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Every newspaper headline, news bulletin and radio phone-in programme in recent weeks has declared that the NHS is in meltdown: that the system is broken and is on the verge of collapse. What is seldom examined is exactly what the crisis is, how it has been caused and why it will continue under the present […]
A new cross-border partnership established to foster economic growth along the key strategic route between Dublin and Belfast has today announced its inaugural political leadership team who will help drive employment opportunities, address barriers impacting trade and encourage the delivery of better transport infrastructure. Councillor Pete Byrne from Newry, Mourne and Down District Council was elected […]
Sinn Féin MLA John O’Dowd has said hospital parking should be free for all and encouraged people to get behind a Sinn FéinAssembly Bill to scrap parking fees at hospitals. The Upper Bann MLA said: “Hospital car-parking must be free and accessible to all. “Sinn Féin’s Assembly Bill will scrap hospital parking charges and make it free for health workers, patients and […]
Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey said that her focus is on preventing homelessness, during a visit to a housing project funded by her Department. The Queens Quarter Housing project currently receives funding from the Department’s Homelessness Budget and from the Supporting People Budget, which are administered by the Housing Executive. The Minister was speaking ahead of […]
Sinn Féin MLA John O’Dowd has said the British Secretary of State must live up to his commitment and introduce the Irish Language Act. The Upper Bann spokesperson said: “Sinn Féin back An Dream Dearg’s call on the British Secretary of State to live up to his commitments to legislate for an Acht Gaeilge. “The […]
Fuel poverty is a harsh reality. The ‘official’ figure in Northern Ireland is 22% of households. Fuel poverty charities are now warning that recent energy price increases will push thousands of additional households into further fuel poverty. The current energy crisisis a symptom of the crisis underlying global capitalism. The working class, the unemployed, the […]
Health Minister Robin Swann marked National Fertility Awareness Week by thanking staff at the Regional Fertility Centre (RFC) in Belfast for their work to restore and rebuild services impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. The Minister also heard about ongoing plans to implement the Executive’s New Decade, New Approach commitment to providing up to three publicly-funded cycles of […]
Speaking to Newry & Armagh TUV Annual Dinner on Saturday night Jim Allister warned the Government that weakening on the Protocol would store up destabilising pressures on the very institutions which the Protocol dishonesty claims to protect. “I can think of no quicker and more assured way to alienate Unionists even more from the failing […]
Aontú Representative for East Derry, Gemma Brolly, has condemned the Stormont Executive’s introduction of COVID Vaccine Passports as dangerous, discriminatory and poorly thought out. “For weeks now, we have had growing numbers of COVID cases and increasing pressure on hospitals and medical services. Now, in the middle of a pandemic, and with the ‘flu season’ […]
Conor Murphy, Sinn Féin MLA for Newry Armagh and Finance Minister has made it a condition for anyone who gets a government contract to pay their workers a living wage. This measure will come into effect next year and will put more money into the pockets of thousands of workers. Conor said: ““Every worker should […]
The Newry Chamber of Commerce and Trade is appealing to the UK Government to find solutions to resolve ongoing issues related to the Northern Ireland Protocol, rather than triggering Article 16. With talks between Brexit Minister, Lord Frost, and European Commission Vice President, Maros Šefčovič, at a critical stage, Newry Chamber, on behalf of its […]
SDLP Upper Bann MLA Dolores Kelly has said it is shameful 1,001 properties are lying empty across Upper Bann while families wait for a home. In response to Assembly Questions, the Department of Finance revealed there are currently 20,068 houses registered as being empty in the North. The actual figure could be much higher […]
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