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Upper Bann MP Carla Lockhart has highlighted the significant issue of escalating fuel prices in Parliament, focusing on the severe impact these costs have on drivers, particularly in rural areas like Upper Bann. During Treasury question time, the DUP MP urged the Government to tackle the burdensome fuel costs, which have seen a sharp increase […]
SDLP Newry & Armagh MLA Justin McNutly has made an impassioned plea for peace in Palestine. Mr. McNulty was speaking on a motion brought forward by the SDLP Opposition calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. The Newry & Armagh Assembly Members’ comments came as the death toll in Gaza reaches 35,000 with […]
Aontú Leader and Meath West TD Peadar Tóibín has called on the Irish Government to engage more closely with the British Government on the Common Travel Area following what could be a landmark ruling on a migration case today in Belfast. The High Court found that the Illegal Migration Act 2023 which gives new powers […]
Sinn Féin MP Chris Hazzard has welcomed the announcement that a contract has been awarded for the Narrow Water Bridge. The South Down MP has said the delivery of this project is key to ‘unlocking South Down’s potential’. Chris Hazzard said: “It is welcome that a €60 million contract has been awarded to BAM for […]
The Infrastructure Minister’s decision to proceed with a fixed bridge on the Southern Relief Road has been described as “nonsense” by a Newry & Armagh MLA. Justin McNulty has said he is “baffled” by the decision from Sinn Féin’s John O’Dowd. “I find this decision to be extraordinarily short-sighted and completely baffling. We already know […]
Sinn Féin MLA Declan Kearney has met with South Africa’s foreign minister and ANC MP Naledi Pandor in Johannesburg. The South Antrim MLA is in South Africa for the ‘Global Anti-Apartheid Conference on Palestine’ which is running until this Sunday, 12 May. Speaking after the meeting, the party’s National Chairperson said: “It was most important to […]
Sinn Féin National Chairperson Declan Kearney MLA is travelling to Johannesburg, South Africa to address a ‘Global Anti-Apartheid Conference on Palestine’, taking place between 10-12 May 2024. The conference is set to be opened by President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa and attended by Palestinian representatives and leaders representing political parties and organisations from across […]
Sinn Féin MLA Gerry Kelly has said he will be seeking a meeting with the Chief Constable of the PSNI about revelations this week in relation to the covert surveillance of journalists by police. The revelations emerged at a hearing of the Investigatory Powers Tribunal in London. The party’s policing spokesperson said: “Sinn Féin is […]
Newry Mourne & Down District Councillor Cathal King has said that a military invasion of Rafah by the Israeli government would take an already dire situation to catastrophic new levels. He also said that the people of Newry Mourne & Down would continue to ‘stand with Palestine’. The Sinn Féin elected representative who has been […]
Health Minister Robin Swann has announced that health service education and training places for this year will be maintained at the same level as 2023/24. The Minister said he had hoped to announce an overall increase in places but intensifying budgetary pressures have made that unachievable. The level of pre-registration education places will be the same […]
A meeting scheduled to take place between the Irish Republican Party Saoradh and a Libyan based political organisation was hampered by a British Courts refusal to allow Saoradh’s National Chairperson to travel to it. Saoradh’s Chairperson Stephen Murney had sought to travel to Malta to meet with Libyan political representatives. Being bound by draconian bail […]
A new £20million fund which will offer support to local businesses to purchase and install energy efficient equipment that will help to reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions has been launched today. The five-year programme is now open for applications and will offer businesses grants of up to £150,000 for investments in areas such as […]
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