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Eastwood pays tribute to David Trimble
SDLP Leader Colum Eastwood MP pays tribute to former UUP leader David Trimble following his death, crediting him with courage and risk-taking during the Good Friday Agreement negotiations. He also recalls Trimble and Seamus Mallon's 1998 visit to Poyntzpass families.
Constitutional affairs Community relations and legacy Original release: Eastwood pays tribute to David Trimble (opens in a new tab)
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Veronica reacts to new UK Gov White Paper on Drug Possession
Green Party Rep Lesley Veronica, Oldpark, criticises the UK Government's White Paper "Swift, Certain, Tough" on drug possession as authoritarian and too rooted in a failed war-on-drugs approach. She calls instead for long-term, supportive, harm-reduction strategies and faster action on rehab places.
Justice and policing Health Issue: UK Government White Paper on drug possession consequences Original release: Veronica reacts to new UK Gov White Paper on Drug Possession (opens in a new tab)
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Fifty years on the truth of IRA slaughter cannot be obscured
TUV South Belfast spokesperson Andrew Girvin says Belfast City Council's event commemorating Bloody Friday shames its organisers for not naming the Provisional IRA. He calls for the Council and the Commission for Victims and Survivors to explain their consultation with victims' families.
Community relations and legacy Local government Issue: Bloody Friday bombings 50th anniversary memorial service Belfast Original release: Fifty years on the truth of IRA slaughter cannot be obscured (opens in a new tab)
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Families Struggling To Cope With Private Care Home Top-Up Fees
People Before Profit's Cllr Shaun Harkin says families are struggling to pay third party top-up fees at private care homes, and calls on the Western Trust to investigate the fees and report its findings to Derry and Strabane Council.
Health Local government Issue: Derry and Strabane Council committee backing for report on care home top-up fees Original release: Families Struggling To Cope With Private Care Home Top-Up Fees (opens in a new tab)
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Reject Tory Pay Insult For Above Inflation Pay Rise
People Before Profit councillor Shaun Harkin condemns the Westminster pay proposal for public sector workers as a pay cut given 11.9% RPI inflation, and says Health Minister Robin Swann's plan to impose it on HSC workers in Northern Ireland should be opposed. He backs unions balloting for…
Economy and employment Health Issue: Stormont Health Minister Robin Swann accepts Tory pay cut for HSC workers Original release: Reject Tory Pay Insult For Above Inflation Pay Rise (opens in a new tab)
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Health workers deserve fair pay and conditions- Gildernew
Sinn Féin MLA Colm Gildernew calls for urgent action to remove barriers to fair pay for health and social care staff after the Pay Review Body published its recommendations. He urges the British government to take decisive steps on public sector pay, and says a one-off recognition payment for…
Health Economy and employment Issue: Health pay review body recommendations and Northern Ireland budget delay Original release: Health workers deserve fair pay and conditions- Gildernew (opens in a new tab)
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Little to attract anyone to McDonald’s all-Ireland
TUV councillor Harold McKee says Mary Lou McDonald's Australian remarks on a united Ireland highlight Republic issues such as living costs, unemployment and emigration, and questions why people would give up the NHS, tax allowance and Westminster subvention.
Constitutional affairs Economy and employment Issue: Mary Lou McDonald's remarks on a united Ireland in Australia Original release: Little to attract anyone to McDonald’s all-Ireland (opens in a new tab)
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Bloody Friday anniversary
TUV South Belfast spokesperson Andrew Girvin marks the Bloody Friday anniversary, recalling the IRA bombings that killed nine people and injured around 130 in Belfast, and calls for the bravery of 14-year-old Stephen Parker to be remembered amid attempts to rewrite the past.
Community relations and legacy Justice and policing Original release: Bloody Friday anniversary (opens in a new tab)
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“Sending Money To London During Cost Of Living Crisis Is a Disgrace” – Emmet Doyle
Aontú Cllr Emmet Doyle criticises the Executive over a £83.9m resource and £35.9m capital underspend, with £10m returned to the treasury, and calls for MLA wages to be suspended until the Executive is restored.
Public finance and taxation Economy and employment Issue: 2021-22 provisional outturn figures showing Executive Departments underspends Original release: “Sending Money To London During Cost Of Living Crisis Is a Disgrace” – Emmet Doyle (opens in a new tab)
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Green Councillors pay tribute to victims and survivors of Bloody Friday bombings
Green Party councillors Aine Groogan and Anthony Flynn pay tribute to victims and families affected by the Bloody Friday bombings at a memorial service at Belfast City Hall marking the 50th anniversary. Flynn says victims and survivors still need to receive justice.
Community relations and legacy Issue: Bloody Friday bombings 50th anniversary memorial service Belfast Original release: Green Councillors pay tribute to victims and survivors of Bloody Friday bombings (opens in a new tab)
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Alliance representatives pay tribute to victims and survivors of Bloody Friday on anniversary
Alliance Legacy spokesperson Sorcha Eastwood MLA marks the 50th anniversary of Bloody Friday, sympathising with victims' families and calling the UK Government's proposed amnesty a fallacy that would deny victims the truth. Councillor Michelle Kelly, Deputy Lord Mayor of Belfast, also pays tribute…
Community relations and legacy Justice and policing Original release: Alliance representatives pay tribute to victims and survivors of Bloody Friday on anniversary (opens in a new tab)
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Armstrong calls for pregnancy loss scheme to be extended here
Alliance MLA Kellie Armstrong urges Northern Ireland to adopt a UK Government scheme in England that issues official certificates for pregnancy losses before 24 weeks. She asks the Communities and Health Ministers to review it with a view to introducing it locally.
Health Issue: UK Government pregnancy loss certificate scheme in England Original release: Armstrong calls for pregnancy loss scheme to be extended here (opens in a new tab)
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Additional resources will be required for our health system: Cameron
DUP MLA Pam Cameron says the party supports the independent pay review body's recommendations for health staff and that the Health Minister will need additional funding to implement them. She calls on the UK Government to move quickly to allocate resources and welcomes the NI Protocol Bill's…
Health Public finance and taxation Issue: Health pay review body recommendations and Northern Ireland budget delay Original release: Additional resources will be required for our health system: Cameron (opens in a new tab)
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DUP MPs join victims to mark 40th anniversary of Hyde Park bombing
DUP MPs Carla Lockhart, Gregory Campbell and Ian Paisley mark four decades since the IRA bombings in Hyde Park and Regent's Park, and say the OTR arrangement and a proposed government amnesty have denied victims' families justice.
Community relations and legacy Justice and policing Original release: DUP MPs join victims to mark 40th anniversary of Hyde Park bombing (opens in a new tab)
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No abuse survivor should miss out on compensation: Dodds
DUP MLA Diane Dodds says all survivors of institutional abuse must be compensated and that no-one should miss out, after meeting Fiona Ryan, the Commissioner for Survivors of Institutional Childhood Abuse. She calls for a victim-centred system and says the ongoing redress review must be completed.
Community relations and legacy Original release: No abuse survivor should miss out on compensation: Dodds (opens in a new tab)
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Swann updates on pay award
Health Minister Robin Swann says he would accept the pay review bodies' recommendations for Agenda for Change and medical and dental staff, but cannot implement the awards locally without an agreed 2022/23 Executive budget. He backs a joint letter from the devolved Finance Ministers asking the…
Health Economy and employment Issue: Health pay review body recommendations and Northern Ireland budget delay Original release: Swann updates on pay award (opens in a new tab)
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Victims of IRA atrocities deserve truth – Beattie
UUP leader Doug Beattie marks the 40th anniversary of the IRA Hyde Park and Regent's Park bombings and the 50th anniversary of Bloody Friday, saying victims' families deserve truth and justice and accusing Sinn Fein of venerating IRA perpetrators.
Community relations and legacy Justice and policing Original release: Victims of IRA atrocities deserve truth – Beattie (opens in a new tab)
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Recognition payments and pay awards absolutely urgent, says Bradshaw
Alliance Health spokesperson Paula Bradshaw MLA gives a guarded welcome to a planned August one-off recognition payment for health workers, but calls for urgent action on payments for carers and implementation of the pay award for the lowest paid staff.
Health Economy and employment Issue: Health worker one-off recognition payment and pay award announcement Original release: Recognition payments and pay awards absolutely urgent, says Bradshaw (opens in a new tab)
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McGrath: Health Service pay offer ‘derisory’
SDLP Health Spokesperson Colin McGrath MLA calls the recommended health service pay increase derisory, saying it will not address workforce retention and will not keep pace with inflation. He has written to Health Minister Robin Swann seeking an urgent statement on how the pay award will be funded.
Health Economy and employment Issue: Health pay review body recommendations and Northern Ireland budget delay Original release: McGrath: Health Service pay offer ‘derisory’ (opens in a new tab)
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O’Toole: Horror of Bloody Friday can never be forgotten
SDLP South Belfast MLA Matthew O'Toole says the 1972 Bloody Friday bombings, which killed nine people across Belfast, can never be forgotten. Ahead of the 50th anniversary, he urges people to mark the day together and reflect on progress since then.
Community relations and legacy Issue: Bloody Friday bombings 50th anniversary memorial service Belfast Original release: O’Toole: Horror of Bloody Friday can never be forgotten (opens in a new tab)