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Mediator appointment a welcome and important step towards lasting resolution
UUP Leader Jon Burrows MLA welcomes the selection of a mediator to address the long‑running Drumcree dispute, calling it a crucial move toward a durable settlement and urging all parties to engage in constructive, peaceful dialogue.
Community relations and legacy Issue: Mediator appointment for Drumcree dispute Original release: Mediator appointment a welcome and important step towards lasting resolution (opens in a new tab)
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MLAs Pocket Pay Rises While Workers Wait
People Before Profit MLA Gerry Carroll condemns proposed further MLA pay rise after their 27% increase, contrasting it with public sector workers still awaiting pay awards and the Executive's lack of budget. He says Executive parties cannot blame the Remuneration Board and urges MLAs to refuse the…
Economy and employment Health Issue: Proposed further MLA pay rise from Remuneration Board Original release: MLAs Pocket Pay Rises While Workers Wait (opens in a new tab)
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O’Dowd invited An Taoiseach to meet with Garvaghy Road residents
Upper Bann MLA John O'Dowd invites Taoiseach Micheál Martin to come to Garvaghy Road and meet residents opposing an Orange Order march. He says the Irish Government has been silent on the issue and urges a meeting before the Parade Commission's determination.
Community relations and legacy Issue: Orange Order application to march down Garvaghy Road Original release: O’Dowd invited An Taoiseach to meet with Garvaghy Road residents (opens in a new tab)
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Sinn Féin representatives meet with British Secretary of State on legacy proposals
Sinn Féin MP John Finucane and MLA Deirdre Hargey say they met Secretary of State Chris Bryant on the British Government's legacy proposals, and call for no special protections for state forces in the final legislation. They say they will reserve judgement until amendments expected in mid-October…
Community relations and legacy Justice and policing Issue: Sinn Féin meeting with Secretary of State on legacy proposals Original release: Sinn Féin representatives meet with British Secretary of State on legacy proposals (opens in a new tab)
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Taoiseach Refuses To Seek Clarity From Burnham on Mechanism for Unity Referendum – Tóibín
Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín TD urges the Taoiseach to press Andy Burnham for clarity on how an Irish unity referendum would be triggered, and argues that all-island health planning would give better services at lower cost.
Constitutional affairs Health Issue: Taoiseach's refusal to raise unity referendum mechanism with Burnham Original release: Taoiseach Refuses To Seek Clarity From Burnham on Mechanism for Unity Referendum – Tóibín (opens in a new tab)
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Eastwood demands equitable access to new breast cancer treatment for patients in Northern Ireland
Alliance MP Sorcha Eastwood calls for equitable access to Enhertu, a life-extending breast cancer drug now available on the NHS in England, for patients in Northern Ireland. She has written to Health Minister Robbie Butler seeking an urgent timetable for its availability locally.
Health Disability and equality Issue: Enhertu breast cancer drug availability in Northern Ireland Original release: Eastwood demands equitable access to new breast cancer treatment for patients in Northern Ireland (opens in a new tab)
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Infrastructure Minister must act on sand-dredging at Lough Neagh, says Blair
Alliance Environment Spokesperson John Blair MLA calls on the Infrastructure Minister to pause commercial sand dredging on Lough Neagh until a review of permissions and environmental assessments is completed, citing evidence that dredging releases nutrients linked to algal blooms. He also urges…
Environment and climate Infrastructure and transport Issue: Lough Neagh sand dredging nutrient release and NIEA licence review letter Original release: Infrastructure Minister must act on sand-dredging at Lough Neagh, says Blair (opens in a new tab)
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Allister calls on minister to bridge the gaps in dental provision
TUV leader Jim Allister calls on health minister Robbie Butler to fund dental hygienist training in Northern Ireland and to create an NHS contract for hygienists, arguing it would save money long term. He also highlights a claimed gap in hygienist numbers compared with England and says the…
Health Issue: Northern Ireland dental hygienist training courses and NHS contract Original release: Allister calls on minister to bridge the gaps in dental provision (opens in a new tab)
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Finucane comments following conclusion of Noah Donohoe inquest
Sinn Féin MP John Finucane offers sympathy to Fiona Donohoe and her family as the Noah Donohoe inquest closes, praising her persistent pursuit of the truth. He says the findings must now bring accountability and action.
Community relations and legacy Justice and policing Issue: Noah Donohoe inquest findings Original release: Finucane comments following conclusion of Noah Donohoe inquest (opens in a new tab)
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Conversion Practices Bill a historic opportunity for progress, says Tennyson, ahead of debate
Alliance Deputy Leader Eóin Tennyson MLA calls on Assembly members from all parties to back the Conversion Practices Bill at Second Stage, describing it as a historic opportunity to ban conversion practices he calls cruel and archaic.
Disability and equality Issue: Conversion Practices Bill Second Stage debate Original release: Conversion Practices Bill a historic opportunity for progress, says Tennyson, ahead of debate (opens in a new tab)
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Executive needs fair and sustainable funding settlement – Hargey
Sinn Féin MLA Deirdre Hargey says Executive budget pressures stem from the British Government's failure to provide a fair, sustainable funding settlement for the North, citing Independent Fiscal Council evidence that it would receive £1-3 billion more a year if funded above need.
Public finance and taxation Health Issue: Independent Fiscal Council report on Northern Ireland funding need Original release: Executive needs fair and sustainable funding settlement – Hargey (opens in a new tab)
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Report reveals catalogue of repeated failures in Robert Hamill murder investigation – Finucane
Sinn Féin's Finucane says a report into the Robert Hamill murder investigation documents repeated failures, deliberate obstruction and a misleading prosecution file, and calls the family's wait for truth and accountability unacceptable.
Justice and policing Community relations and legacy Issue: Robert Hamill Inquiry Report findings on RUC officers Original release: Report reveals catalogue of repeated failures in Robert Hamill murder investigation – Finucane (opens in a new tab)
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Lockhart: Report rejects claims that RUC facilitated Robert Hamill’s…
DUP Upper Bann MP Carla Lockhart says the Robert Hamill Inquiry Report must end claims that four RUC officers facilitated his murder, citing findings in paragraphs 21 and 75 that they did not condone or collude. She says negligence must be acknowledged but not twisted, and calls for the findings…
Justice and policing Community relations and legacy Issue: Robert Hamill Inquiry Report findings on RUC officers Original release: Lockhart: Report rejects claims that RUC facilitated Robert Hamill’s… (opens in a new tab)
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O'Neill: Girls Themselves Won U-Turn on Right to Wear Trousers Through Relentless Efforts
People Before Profit's Maeve O'Neill welcomes the decision to let girls wear trousers in school, crediting girls who campaigned for years and criticising Education Minister Paul Givan's U-turn as embarrassing. She calls for the uniform legislation to be challenged and for RSE and menstrual health…
Disability and equality Education Issue: Education Minister Givan's school trousers guidance for girls Original release: O'Neill: Girls Themselves Won U-Turn on Right to Wear Trousers Through Relentless Efforts (opens in a new tab)
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Hanna: Report shows serious failings denied Robert Hamill's family justice
SDLP Leader Claire Hanna MP welcomes the Robert Hamill Inquiry report as an acknowledgement of serious failings around his 1997 Portadown murder and the investigation, raised it with the Secretary of State, and urges the UK Government to ensure future legacy mechanisms offer families a real path…
Community relations and legacy Justice and policing Issue: Robert Hamill Inquiry Report findings on RUC officers Original release: Hanna: Report shows serious failings denied Robert Hamill's family justice (opens in a new tab)
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Gerry Adams’ remarks at the 36th Desmond Greaves Summer School
Former Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams, addressing the 36th Desmond Greaves Summer School, recounts Sinn Féin's role in securing repeal of the Government of Ireland Act 1920 during the Good Friday Agreement talks, crediting Desmond Greaves's writings and arguing the peace strategy aimed at…
Constitutional affairs International affairs Original release: Gerry Adams’ remarks at the 36th Desmond Greaves Summer School (opens in a new tab)
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DUP welcomes defeat of Assisted Suicide Bill
DUP Upper Bann MP Carla Lockhart welcomes the Commons defeat of the Assisted Suicide Bill, saying Parliament chose protecting vulnerable people and calling for improved hospice and palliative care for everyone facing terminal illness.
Health Issue: Commons defeat of the Assisted Suicide Bill Original release: DUP welcomes defeat of Assisted Suicide Bill (opens in a new tab)
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Education Minister’s u-turn an important win for girls – Mason
Sinn Féin MLA Cathy Mason welcomes DUP Education Minister Paul Givan's decision to make schools give girls the option of trousers, calling it an embarrassing U-turn that followed party and campaigner pressure. She says he should have guaranteed this in his school uniforms legislation.
Education Disability and equality Issue: Education Minister Givan's school trousers guidance for girls Original release: Education Minister’s u-turn an important win for girls – Mason (opens in a new tab)
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Hunter: Givan’s school trousers U-turn should have come months ago
SDLP Opposition Education Spokesperson Cara Hunter MLA welcomes the Education Minister’s move to permit girls to wear trousers in school uniform, calling the U‑turn overdue, demanding an explanation for the delay and urging consistent rollout across all schools.
Education Disability and equality Issue: Education Minister Givan's school trousers guidance for girls Original release: Hunter: Givan’s school trousers U-turn should have come months ago (opens in a new tab)
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Minister's change of heart delivers common sense choice for girls, says Burrows
UUP leader and education spokesperson Jon Burrows MLA welcomes new guidance giving girls the option to wear trousers as part of school uniform, calling it a common-sense outcome. He says the Education Minister should have acted earlier through uniform guidance rather than forcing the Education…
Education Disability and equality Issue: Education Minister Givan's school trousers guidance for girls Original release: Minister's change of heart delivers common sense choice for girls, says Burrows (opens in a new tab)