Approach. Progress is long overdue and while it has to be welcomed, questions must be asked about why […]

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Campaigns Community Constituency Craigavon Daisy Hill Government Health Newry Newry and Armagh Politics Stormont

Grant Concerned By Ambulance Handover Times

Nicola Grant responding to the report on a dramatic deterioration in ambulance handover performance, said this is a situation that is going to exponentially grow if the proposed changes to hospital reconfigurations is not changed or halted. She said the thousands of beds that have been closed in hospitals due to efficiency savings and underfunding, […]

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Government Health Stormont

Community Pharmacists Raise Concerns Over Funding

COMMUNITY PHARMACY REPRESENTATIVES ADDRESS STORMONT HEALTH COMMITTEE ON URGENT FUNDING CRISIS The body representing community pharmacists in Northern Ireland has told a Stormont committee that recurrent funding difficulties, coupled with the increase in National Insurance Contributions, will see more pharmacies close their doors. The sector has been grappling with a funding deficit of £20 million […]

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Campaigns Community Constituency Cost of Living Government Newry Newry and Armagh Politics South Armagh Stormont Westminster

Benefits Row: Finnegan Writes to Minister Over Westminster Benefit Cuts

Sinn Féin MLA Aoife Finnegan has said it is time for the British government to move beyond cuts and austerity and towards real investment in public services. She was speaking after media reports on Friday suggested the Labour government is planning to cut the welfare budget by £5 billion. “The same British government who just […]

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Community Constituency Government Infrastructure Newry Newry and Armagh Politics Stormont

Grant Calls on Department to Act on Road Safety

Nicola Grant Workers Party representative has called upon the Department for Infrastructure to act now on a Road Safety issue that has been ongoing for many years without resolution. She has highlighted the serious situation at Five Ways particularly in relation to access in and out of Damolly Retail Park on to the Armagh  Road. […]

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Community Government Health Politics Stormont

Affordable Rent Scheme to Deliver 300 Homes

Housing Minister Gordon Lyons has announced the next steps in a new initiative to support renters who find themselves priced out of the mainstream private rental sector. The Intermediate Rent scheme will create a new supply of affordable rented homes across Northern Ireland at below market rents. Minister Gordon Lyons today announced that he will […]

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Community Government Infrastructure Stormont

Timetable Changes For St Patrick’s Day

Translink is advising passengers that buses and trains will operate holiday timetables for the St. Patrick’s Day Bank Holiday on Monday, 17th March. All buses – Metro, Glider and Ulsterbus, including Airport services, will be operating Saturday and holiday timetables. Trains, including the cross-border Enterprise, will be running a Saturday timetable on Monday, 17th March. Services for […]

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Community Constituency Education Government Lurgan Politics Stormont Upper Bann

More Than 8,000 Pupils to Participate In Phone-Free Pilot

Education Minister, Paul Givan has announced that more than 8,000 young people from nine schools across Northern Ireland will participate in a phone-free pilot. The pilot, which will begin in September 2025, will examine the benefits of restricting the use of mobile phones during the school day. Paul Givan said: “Since becoming Education Minister, I have […]