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Sinn Féin to host major Irish unity health event in Belfast – Hargey
Sinn Féin MLA Deirdre Hargey says former Health and Social Care Board chief John Compton CBE will join a panel at a Belfast conference on creating a world‑class health system for a united Ireland. She will chair, with a keynote from health spokesperson David Cullinane TD, and urges the public to be‑
Health Constitutional affairs Issue: Irish unity health system conference Belfast Original release: Sinn Féin to host major Irish unity health event in Belfast – Hargey (opens in a new tab)
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Reilly: New emergency department key to relieving pressure on health service
SDLP Waterside councillor Martin Reilly says a new emergency department at Altnagelvin Hospital is needed because the current unit, over 40 years old, cannot cope with demand. He is bringing a motion to full council asking councillors to back writing to the Health Minister on the project's status…
Health Local government Original release: Reilly: New emergency department key to relieving pressure on health service (opens in a new tab)
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SDLP launches ‘Save Our Pubs’ campaign
SDLP launches a petition campaign to save pubs, hotels and hospitality businesses from steep rates rises after the revaluation of non-domestic properties. It asks Finance Minister John O'Dowd to step in and reverse parts of the policy, which it says threaten businesses and jobs.
Public finance and taxation Economy and employment Issue: Northern Ireland domestic rates revaluation Original release: SDLP launches ‘Save Our Pubs’ campaign (opens in a new tab)
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Burrows Announces Senior Leadership Team
Ulster Unionist Party Leader-Elect Jon Burrows MLA announces his senior leadership team ahead of his ratification, confirming Mike Nesbitt MLA continues as Health Minister and Diana Armstrong MLA becomes Chief Whip alongside her role as Deputy Leader, and reaffirms staying in the Executive.
Health Issue: Ulster Unionist Party senior leadership team announcement by Jon Burrows Original release: Burrows Announces Senior Leadership Team (opens in a new tab)
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First and deputy First Minister need to get a grip on own department's finances, says Bradshaw
Alliance's Paula Bradshaw MLA says figures showing £400,000 spent on hospitality at foreign bureaux, and nearly £2 million a year on agency staff, show the First and deputy First Minister lack grip on their department's spending. She calls for a plan to cut agency staff spend and urgent…
Public finance and taxation International affairs Issue: Executive Office £400,000 hospitality spend at foreign bureaux Original release: First and deputy First Minister need to get a grip on own department's finances, says Bradshaw (opens in a new tab)
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Hunter to bring forward Assembly motion on online harm against women
SDLP MLA Hunter says she will bring forward an Assembly motion on online harm against women. The release gives no further detail on the motion's wording or timing.
Justice and policing Disability and equality Original release: Hunter to bring forward Assembly motion on online harm against women (opens in a new tab)
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Communities Minister ‘reawakens’ the Ulster Folk Museum with £50m in…
DUP's Communities Minister Gordon Lyons announces £50 million for the Ulster Folk Museum, with £40 million from his department and £10 million from the Heritage Fund, to fund the Reawakening project upgrading facilities and collections access.
Public finance and taxation Issue: Ulster Folk Museum £50m Reawakening project funding announcement Original release: Communities Minister ‘reawakens’ the Ulster Folk Museum with £50m in… (opens in a new tab)
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Public Health policy shouldn’t be another casualty of the Windsor…
DUP health spokesperson and Upper Bann MLA Diane Dodds has written to Secretary of State Hilary Benn asking the Government to confirm whether the Tobacco and Vapes Bill applies fully in Northern Ireland, after EU Member States objected that it cannot. She warns that public health policy should not…
Constitutional affairs Health Issue: EU Member States objections to Tobacco and Vapes Bill in Northern Ireland Original release: Public Health policy shouldn’t be another casualty of the Windsor… (opens in a new tab)
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Reval 2026 Puts NI Hospitality Sector at Risk of Collapse
UUP economy spokesperson Diana Armstrong MLA warns the draft Reval 2026 valuations, with average hotel increases of 63%, could push many hospitality businesses to closure. She calls on the Executive and Economy Minister to reset the calculations and engage with the sector before April 2026.
Public finance and taxation Economy and employment Issue: Draft Reval 2026 valuations published for hospitality sector Original release: Reval 2026 Puts NI Hospitality Sector at Risk of Collapse (opens in a new tab)
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‘Delivering Rural Health and Care in a New Ireland’ report published
Health Constitutional affairs Original release: ‘Delivering Rural Health and Care in a New Ireland’ report published (opens in a new tab)
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McGlone: Funding cuts will devastate community and voluntary sector
SDLP Mid Ulster MLA Patsy McGlone warns that a 64% UK Government cut to the Shared Prosperity Fund will devastate community and voluntary organisations and put hundreds of jobs at risk. He calls on the Executive to stand up and fight for these groups rather than simply blame Westminster.
Public finance and taxation Issue: UK Government 64% Shared Prosperity Fund cut Original release: McGlone: Funding cuts will devastate community and voluntary sector (opens in a new tab)
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O'Toole: Concern for pub sector in rates reval
SDLP MLA Matthew O'Toole, who chairs the Finance Committee, voices concern that the non-domestic rates revaluation sharply raises valuations for pubs. He calls on LPS and the Department of Finance to work with the trade to avoid unnecessary damage to the hospitality sector.
Public finance and taxation Economy and employment Issue: Northern Ireland rates revaluation impact on pub sector Original release: O'Toole: Concern for pub sector in rates reval (opens in a new tab)
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UKG's Local Growth Fund cruel cuts push sector further into collapse, says Mulholland
Alliance Communities spokesperson Sian Mulholland MLA says UK Government cuts under the new Local Growth Fund will hit vulnerable people and push the voluntary sector further toward collapse, citing a 64 per cent cut to economic inactivity services. She calls for clarity, planning and transitional…
Public finance and taxation Economy and employment Issue: UK Government Local Growth Fund funding cuts Original release: UKG's Local Growth Fund cruel cuts push sector further into collapse, says Mulholland (opens in a new tab)
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Robinson Raises Counter-Terror Funding Gap at Westminster
DUP leader Gavin Robinson MP challenges the Government over Northern Ireland's exclusion from the Counter-Terrorism Policing Grant, which he says is given to forces across Great Britain. He calls for NI to have access to the grant and says PSNI needs a settled funding arrangement instead of annual…
Justice and policing Public finance and taxation Issue: Northern Ireland exclusion from Counter-Terrorism Policing Grant at Northern Ireland Affairs Committee Original release: Robinson Raises Counter-Terror Funding Gap at Westminster (opens in a new tab)
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McCrossan calls on Health Minister to examine screening for Spinal Muscular Atrophy
SDLP West Tyrone MLA Daniel McCrossan urges the Health Minister to assess introducing newborn screening for Spinal Muscular Atrophy, citing early diagnosis benefits and a pilot in Scotland, and says the North should not fall behind.
Health Disability and equality Issue: Spinal Muscular Atrophy screening review in Northern Ireland Original release: McCrossan calls on Health Minister to examine screening for Spinal Muscular Atrophy (opens in a new tab)
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Durkan: Executive failing people on suicide prevention
SDLP Foyle MLA Mark H Durkan says the Executive is failing on suicide prevention after 290 registered suicides in 2024, a 31% rise, and calls for cross-departmental funding and fuller backing for the Mental Health Strategy and Protect Life 2. He welcomes a newly opened inquiry into how such…
Health Issue: Cross-party inquiry into suicide prevention funding launched by All-Party Group Original release: Durkan: Executive failing people on suicide prevention (opens in a new tab)
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Consultation on Nature Recovery Strategy a step in the right direction, says Blair
Alliance Environment spokesperson John Blair MLA welcomes the public consultation on the draft Nature Recovery Strategy announced by Minister Muir, calling it a timely step to reverse nature decline and urging public bodies, businesses, farmers and citizens to submit their ideas.
Environment and climate Issue: Draft Northern Ireland Nature Recovery Strategy consultation Original release: Consultation on Nature Recovery Strategy a step in the right direction, says Blair (opens in a new tab)
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Tackling poverty central to any effort to raise wellbeing standards, says Bradshaw
Alliance TEO spokesperson Paula Bradshaw MLA says Northern Ireland wellbeing figures are encouraging overall but show persistent gaps for disabled people and those in deprived circumstances. She calls for early investment in healthcare, housing, education and mental health, and for the Executive…
Social security and welfare Disability and equality Issue: Individual Wellbeing in Northern Ireland 2024 to 2025 report publication Original release: Tackling poverty central to any effort to raise wellbeing standards, says Bradshaw (opens in a new tab)
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Casement Park development must match funding available
The DUP's sport spokesman, Stephen Dunne MLA, says the UK Government has clarified its contribution to Casement Park but a large funding gap remains. He says it is now for the GAA to either add funding or scale back its project to fit the money available.
Infrastructure and transport Public finance and taxation Issue: Casement Park funding gap after UK Government contribution clarification Original release: Casement Park development must match funding available (opens in a new tab)
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Casement Park developments expose Stormont delivering for Republicans, not ordinary people
TUV leader Jim Allister says Michelle O'Neill's announcement of preparatory work at Casement Park shows Stormont favours Republicans over ordinary people. He criticises other MLAs for not challenging the over £100 million public funding, and calls for the GAA to repay public money and for profits…
Public finance and taxation Issue: Casement Park preparatory works announcement and public funding Original release: Casement Park developments expose Stormont delivering for Republicans, not ordinary people (opens in a new tab)