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2023: Socialism Is The Answer To A World In Crisis
People Before Profit's New Year message looks back at 2022, arguing that inflation, climate inaction, reproductive rights, the war in Ukraine and Irish housing and health crises show capitalism is failing, and calls for Ireland's first left-wing government.
Economy and employment International affairs Original release: 2023: Socialism Is The Answer To A World In Crisis (opens in a new tab)
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SDLP Leader’s New Year Message
SDLP Leader Colum Eastwood MP calls on political leaders to show more generosity and common endeavour in 2023, and urges the immediate resumption of devolution to address families' winter struggles with heating, food and jobs.
Constitutional affairs Original release: SDLP Leader’s New Year Message (opens in a new tab)
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New Year Message 2023 from TUV leader Jim Allister
TUV leader Jim Allister says the party will keep resisting the Northern Ireland Protocol in 2023 until Northern Ireland's place in the UK is restored, and argues there can be no Stormont while ministers must implement it. TUV says it will field more council candidates than ever before in the 18…
Constitutional affairs International affairs Original release: New Year Message 2023 from TUV leader Jim Allister (opens in a new tab)
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Sir Jeffrey – Best wishes for 2023
DUP Leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson MP sends New Year wishes for 2023, calling for the NI Protocol to be replaced with arrangements unionists can support and for genuine powersharing based on consensus. He also pledges work on cost of living, health waiting times, Project Stratum broadband and…
Constitutional affairs Economy and employment Original release: Sir Jeffrey – Best wishes for 2023 (opens in a new tab)
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NEW YEAR MESSAGE FROM THE LEADER OF THE ULSTER UNIONIST PARTY
UUP leader Doug Beattie MC MLA issues a New Year message reflecting on 2022, including the Platinum Jubilee, the death of the Queen, the late David Trimble, and the Protocol. He calls for a functioning devolved government and urges unionists to pursue an outward-looking path.
Constitutional affairs International affairs Original release: NEW YEAR MESSAGE FROM THE LEADER OF THE ULSTER UNIONIST PARTY (opens in a new tab)
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Empey comments on Lord Benyon letter
Lord Empey, UUP peer and member of the Lords Committee on the Northern Ireland Protocol, says Lord Benyon's letter on physical infrastructure at NI ports is not the real reason for the checks, blaming the Government for sidelining the NI Department of Agriculture and calling for talks and a fresh…
Constitutional affairs International affairs Issue: Lord Benyon letter on Protocol green and red lanes Original release: Empey comments on Lord Benyon letter (opens in a new tab)
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Best New Year’s present for NI is to restore and reform Stormont, says Long
Alliance Leader Naomi Long MLA calls for the Assembly and Executive to be restored and for reforms to the institutions so that a single party cannot collapse them again, citing the cost of living crisis and the absence of a functioning Executive.
Constitutional affairs Economy and employment Original release: Best New Year’s present for NI is to restore and reform Stormont, says Long (opens in a new tab)
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New Year realities for Sinn Fein in their new position - Campbell
DUP MP Gregory Campbell issues a New Year message saying 2023 brings difficulties over the NI Protocol, the cost of living and the war in Ukraine. He says Sinn Fein's position as the largest party in the Republic and in Northern Ireland will be a reality Unionists must face, and that their push…
Constitutional affairs Original release: New Year realities for Sinn Fein in their new position - Campbell (opens in a new tab)
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TUV warns over Lord Benyon’s letter on Protocol plans
TUV leader Jim Allister says Lord Benyon's letter on Protocol plans shows the government focuses only on the Protocol's operation rather than reversing its sovereignty impact. He claims green and red lanes confirm an Irish Sea border and will bring more permanent infrastructure at Larne and Belfast.
Constitutional affairs International affairs Issue: Lord Benyon letter on Protocol green and red lanes Original release: TUV warns over Lord Benyon’s letter on Protocol plans (opens in a new tab)
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Kearney – construction of post-Brexit check facilities necessary
Sinn Féin Brexit Spokesperson Declan Kearney MLA welcomes the British government's plan to legislate for a legal basis for post-Brexit checks at ports of entry, calling it long overdue. He criticises the DUP's earlier pause on procurement for agri-food checks and urges the British government to…
Constitutional affairs International affairs Issue: British government legislation for post-Brexit port of entry checks Original release: Kearney – construction of post-Brexit check facilities necessary (opens in a new tab)
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Enhancement of Protocol related infrastructure at Northern Ireland ports is unacceptable - Elliott
UUP DAERA spokesperson Tom Elliott MLA says the UK government is giving ground to the EU by enhancing checks at Northern Ireland ports on goods moving onward to the EU, while the Westminster Protocol Bill offers nothing positive. He calls for progress information on UK-EU talks.
Constitutional affairs International affairs Issue: Enhanced checks at Northern Ports on onward EU-bound goods Original release: Enhancement of Protocol related infrastructure at Northern Ireland ports is unacceptable - Elliott (opens in a new tab)
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Gerry Kelly expresses condolences to the family of Bobby Lavery
Sinn Féin MLA Gerry Kelly offers sympathy after the death of former North Belfast councillor Bobby Lavery, who died in the US, and pays tribute to his decades of republican activism in the New Lodge and on Belfast City Council.
Other Justice and policing Original release: Gerry Kelly expresses condolences to the family of Bobby Lavery (opens in a new tab)
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the message above the door
DUP Leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson MP, in a Christmas message, reflects on words carved above his Westminster office door and on Christian faith at Christmas. He also says he assured the Royal College of Nursing of support for a decent pay rise and terms overhaul, and calls for agency spending to be…
Constitutional affairs Health Original release: the message above the door (opens in a new tab)
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Sunak must end ‘unacceptable’ refusal to negotiate with health workers – O’Neill
Sinn Féin's Michelle O'Neill, First Minister Designate, calls on British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to end his government's refusal to negotiate with NHS unions and agree a fair pay settlement to avoid further strikes by health workers. She says she has written to him urging engagement.
Health Economy and employment Issue: NHS health workers strike pay dispute with British Government Original release: Sunak must end ‘unacceptable’ refusal to negotiate with health workers – O’Neill (opens in a new tab)
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TUV warns against extension of “Gender Recognition” legislation to Northern Ireland
TUV spokesperson Lorna Smyth criticises Alliance MP Stephen Farry for welcoming Scotland's Gender Recognition Reform Bill and wanting it extended to Northern Ireland. She claims the bill risks women's safe spaces, allows sex offenders to apply for recognition, and should be repealed.
Disability and equality Justice and policing Issue: Scotland Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill passed Original release: TUV warns against extension of “Gender Recognition” legislation to Northern Ireland (opens in a new tab)
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"British Government Spies Must Be Expelled from Irish Government Buildings"
Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín TD calls on the new Taoiseach to remove British agents from Irish government buildings after a former agent claimed a senior Dublin official works for the British Army. He also asks for an urgent Joint Committee meeting before Christmas.
Constitutional affairs International affairs Issue: Claims of British agents operating in Dublin government buildings Original release: "British Government Spies Must Be Expelled from Irish Government Buildings" (opens in a new tab)
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Erskine welcomes new rapid diagnosis centres
DUP Fermanagh and South Tyrone MLA Deborah Erskine welcomes the opening of rapid diagnostic centres, including one in Dungannon, saying it will speed up diagnosis and bring services closer to rural patients rather than Belfast.
Health Issue: Rapid diagnostic centres launch including Dungannon Original release: Erskine welcomes new rapid diagnosis centres (opens in a new tab)
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Public inquiry into Pat Finucane killing should be held now following court ruling – Kelly
Sinn Féin MLA Gerry Kelly calls on the British government to hold a public inquiry into the 1989 murder of solicitor Pat Finucane, as promised at Weston Park in 2001, after a Belfast High Court ruling quashed the Secretary of State's decision not to hold one now.
Community relations and legacy Justice and policing Issue: Belfast High Court ruling quashing refusal of Pat Finucane public inquiry Original release: Public inquiry into Pat Finucane killing should be held now following court ruling – Kelly (opens in a new tab)
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British government should scrap travel requirements in Ireland under regressive Nationalities and Borders Act – Archibald
Sinn Féin MLA Caoimhe Archibald calls on the British government to scrap visa requirements for travel within Ireland under the Nationalities and Borders Act, saying they would damage tourism and breach the Good Friday Agreement.
Immigration Economy and employment Issue: Nationalities and Borders Act visa requirements for travel within Ireland Original release: British government should scrap travel requirements in Ireland under regressive Nationalities and Borders Act – Archibald (opens in a new tab)
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Key Questions on present UK-EU engagement
TUV leader Jim Allister says the current UK-EU talks on the Protocol are a sham and a deceit, arguing the EU mandate does not allow changes to the text and that mere implementation adjustments cannot alter the Protocol's legal and constitutional effects.
Constitutional affairs International affairs Original release: Key Questions on present UK-EU engagement (opens in a new tab)