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Beattie Challenges Deportation Failures
UUP Justice spokesperson Doug Beattie MC MLA says Mario Menezes, a Portuguese national sentenced over the Victor Hamilton murder, was released without being detained for deportation, and calls on the Justice Minister to ensure the failing is not repeated and the Hamilton family receives an apology…
Justice and policing Immigration Issue: Release of Mario Menezes after sentencing in Victor Hamilton murder case Original release: Beattie Challenges Deportation Failures (opens in a new tab)
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Elective Care Framework Delivering Improvement and Exceeding Targets
UUP Health Minister Mike Nesbitt says the Elective Care Framework is delivering improvement, with waiting lists falling, capacity and productivity rising, and 70,000 additional elective activities target nearly tripled. He credits Trusts, clinicians and data use at a Stormont Clinical Leaders…
Health Issue: Health Minister update on elective care waiting lists and capacity Original release: Elective Care Framework Delivering Improvement and Exceeding Targets (opens in a new tab)
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Hospitality needs help and NI mustn’t be left behind, says Eastwood
Alliance MP Sorcha Eastwood calls on the UK Government to ensure Northern Ireland receives its fair share of hospitality support, after England's pub business rates discount. She calls for wider action, including a VAT cut, and says she will press for Barnett consequentials.
Public finance and taxation Economy and employment Issue: UK Government England pub business rates discount announcement Original release: Hospitality needs help and NI mustn’t be left behind, says Eastwood (opens in a new tab)
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Brett challenges 'ignorance' of Finance Minister to Hospitality…
DUP MLA Phillip Brett says Finance Minister John O'Dowd showed ignorance of concerns from the hospitality sector over large rates increases linked to REVAL 26, and calls for him to pause and engage with the sector immediately.
Public finance and taxation Economy and employment Issue: Draft Reval 2026 valuations published for hospitality sector Original release: Brett challenges 'ignorance' of Finance Minister to Hospitality… (opens in a new tab)
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Delargy welcomes Assembly endorsement of all-island economic trends report
Sinn Féin MLA Pádraig Delargy welcomes the Assembly's endorsement of a recent ESRI report on all-island economic trends. He says the motion urges Executive ministers to use the report in policy and calls on the British government to devolve greater revenue-raising powers.
Economy and employment Public finance and taxation Issue: Assembly endorsement of ESRI all-island economic trends report Original release: Delargy welcomes Assembly endorsement of all-island economic trends report (opens in a new tab)
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Victims and families’ rights must be respected – Finucane
Sinn Féin MP John Finucane calls the Reform proposals to pardon British soldiers convicted of conflict-era crimes outrageous, saying they would halt existing legal proceedings and block future legal action. He says families seeking truth and justice are being ignored and calls for legacy…
Community relations and legacy Justice and policing Issue: Reform proposal to pardon British soldiers convicted of Troubles-era crimes Original release: Victims and families’ rights must be respected – Finucane (opens in a new tab)
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Sinn Féin committed to working with other parties to make sexually explicit deepfakes illegal – Sheerin
Sinn Féin MLA Emma Sheerin says all tools must be used against non-consensual sexual deepfakes ahead of an Assembly debate urging the Justice Minister to criminalise them. She criticises X's paywalling of Grok image features, urges British government and Ofcom action, and asks the education…
Justice and policing Disability and equality Issue: Assembly debate on criminalising sexually explicit deepfakes Original release: Sinn Féin committed to working with other parties to make sexually explicit deepfakes illegal – Sheerin (opens in a new tab)
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Mickey Brady – A Decent Human Being – Gerry Adams
Former Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams, giving the oration at the graveside in Newry, pays tribute to Mickey Brady, recalling his welfare rights work and his commitment to Irish unity and people's rights.
Other Social security and welfare Original release: Mickey Brady – A Decent Human Being – Gerry Adams (opens in a new tab)
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Sinn Féin to host major Irish unity health event in Belfast – Hargey
Sinn Féin MLA Deirdre Hargey says former Health and Social Care Board chief John Compton CBE will join a panel at a Belfast conference on creating a world‑class health system for a united Ireland. She will chair, with a keynote from health spokesperson David Cullinane TD, and urges the public to be‑
Health Constitutional affairs Issue: Irish unity health system conference Belfast Original release: Sinn Féin to host major Irish unity health event in Belfast – Hargey (opens in a new tab)
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Reilly: New emergency department key to relieving pressure on health service
SDLP Waterside councillor Martin Reilly says a new emergency department at Altnagelvin Hospital is needed because the current unit, over 40 years old, cannot cope with demand. He is bringing a motion to full council asking councillors to back writing to the Health Minister on the project's status…
Health Local government Original release: Reilly: New emergency department key to relieving pressure on health service (opens in a new tab)
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SDLP launches ‘Save Our Pubs’ campaign
SDLP launches a petition campaign to save pubs, hotels and hospitality businesses from steep rates rises after the revaluation of non-domestic properties. It asks Finance Minister John O'Dowd to step in and reverse parts of the policy, which it says threaten businesses and jobs.
Public finance and taxation Economy and employment Issue: Northern Ireland domestic rates revaluation Original release: SDLP launches ‘Save Our Pubs’ campaign (opens in a new tab)
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Burrows Announces Senior Leadership Team
Ulster Unionist Party Leader-Elect Jon Burrows MLA announces his senior leadership team ahead of his ratification, confirming Mike Nesbitt MLA continues as Health Minister and Diana Armstrong MLA becomes Chief Whip alongside her role as Deputy Leader, and reaffirms staying in the Executive.
Health Issue: Ulster Unionist Party senior leadership team announcement by Jon Burrows Original release: Burrows Announces Senior Leadership Team (opens in a new tab)
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Egan expresses sympathies following death at Helen’s Bay
Alliance North Down MLA Connie Egan expresses sympathy to the family of a woman who died after an incident at Helen's Bay, and wishes recovery for others hospitalised. She thanks emergency services including Bangor RNLI and coastguard teams, and urges people using beaches and coastlines to stay…
Other Issue: Helen's Bay incident woman's death over weekend Original release: Egan expresses sympathies following death at Helen’s Bay (opens in a new tab)
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First and deputy First Minister need to get a grip on own department's finances, says Bradshaw
Alliance's Paula Bradshaw MLA says figures showing £400,000 spent on hospitality at foreign bureaux, and nearly £2 million a year on agency staff, show the First and deputy First Minister lack grip on their department's spending. She calls for a plan to cut agency staff spend and urgent…
Public finance and taxation International affairs Issue: Executive Office £400,000 hospitality spend at foreign bureaux Original release: First and deputy First Minister need to get a grip on own department's finances, says Bradshaw (opens in a new tab)
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Urgent clarity needed around lack of TEO progress on clerical child abuse, says Bradshaw, ahead of Assembly motion
Alliance MLA Paula Bradshaw says the Executive Office has held independent research on clerical child abuse since July 2025 without meaningful action, ahead of an Assembly motion seeking answers from the First and deputy First Minister. She calls for publication of the reports, a funded response…
Justice and policing Issue: Executive Office delays on clerical child abuse research and inquiry Original release: Urgent clarity needed around lack of TEO progress on clerical child abuse, says Bradshaw, ahead of Assembly motion (opens in a new tab)
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Hunter to bring forward Assembly motion on online harm against women
SDLP MLA Hunter says she will bring forward an Assembly motion on online harm against women. The release gives no further detail on the motion's wording or timing.
Justice and policing Disability and equality Original release: Hunter to bring forward Assembly motion on online harm against women (opens in a new tab)
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Whyte welcomes expanded EV charging plans for North & West Belfast
SDLP councillor Carl Whyte welcomes Belfast City Council's revised plans to expand EV charging in North and West Belfast, after earlier proposals put most new sites in East Belfast. He says the new process identifies 29 potential sites in North Belfast and 28 in West Belfast, and calls for equal…
Infrastructure and transport Local government Issue: Expanded EV charging plans for North and West Belfast Original release: Whyte welcomes expanded EV charging plans for North & West Belfast (opens in a new tab)
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Communities Minister ‘reawakens’ the Ulster Folk Museum with £50m in…
DUP's Communities Minister Gordon Lyons announces £50 million for the Ulster Folk Museum, with £40 million from his department and £10 million from the Heritage Fund, to fund the Reawakening project upgrading facilities and collections access.
Public finance and taxation Issue: Ulster Folk Museum £50m Reawakening project funding announcement Original release: Communities Minister ‘reawakens’ the Ulster Folk Museum with £50m in… (opens in a new tab)
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Sacrifice of UK in Afghanistan should never be minimised
TUV leader Jim Allister MP condemns President Trump's remarks suggesting British and allied NATO troops "stayed off the front lines" in Afghanistan, calling them an insult to the 457 British soldiers killed and those wounded, and says the comments damage trust between allies.
International affairs Issue: Trump remarks on NATO troops' conduct in Afghanistan Original release: Sacrifice of UK in Afghanistan should never be minimised (opens in a new tab)
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Findings of the Commissioner for Standards into the Communities Minister are damning – Gildernew
Sinn Féin MLA Colm Gildernew, Chair of the Communities Committee, calls the Commissioner for Standards' findings on Communities Minister Gordon Lyons' social media post about migrant families at Larne Leisure Centre "damning" and urges him to accept his failure.
Community relations and legacy Justice and policing Issue: Commissioner for Standards findings on Communities Minister Gordon Lyons' social media post Original release: Findings of the Commissioner for Standards into the Communities Minister are damning – Gildernew (opens in a new tab)