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Hazzard welcomes progress on low-carbon heating support as ‘a vital step for affordability and climate action’
Sinn Féin MP Chris Hazzard welcomes Economy Minister Caoimhe Archibald's decision to proceed with designing a new low-carbon home heating support scheme. He says it offers clarity for families reliant on oil heating and calls for affordability, rural needs and fuel-poor households to stay central…
Environment and climate Economy and employment Issue: Department for the Economy low-carbon heating support scheme design next steps Original release: Hazzard welcomes progress on low-carbon heating support as ‘a vital step for affordability and climate action’ (opens in a new tab)
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Gynaecological and menopause waiting times ‘completely unacceptable’ – Flynn
Sinn Féin MLA Órlaithí Flynn calls for action on gynaecology and menopause waiting times, citing a BBC report that almost 60,000 women are on gynaecology waiting lists in the north. She urges the Health Minister to work with his southern counterpart and says the forthcoming women's health action…
Health Disability and equality Issue: BBC report on almost 60,000 women on gynaecology waiting lists Original release: Gynaecological and menopause waiting times ‘completely unacceptable’ – Flynn (opens in a new tab)
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Allister welcomes Sinn Fein u-turn on rates
TUV leader Jim Allister welcomes the Finance Minister's decision to halt the proposed revaluation of business rates, but says the climbdown shows Stormont is detached from the real economy. He says the proposal should never have progressed and that it took a public backlash to force a change.
Public finance and taxation Economy and employment Issue: Northern Ireland domestic rates revaluation Original release: Allister welcomes Sinn Fein u-turn on rates (opens in a new tab)
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Maskey expresses support for WASPI campaign
Sinn Féin MP Paul Maskey expresses support for the WASPI campaign after the British government rejected compensation for women affected by changes to the state pension age. He says the decision denies women born in the 1950s what they are owed.
Social security and welfare Disability and equality Issue: British government rejects WASPI state pension compensation Original release: Maskey expresses support for WASPI campaign (opens in a new tab)
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Infrastructure Minister meets Riverside residents following latest flooding incident – Kearney
Sinn Féin's Declan Kearney, South Antrim MLA, says he joined Infrastructure Minister Liz Kimmins in visiting Riverside in Antrim after Storm Chandra flooding, and seeks assurances on urgent action and a systematic review of the agencies' response.
Infrastructure and transport Local government Issue: Riverside Antrim flooding following Storm Chandra Original release: Infrastructure Minister meets Riverside residents following latest flooding incident – Kearney (opens in a new tab)
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Proposed redundancies a major blow for Newry – Hughes
Sinn Féin MP Dáire Hughes calls on Glen Electric management to change course after the company proposed cutting 51 jobs at its Newry site, saying the losses would hit local workers and the town hard. He says the firm is profitable and the site viable, and pledges continued support for staff and…
Economy and employment Issue: Glen Electric Newry proposed redundancies of 45-50% of workforce Original release: Proposed redundancies a major blow for Newry – Hughes (opens in a new tab)
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Gaston challenges deputy First Minister on Irish Language Commissioner
TUV North Antrim MLA Timothy Gaston says the commencement order bringing the Irish Language Commissioner's powers into force is the DUP's surrender on Irish language demands, and calls on the deputy First Minister to ensure Pol Deeds stays within his legal powers, including over the Grand Central…
Disability and equality Constitutional affairs Issue: Commencement order bringing Irish Language Commissioner powers into force Original release: Gaston challenges deputy First Minister on Irish Language Commissioner (opens in a new tab)
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Stormont failing hospitality sector
TUV leader Jim Allister says Stormont is failing the hospitality sector by not easing business rates rises, contrasting it with Westminster's measures for England and Wales. He calls for urgent action and asks whether the Executive will spend the expected Barnett Consequential on the sector.
Public finance and taxation Economy and employment Original release: Stormont failing hospitality sector (opens in a new tab)
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O’Toole: U-turn welcome, but O’Dowd must explain rates fiasco
SDLP Leader of the Opposition Matthew O'Toole welcomes the pause on the rates revaluation for hospitality and small retail, but says Finance Minister John O'Dowd must explain how the proposal was approved and why businesses were left confused. He claims the policy was waved through without scrutiny.
Public finance and taxation Economy and employment Issue: Rates revaluation pause for hospitality and small retail businesses Original release: O’Toole: U-turn welcome, but O’Dowd must explain rates fiasco (opens in a new tab)
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O'Dowd's Reval Climbdown Exposes Sinn Féin's Tone-Deaf Approach to the Economy
UUP economy spokesperson Diana Armstrong MLA says Finance Minister John O'Dowd's climbdown on the Rates Reval 2026 exposes Sinn Féin's approach to the economy, and demands he explain why he did not intervene earlier over rate rises hitting hospitality firms.
Public finance and taxation Economy and employment Issue: Draft Reval 2026 valuations published for hospitality sector Original release: O'Dowd's Reval Climbdown Exposes Sinn Féin's Tone-Deaf Approach to the Economy (opens in a new tab)
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Tennyson welcomes Sinn Féin U-turn on hospitality rates hike but says it highlights party's cack-handed approach to economy
Alliance Deputy Leader Eóin Tennyson MLA welcomes the Minister's decision to halt the Reval 2026 rates process after a public outcry over potential hospitality rates rises, but says it exposes a muddled approach. He calls for a full independent review of business rates and proper sectoral relief.
Public finance and taxation Economy and employment Issue: Northern Ireland domestic rates revaluation Original release: Tennyson welcomes Sinn Féin U-turn on hospitality rates hike but says it highlights party's cack-handed approach to economy (opens in a new tab)
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Families continue to be failed by lack of respite provision, says McAllister
Alliance health spokesperson Nuala McAllister MLA says families are being failed by a lack of respite care after the Department of Health confirmed Lindsay House in the South Eastern Trust cannot reopen with no timeframe. She has tabled an urgent oral question for the Health Minister.
Health Disability and equality Issue: Lindsay House respite facility reopening delay confirmed Original release: Families continue to be failed by lack of respite provision, says McAllister (opens in a new tab)
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DUP leader’s ‘insensitive and contemptuous’ remarks towards Bloody Sunday families should be withdrawn – Finucane
Sinn Féin MP John Finucane calls on DUP leader Gavin Robinson to retract his remarks and apologise to the Bloody Sunday families, after Robinson suggested they should move on following the PPS decision not to prosecute soldiers investigated for perjury.
Community relations and legacy Justice and policing Issue: PPS decision not to prosecute eight former soldiers for Bloody Sunday perjury Original release: DUP leader’s ‘insensitive and contemptuous’ remarks towards Bloody Sunday families should be withdrawn – Finucane (opens in a new tab)
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45-50 % of Glen Electric Newry's workforce could be made redundant
People Before Profit's Newry and Armagh representative Marc Mac Seáin condemns a reported plan to cut 45-50% of Glen Electric's Newry workforce, citing the company's £126.5m pre-tax profit in 2024. He calls on the Stormont Executive and local council to urgently intervene to save jobs and pledges…
Economy and employment Issue: Glen Electric Newry proposed redundancies of 45-50% of workforce Original release: 45-50 % of Glen Electric Newry's workforce could be made redundant (opens in a new tab)
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Bloody Sunday 54th Anniversary Meeting with Richard Boyd Barrett TD in Derry
People Before Profit announces a Bloody Sunday 54th anniversary public meeting in Derry featuring Richard Boyd Barrett TD on 31 January, and urges supporters to join the 1 February march for justice over the acquittal of Soldier F.
Community relations and legacy International affairs Original release: Bloody Sunday 54th Anniversary Meeting with Richard Boyd Barrett TD in Derry (opens in a new tab)
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Another disappointing day for the families of Bloody Sunday – Delargy
Sinn Féin MLA Pádraig Delargy expresses frustration at the PPS decision not to prosecute eight former soldiers for perjury over Bloody Sunday, saying the families have been denied justice. He pledges continued Sinn Féin support for the families.
Community relations and legacy Justice and policing Issue: PPS decision not to prosecute eight former soldiers for Bloody Sunday perjury Original release: Another disappointing day for the families of Bloody Sunday – Delargy (opens in a new tab)
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Sinn Féin MEPs to co-host major conference on the Politics of National Democracy in the Current Global Context
Sinn Féin MEPs Lynn Boylan and Kathleen Funchion say they will co-host a European Parliament conference on national democracy on 5 February, addressed by party leader Mary Lou McDonald and joined by Catalan and Basque nationalist figures. Funchion frames it around self-determination and Irish…
Constitutional affairs International affairs Original release: Sinn Féin MEPs to co-host major conference on the Politics of National Democracy in the Current Global Context (opens in a new tab)
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Economy Committee Challenges DfE Approach
Upper Bann DUP MLA Jonathan Buckley says information requested by the Economy Committee on Cantor Fitzgerald reached journalists a day before Committee members, and that the Committee agreed to write to the Minister and Permanent Secretary seeking an explanation.
Economy and employment Issue: Economy Committee Cantor Fitzgerald information provided to media first Original release: Economy Committee Challenges DfE Approach (opens in a new tab)
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Jim Allister responds to today’s announcement that the Government Has Agreed to the Foisting of More EU Legislation on Northern Ireland
TUV leader Jim Allister says the Government's decision not to oppose adding EU Vehicle Type Approval Regulation (EU) 2025/14 to the Windsor Framework erodes Northern Ireland's democratic dignity. He claims the UK Government has bypassed an Applicability Motion and warns GB vehicle type approval is…
Constitutional affairs International affairs Issue: EU Vehicle Type Approval Regulation added to Windsor Framework Original release: Jim Allister responds to today’s announcement that the Government Has Agreed to the Foisting of More EU Legislation on Northern Ireland (opens in a new tab)
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Sheerin welcomes European Commission investigation into X
Sinn Féin MLA Emma Sheerin welcomes the European Commission's decision to investigate X over its Grok AI tool, which was misused to generate sexualised deepfake imagery. She calls on social media firms to stop enabling the digital undressing of women and children and says parties at Stormont have…
Justice and policing Disability and equality Issue: European Commission investigation into X over Grok AI images Original release: Sheerin welcomes European Commission investigation into X (opens in a new tab)