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Chambers calls for facts to be gathered before any rushed decision is taken to scrap key transport service
UUP health spokesperson Alan Chambers MLA calls on the Department of Health to conduct an impact assessment of the dial‑a‑lift transport service, which provides about 200,000 journeys a year, before any decision to scrap it is made.
Infrastructure and transport Health Issue: Proposed scrapping of dial-a-lift health transport service Original release: Chambers calls for facts to be gathered before any rushed decision is taken to scrap key transport service (opens in a new tab)
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Victims of terrorism must always be remembered, says Eastwood
Alliance Legacy spokesperson Sorcha Eastwood MLA says victims of terrorism must be remembered for years after attacks, ahead of European Day of Remembrance, and calls for lasting support mechanisms for victims and families. She also condemns the recent shooting of DCI John Caldwell and urges…
Community relations and legacy Justice and policing Original release: Victims of terrorism must always be remembered, says Eastwood (opens in a new tab)
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SF’s rewriting of history will have consequences
DUP East Antrim MLA Gordon Lyons urges Sinn Féin's leadership to stop justifying PIRA violence, warning that glorifying past paramilitaries will shape young people's attitudes. He points to youths chanting pro-IRA slogans at events and rejects Michelle O'Neill's recent remark that there was no…
Community relations and legacy Justice and policing Issue: Sinn Féin remarks on PIRA violence and 'no alternative' to violence Original release: SF’s rewriting of history will have consequences (opens in a new tab)
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Boylan requests urgent meeting over Community Transport funding
Sinn Féin MLA Cathal Boylan asks the Department for Infrastructure to meet urgently after it only extended Community Transport funding for a month, warning that cuts would jeopardise a vital service for older, disabled and isolated people in rural north.
Infrastructure and transport Public finance and taxation Issue: DfI one-month community transport funding extension Original release: Boylan requests urgent meeting over Community Transport funding (opens in a new tab)
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Sinn Féin invite public to have their say on Mournes Project
Sinn Féin MP Chris Hazzard urges residents to attend a Thursday information session in Newcastle on the proposed Mournes Gateway project. He says it needs rigorous appraisal of environmental, ecological and economic concerns, including visitor pressure on the Donard area and costs for ratepayers.
Environment and climate Local government Issue: Mournes Gateway project information session in Newcastle Original release: Sinn Féin invite public to have their say on Mournes Project (opens in a new tab)
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Home Office must stamp out glorification of terrorism
DUP MP Carla Lockhart and MLA Emma Little-Pengelly condemn Sinn Féin's praise of Rita O'Hare after her death, and Lockhart urges the Home Office to legislate against glorifying terrorism, which the Secretary of State had called a devolved matter.
Justice and policing Community relations and legacy Issue: Rita O'Hare funeral tributes from Sinn Féin leadership Original release: Home Office must stamp out glorification of terrorism (opens in a new tab)
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DUP expresses concern on future of community transport
Phillip Brett MLA, DUP Infrastructure Spokesperson, says the Department for Infrastructure’s temporary extension of funding for the ‘dial‑a‑lift’ community transport service to end‑April 2023 threatens rural residents and urges the department to work with the Community Transport Association to keep
Infrastructure and transport Public finance and taxation Issue: DfI one-month community transport funding extension Original release: DUP expresses concern on future of community transport (opens in a new tab)
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Rita O’Hare funeral – Condemning terrorism one week and celebrating it the next doesn’t wash
TUV representative Keith Ratcliffe accuses Sinn Féin of hypocrisy after its leader praised Rita O'Hare at her Dublin funeral as an inheritor of a great tradition, despite condemning an Omagh attempted police murder a week earlier. He says such tributes feed present-day republican violence and that…
Justice and policing Community relations and legacy Issue: Rita O'Hare funeral tributes from Sinn Féin leadership Original release: Rita O’Hare funeral – Condemning terrorism one week and celebrating it the next doesn’t wash (opens in a new tab)
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Hunter: Loss of community transport will leave vulnerable isolated
SDLP East Derry MLA Cara Hunter warns that uncertainty over Department for Infrastructure funding for the dial-a-lift community transport service could leave elderly and disabled people isolated. She says she has raised concerns with the department's Permanent Secretary and urges Stormont…
Infrastructure and transport Disability and equality Issue: DfI one-month community transport funding extension Original release: Hunter: Loss of community transport will leave vulnerable isolated (opens in a new tab)
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Durkan: Staff and road safety bearing brunt of winter service cuts
SDLP Infrastructure Spokesperson Mark H Durkan says budget pressures are limiting the Department for Infrastructure's winter services, citing FOI figures showing spending cut sharply over five years. He has written to the Permanent Secretary seeking urgent reform of road maintenance pay amid…
Infrastructure and transport Public finance and taxation Issue: DfI winter service cuts and road maintenance workers strike action Original release: Durkan: Staff and road safety bearing brunt of winter service cuts (opens in a new tab)
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Maskey urges Heaton-Harris to engage with health unionsv
Sinn Féin MP Paul Maskey urges Secretary of State Chris Heaton-Harris to engage directly with northern trade union leaders over the health pay dispute and reach a fair pay deal that avoids further strike action. He also calls for more public service investment and an Executive to be restored.
Health Economy and employment Issue: Health workers' pay dispute and strike action in Northern Ireland Original release: Maskey urges Heaton-Harris to engage with health unionsv (opens in a new tab)
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Highly successful event to mark innocent victims of terrorism day
TUV leader Jim Allister hosts an event at Stormont marking European Day for Innocent Victims of Terrorism, with victims' testimony and poems, and says victims are too often overlooked.
Community relations and legacy Original release: Highly successful event to mark innocent victims of terrorism day (opens in a new tab)
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Community Transport Providers Left Behind
Alliance MLAs Kellie Armstrong and Andrew Muir criticise the Department for Infrastructure's one-month extension of community transport funding, warning it leaves providers facing staff redundancy notices. Muir says he has written to the department's Permanent Secretary about its budget position.
Infrastructure and transport Public finance and taxation Issue: DfI one-month community transport funding extension Original release: Community Transport Providers Left Behind (opens in a new tab)
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Parties need to explain rejection of enhanced health provision for public, say Alliance MLAs
Alliance MLAs Andrew Muir and Paula Bradshaw urge other parties to explain their rejection of proposed enhanced urgent care at a new Dundonald centre, which they say would ease pressure on the Ulster Hospital emergency department.
Health Issue: Council debate on proposed Urgent Care Centre at Ulster Hospital Original release: Parties need to explain rejection of enhanced health provision for public, say Alliance MLAs (opens in a new tab)
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Lollipop men and women face the axe under EA plans – Lockhart
DUP MP Carla Lockhart calls the Education Authority's freeze on recruiting School Crossing Patrol staff, including temporary cover, 'madness', warning it will increase safety risks at schools. She says she has urged the EA to rethink, and that MLA Diane Dodds will raise it again at a meeting.
Education Infrastructure and transport Issue: Education Authority freeze on School Crossing Patrol recruitment Original release: Lollipop men and women face the axe under EA plans – Lockhart (opens in a new tab)
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Cost-of-Living Public Meeting on March 13th at 7.30pm in Newry - Aontú
Aontú's Daniel Connolly, Armagh DEA Rep, announces a public meeting in Newry on 13 March at 7.30pm, where Peadar Tóibín and local representatives will address rising living costs, council rates and Daisy Hill services.
Economy and employment Health Original release: Cost-of-Living Public Meeting on March 13th at 7.30pm in Newry - Aontú (opens in a new tab)
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Sinn Féin President Mary Lou McDonald TD speech at centenary commemoration of Ballyseedy massacre
Sinn Féin President Mary Lou McDonald TD calls on the state to acknowledge the truth about the Ballyseedy massacre and amend the Dáil record, marking the centenary of the eight Republicans killed.
Constitutional affairs Community relations and legacy Issue: Ballyseedy massacre centenary commemoration Original release: Sinn Féin President Mary Lou McDonald TD speech at centenary commemoration of Ballyseedy massacre (opens in a new tab)
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Speakers confirmed for Victims’ Day event
TUV leader Jim Allister announces speakers for the Victims' Day event in the Senate Chamber at Stormont on Tuesday, where three victims will tell their stories after a minute's silence. Speakers include Tanya Williams-Powell, Paul Wilson and Mary Hornsey.
Community relations and legacy Justice and policing Original release: Speakers confirmed for Victims’ Day event (opens in a new tab)
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Net-zero advice reinforces need for urgently restored Executive, says Tennyson
Alliance Climate Change Spokesperson Eóin Tennyson MLA says the Climate Change Committee’s carbon‑budget advice underlines the urgent need to restore the Northern Ireland Executive, arguing ministerial direction is essential to meet the 2050 net‑zero target.
Environment and climate Economy and employment Issue: CCC first three Carbon Budgets advice for NI Original release: Net-zero advice reinforces need for urgently restored Executive, says Tennyson (opens in a new tab)
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£25 vote of confidence for Wrightbus: Paisley
DUP MP Ian Paisley welcomes a major order for Wrightbus in Ballymena to supply 117 zero-emission buses to councils in the North of England, following £25.3million Government investment. He credits lobbying and the workforce and congratulates the company.
Economy and employment Infrastructure and transport Issue: Wrightbus order for 117 zero-emission buses from North of England Original release: £25 vote of confidence for Wrightbus: Paisley (opens in a new tab)