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Mike Nesbitt MLA said: “It’s welcome that our call for long-term support for the arts & creative industries sectors was supported by all parties today.  It’s estimated that many thousands are employed within these sectors and they are growing industries here with large-scale investment in new studios. “The need for a 10-year strategy is clear.  It will […]

Reacting to the ruling that the boycott of North/South meetings is unlawful Jim Allister said: “Ultimately the DUP has a choice to make. Are DUP Ministers going to climb down and facilitate the Protocol? If they do so they will deny everything they have said about North/South relations being unable to continue as normal as […]

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is urging small businesses and enthusiasts in the automotive sector to be aware of post-Brexit rules when sending and receiving parts from Europe or travelling across Europe to attend events, to ensure they don’t get caught out. New rules have been in place since January this year and while larger […]

To mark World Mental Health Day (Sunday 10 October) the Southern Trust has launched a new Suicide Prevention Care Pathway (SPCP). Developed through the regional Towards Zero Suicide initiative, the pathway aims to identify and respond to patients at risk of suicide as quickly as possible. Co-produced in partnership with service users, volunteers with lived […]

While the Workers Party welcomes the opportunity to comment on the proposed Integrated Education Bill (2021), it is important that we note that it is an appalling indictment of our society, and of our political processes, that, 40 years after the opening of Northern Ireland’s first integrated school and 23 years after the signing of […]

Sinn Féin Councillor for Slieve Gullion, Aoife Finnegan has called for a united opposition to the cutting of the £20 Universal Credit uplift, proposed by the Tory Government.  Commenting after the Council meeting, Councillor Finnegan stated:  “The Tory government has moved once again to attack working-class people with the cut to the Ł20 universal credit […]

Newry, Mourne and Down District Council’s Women’s Working Group will celebrate Local Democracy Week 2021 by hosting a ‘Dragons Den’ style event with six schools from across the district. The events take place on Tuesday 12 and Friday 15October and will see six local schools put forward four students to debate a ‘Notice of Motion’ […]

Shortly after Saoradh slammed St Paul’s High School in Bessbrook yesterday [13th Oct] for bringing pupils to an event that included recruitment for the British Army, the photos disappeared from the school’s Facebook page. Commenting on the issue Saoradh’s Newry representative Stephen Murney said “Saoradh’s Newry office were contacted by local people who were quite […]

Slieve Gullion Sinn Féin Councillor, Declan Murphy, has offered his congratulations to the ‘Friends of Derramore’ community group and hailed them as “an example of community led campaigning” for all after the official opening of the Derramore Park.  Speaking after the opening, Declan said: “I want to just say a massive maith thú to the […]

A Newry man who caused life changing injuries to a lorry driver when his car crashed into him head on was handed a four year sentence today (fri). In addition to the sentence, half to be served in jail and half on licence, 32-year-old Niall Keenan was also handed a two year driving ban by […]