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Thoughts with families on this 30th anniversary, says Long
Alliance Leader Naomi Long MLA says her thoughts are with the families, survivors and community of Greysteel on the 30th anniversary of the 1993 Rising Sun bar killings. Limavady Alliance Councillor Amy Mairs calls for remembrance of the price of violence and rejection of division.
Community relations and legacy Original release: Thoughts with families on this 30th anniversary, says Long (opens in a new tab)
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Women must be kept updated during smear testing review – Dillon
Sinn Féin MLA Linda Dillon says women must receive full information throughout the cervical smear testing review, which will start on 30 October and cover 17,500 tests. She urges timely, accurate handling, urgent rollout of HPV testing across the north, welcomes the Department of Health’s December‑t
Health Disability and equality Issue: Southern Trust cervical cancer screening review smear test re-checks Original release: Women must be kept updated during smear testing review – Dillon (opens in a new tab)
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Bowel cancer screening age must be reduced to tackle the significant increase of cases across Northern Ireland, says Bradshaw
Alliance Health spokesperson Paula Bradshaw MLA calls for the minimum bowel cancer screening age to be lowered to 50 after Northern Ireland Cancer Registry figures showed a 17 per cent rise in cases. She also urges the Executive to be restored so a Health Minister can act.
Health Issue: Northern Ireland Cancer Registry bowel cancer figures showing 17 per cent rise Original release: Bowel cancer screening age must be reduced to tackle the significant increase of cases across Northern Ireland, says Bradshaw (opens in a new tab)
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Anniversary of ending of Ministers' terms should make us all reflect and increases need for reform, says Muir
Alliance's Andrew Muir MLA says the first anniversary of the Executive's collapse should prompt reflection on the hardship caused by no Ministers, and calls for reform of the Executive, including weighted majority voting, to stop parties blocking government.
Constitutional affairs Economy and employment Issue: One year anniversary of Northern Ireland Executive collapse Original release: Anniversary of ending of Ministers' terms should make us all reflect and increases need for reform, says Muir (opens in a new tab)
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Alliance calls for review of carers allowance
Alliance MLAs Patrick Brown, spokesperson on Poverty, and Kellie Armstrong call for a review of Carers Allowance, backing Carers NI recommendations including a higher earnings threshold, a taper and a working carer's element. They also urge Westminster to uplift the benefit.
Social security and welfare Economy and employment Original release: Alliance calls for review of carers allowance (opens in a new tab)
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DUP should take action against Councillor over comments linking LGBTQ+ people to terrorism
An Alliance spokesperson calls on DUP leadership to take immediate action against Councillor Colin Kennedy over homophobic comments linking LGBTQ+ people with Hamas at an Ards and North Down Borough Council meeting. The spokesperson says the DUP must say whether it will suspend him.
Disability and equality Local government Issue: Councillor Colin Kennedy comments linking LGBTQ+ people to Hamas Original release: DUP should take action against Councillor over comments linking LGBTQ+ people to terrorism (opens in a new tab)
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Time for Government to step in on nurses pay – Lockhart
DUP MP Carla Lockhart calls on the UK Government to fund a pay award for Northern Ireland nurses and healthcare workers, saying the Secretary of State should intervene now after raising the issue at the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee.
Health Economy and employment Original release: Time for Government to step in on nurses pay – Lockhart (opens in a new tab)
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Fine Gael Senator must publicly retract false ambulance claim and apologise – Chambers
UUP health spokesperson Alan Chambers MLA calls on Fine Gael Senator Emer Currie to publicly retract and apologise for claims that Northern Ireland paramedics were prevented from helping at the Creeslough explosion, which he says were refuted.
Health Issue: Creeslough explosion Northern Ireland paramedics claims by Senator Emer Currie Original release: Fine Gael Senator must publicly retract false ambulance claim and apologise – Chambers (opens in a new tab)
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Every child deserves to live in peace - Robbie Butler MLA
UUP MLA Robbie Butler calls for all children to be protected and to live in peace regardless of background, and accuses People Before Profit of spreading propaganda over its newsletter claims about the attack on Israel. He also urges that the message be delivered to the Middle East.
Community relations and legacy International affairs Original release: Every child deserves to live in peace - Robbie Butler MLA (opens in a new tab)
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TUV blast Belfast City Council’s spurious efforts to conceal full truth following Storey funeral
TUV Councillor Ron McDowell says Belfast City Council has failed to show remorse or disclose whether compensation was paid after the Bobby Storey funeral, which he says cost ratepayers almost £100,000. He calls for the full financial cost to be made public.
Local government Public finance and taxation Issue: Bobby Storey funeral cost and Belfast City Council compensation disclosure Original release: TUV blast Belfast City Council’s spurious efforts to conceal full truth following Storey funeral (opens in a new tab)
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Barr welcomes Anti-Domestic Violence Action within Mid and East Antrim
UUP Councillor Alan Barr welcomes a recent council motion in Mid and East Antrim committing the council to work with other agencies on tackling domestic violence, and says his amendment on violence against men and boys was accepted. He urges men affected to report it to police or contact the Men's…
Justice and policing Local government Issue: Mid and East Antrim council domestic violence notice of motion Original release: Barr welcomes Anti-Domestic Violence Action within Mid and East Antrim (opens in a new tab)
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Health minister urgently needed to direct availability of vital prostate cancer drug, says Bradshaw
Alliance Health spokesperson Paula Bradshaw MLA calls for a health minister to be appointed quickly so that Abiraterone, a prostate cancer drug, can be made available in Northern Ireland as it already is in Scotland and Wales. She says she has written to the Permanent Secretary urging preparations…
Health Issue: Abiraterone prostate cancer drug availability in Northern Ireland Original release: Health minister urgently needed to direct availability of vital prostate cancer drug, says Bradshaw (opens in a new tab)
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Honeyford welcomes vital review of taxi fares
Alliance Infrastructure spokesperson David Honeyford MLA welcomes a Department for Infrastructure review of taxi fares, which he says followed his intervention, and calls for a speedy decision before Christmas. He says a revised fare structure has been delayed for over two years since the…
Infrastructure and transport Economy and employment Issue: Department for Infrastructure taxi fares review Original release: Honeyford welcomes vital review of taxi fares (opens in a new tab)
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Executive needed to fully implement cancer strategy – Dillon
Sinn Féin MLA Linda Dillon calls for an Executive to be restored now so the cancer strategy can be fully implemented, after meeting cancer charity Macmillan and hearing patients' experiences of long waits and palliative care.
Health Original release: Executive needed to fully implement cancer strategy – Dillon (opens in a new tab)
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DUP Leader marks 30th Anniversary of Shankill bombing
DUP Leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson marks the 30th anniversary of the Shankill Road bombing, which he says killed nine innocent people, and says the victims will never be forgotten. He also states there was always an alternative to terrorism.
Community relations and legacy Issue: Shankill fish shop bombing 30th anniversary memorial service Original release: DUP Leader marks 30th Anniversary of Shankill bombing (opens in a new tab)
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Shankill memorial service
TUV deputy leader Ron McDowell marks 30 years since the IRA Shankill fish shop bombing, which killed nine Protestants, saying the community will never forget those lives lost. Leader Jim Allister says victims of terrorism are often overlooked and criticises an attempt to airbrush them from the…
Community relations and legacy Justice and policing Issue: Shankill fish shop bombing 30th anniversary memorial service Original release: Shankill memorial service (opens in a new tab)
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Statement from Doug Beattie, MC MLA, UUP Party Leader, on 30th anniversary of Shankill Bombing
UUP leader Doug Beattie marks the 30th anniversary of the Shankill Bombing, remembering nine people killed by the Provisional IRA in 1993. He condemns Sinn Féin's continued eulogising of the bombers and calls on the party to recognise victims' suffering and condemn all terrorist actions.
Community relations and legacy Justice and policing Issue: Shankill fish shop bombing 30th anniversary memorial service Original release: Statement from Doug Beattie, MC MLA, UUP Party Leader, on 30th anniversary of Shankill Bombing (opens in a new tab)
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Long pays tribute to victims of Shankill bombing on 30th anniversary
Alliance leader Naomi Long MLA honours those killed and injured in the 1993 Shankill Road bombing on its 30th anniversary, following a memorial service at West Kirk Presbyterian Church. She expresses sympathy for bereaved families, survivors and first responders, and calls for reflection on…
Community relations and legacy Original release: Long pays tribute to victims of Shankill bombing on 30th anniversary (opens in a new tab)
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‘Health and social care workers deserve fair pay’ – Murphy
Sinn Féin MLA Conor Murphy calls on the British Government to urgently deliver a fair pay deal and better conditions for health and social care workers, extend the pay offer to Northern Ireland, and restore the Assembly to tackle waiting lists and systemic health service problems.
Health Economy and employment Issue: UK health and social care pay offer exclusion for Northern Ireland Original release: ‘Health and social care workers deserve fair pay’ – Murphy (opens in a new tab)
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RQIA must review IVF treatment in NI, says Bradshaw
Alliance Health Spokesperson Paula Bradshaw MLA calls on the RQIA to urgently review private IVF services in Northern Ireland after reports of couples being sold unproven fertility add-ons. She also calls for NHS IVF provision here to match the three cycles offered in England, Scotland and Wales.
Health Issue: Reports of unproven IVF treatment add-ons sold to couples Original release: RQIA must review IVF treatment in NI, says Bradshaw (opens in a new tab)