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The Daisy Hill Future Group met with Peter May, the Permanent Secretary at the Department of Health and his senior advisors on Wednesday 26th July to discuss the Southern Trust’s plans to stabilise the medical workforce and ensure continuity of services at Daisy Hill Hospital. The Future Group’s representatives sought this meeting with the leadership […]
The UK Government’s decision to indefinitely postpone a separate system of product quality marks is a welcome climbdown on Brexit fantasy economics, reducing the prospect of NI-GB divergence and making the DUP boycott ever more indefensible, SDLP Stormont leader and Brexit spokesperson Matthew O’Toole has said. The UK Government today confirmed that the UKCA safety […]
Upper Bann DUP MP Carla Lockhart has secured a commitment from the Prime Minister to work together on improving benefit support for children and families who face a childhood cancer diagnosis. Speaking after her PMQ Carla Lockhart said, “I am greatly encouraged by the Prime Minister’s answer today where he recognises the stress and strains […]
SDLP South Belfast MP Claire Hanna has said that community and voluntary organisations in Northern Ireland cannot afford to miss out on cost of living funding. It comes after the UK government this week launched a £76m Community Organisations Cost of Living Fund in England. The fund means that voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations in […]
Upper Bann MP Carla Lockhart has joined the fifth birthday celebrations at popular local coffee shop, Perfect Blend Coffee House, based in Magowan West, Portadown. Speaking on a visit to mark the occasion, the DUP representative said: “Perfect Blend Coffee House is now a definite stop off when in Portadown. It is a huge credit […]
DUP EFRA Spokesperson Carla Lockhart has said that the ongoing slippage in milk price is a cause of great concern for the local dairy industry, and that if current trends continue into the autumn and winter period, the industry will face significant pressures. Speaking from Westminster, the Upper Bann representative said: “We have a deeply […]
Upper Bann DUP MP Carla Lockhart has said the NIO must make clear that teachers with a moral objection to abortion will not face discrimination or career penalty for refusing to implement the Governments proposals in relation to the RSE curriculum. Carla Lockhart said: “I despair that the NIO seem determined to make our classrooms […]
Sinn Féin MLA Conor Murphy has said local businesses need an Executive formed quickly to seize the huge economic opportunities available to us to create jobs and strengthen the economy. Speaking after meeting with businesses leaders at Stormont today, the party’s economy spokesperson said: “Today we met with representatives from the local Chambers of Commerce and […]
Sinn Féin MLA Cathy Mason has said British Government legislation to impose visa restrictions on travel between the north and south of Ireland is offensive and potentially devastating to the tourist industry here. Under the proposals, Irish residents without an Irish passport, or tourists who wish to visit the North from the south, would need […]
SDLP Leader Colum Eastwood MP has said there can be no summer recess on efforts to restore devolution In Northern Ireland after meeting with Secretary of State Chris Heaton Harris at Westminster this afternoon. Mr Eastwood said that people feeling the impact of hospital waiting lists, the public sector pay crisis, soaring childcare costs and […]
Commenting on the Bill being debated TUV party chairman councillor Keith Ratcliffe said: “This Bill does not command the support of innocent victims of terrorism. It does not address their concerns and merely continues the policy of successive governments since the Belfast Agreement of looking at victims as best as an inconvenience and at worst […]
South Down MP Chris Hazzard has condemned comments made by Ian Paisley in Westminster this week about a legal representative of the family of Colum Marks. The South Down MP said: “Ian Paisley’s comments in relation to a legal representative of Colum Marks’ family and the inferences made are dangerous and hark back to darker […]
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