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Help and support available for victims of Historical Institutional Abuse – Dillon
Sinn Féin MLA Linda Dillon urges victims of historical institutional abuse to seek available help, pointing to the Victims and Survivors Service and the Commissioner for Survivors of Institutional Childhood Abuse for compensation support.
Community relations and legacy Original release: Help and support available for victims of Historical Institutional Abuse – Dillon (opens in a new tab)
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TUV announce six candidates for Ards and North Down
TUV says it will put forward six candidates across Ards and North Down at the 2023 council elections, profiling them in turn. Candidates highlighted include Diane Adams, who calls for transparency and accountability from the council over the Greenway spending and Bangor seafront redevelopment.
Local government Constitutional affairs Original release: TUV announce six candidates for Ards and North Down (opens in a new tab)
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Cllr Doyle Secures Guarantee Racecourse Medical Patients Won't Be Left Without GP
Aontú Cllr Emmet Doyle says the Department of Health has assured him that Racecourse Medical patients will have GP access, with the Western Trust able to run the practice if no contractor is found. He reports that staff will move to any new contractor and that interviews for contractors are…
Health Local government Issue: Racecourse Medical and Bridge Street GP surgeries handing back contracts Original release: Cllr Doyle Secures Guarantee Racecourse Medical Patients Won't Be Left Without GP (opens in a new tab)
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McAllister welcomes launch of awareness campaign for victims and survivors of historical institutional abuse
Alliance MLA Nuala McAllister, spokesperson for the Executive Office, welcomes the launch of an awareness campaign by the Executive Office and the Commissioner for Survivors of Institutional Childhood Abuse, and urges eligible people abroad to contact the Commissioner about redress.
Community relations and legacy Issue: Executive Office awareness campaign for historical institutional abuse redress launch Original release: McAllister welcomes launch of awareness campaign for victims and survivors of historical institutional abuse (opens in a new tab)
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Armstrong "disgusted" at UVF flag errected outside church in Kircubbin
Alliance MLA Kellie Armstrong condemns a UVF flag erected at a Catholic chapel in Kircubbin as sectarian intimidation. She calls on those responsible to remove it immediately and, failing that, asks the PSNI to act and have the flags taken down.
Community relations and legacy Justice and policing Issue: UVF flag erected at Catholic chapel in Kircubbin Original release: Armstrong "disgusted" at UVF flag errected outside church in Kircubbin (opens in a new tab)
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Health workers deserve fair pay and conditions – Dillon tells London demo
Sinn Féin MLA Linda Dillon says the British Government must deliver fair pay and safe conditions for health and social care workers, urging an end to Tory cuts and a new investment deal to retain staff.
Health Economy and employment Issue: SOS NHS demonstration in London Original release: Health workers deserve fair pay and conditions – Dillon tells London demo (opens in a new tab)
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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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McCrossan: SEN children must get support they need
SDLP West Tyrone MLA Daniel McCrossan says children with special educational needs must get the support they need, after parents described their struggle to secure help. He cites reports that the Education Authority has conceded most SEN appeals and calls for a complete overhaul of the assessment…
Education Disability and equality Issue: Reports of Education Authority conceding most SEN appeals Original release: McCrossan: SEN children must get support they need (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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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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International Women’s Day
People Before Profit marks International Women's Day by arguing that housing, cost of living and health service pressures disproportionately affect women, and that women still earn 14% less than men on average. It calls for a broader fight for women's rights, including full bodily autonomy North…
Disability and equality Economy and employment Original release: International Women’s Day (opens in a new tab)
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We deserve every seat we have at every table, says McAllister, marking International Women’s Day 2023
Alliance North Belfast MLA Nuala McAllister marks International Women's Day 2023 by paying tribute to female party colleagues, citing legislation under Naomi Long as Justice Minister and Michelle Kelly's Belfast City Council changes. She calls for continued work on equity, including accessible and…
Disability and equality Justice and policing Original release: We deserve every seat we have at every table, says McAllister, marking International Women’s Day 2023 (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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A restored Assembly must deliver for women – Sheerin
Sinn Féin MLA Emma Sheerin tells a Glasgow event marking March 8th that a restored Assembly and Executive must act to advance equality and deliver better for women, including those from ethnic minority backgrounds, LGBT+ women and women with disabilities.
Disability and equality Original release: A restored Assembly must deliver for women – Sheerin (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)