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Green Party Councillors attend Jubilee celebrations
Green Party councillors Simon Lee, Brian Smyth and Anthony Flynn report attending Platinum Jubilee community events across Northern Ireland, and Lee welcomes the Queen's Green Canopy tree-planting scheme, citing 9% tree cover against a 38% EU average.
Other Issue: Platinum Jubilee community events and Queen's Green Canopy tree planting Original release: Green Party Councillors attend Jubilee celebrations (opens in a new tab)
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Cllr Stephen Dunlop - Thanks on Volunteer Week
Green Party NI Councillor Stephen Dunlop thanks everyone who has volunteered their time during Volunteer Week, citing the pandemic-era help given to communities and encouraging people with spare hours to get involved.
Other Original release: Cllr Stephen Dunlop - Thanks on Volunteer Week (opens in a new tab)
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The Platinum Jubilee is a time to celebrate the reign of an amazing Queen - Beattie
UUP leader Doug Beattie MC MLA praises the Queen's 70 years of service ahead of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations, praising her stability and calling on Northern Ireland to celebrate the reign, and noting school pupils' participation.
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Lockhart – Government placed cart before the horse in fuel research
DUP MP Carla Lockhart welcomes the Government's £31m investment in alternatives to fossil fuels, particularly hydrogen, but says the Government should have funded research before banning red diesel in construction. She claims the ban raised quarrying and construction costs.
Environment and climate Economy and employment Issue: Government £31m investment in hydrogen and fossil fuel alternatives Original release: Lockhart – Government placed cart before the horse in fuel research (opens in a new tab)
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Cllr Stephen Dunlop welcomes new tech at Artemis Technologies
Green Party NI Councillor Stephen Dunlop welcomes the unveiling of Artemis Technologies' efoiler technology, a zero-emission maritime service planned between Belfast and Bangor, and looks forward to its use in 2024.
Infrastructure and transport Environment and climate Issue: Artemis Technologies efoiler technology unveiling in Belfast and Bangor Original release: Cllr Stephen Dunlop welcomes new tech at Artemis Technologies (opens in a new tab)
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BBC should embrace review: Campbell
DUP MP Gregory Campbell welcomes the Culture Secretary's launch of a mid-term review of the BBC, arguing the broadcaster should use it to strengthen impartiality and a representative workforce across the UK. He says the review's timeline to 2024 is welcome and warns the BBC must adapt, including…
Other Issue: Culture Secretary's BBC mid-term review launch Original release: BBC should embrace review: Campbell (opens in a new tab)
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Action needed on environment more than ever - O'Hara
Green Party NI Deputy Leader Cllr Mal O'Hara responds to the Northern Ireland environmental statistics report, citing emissions at 5 per cent of the UK total, falling biodiversity and protected-site condition, and falling recycling rates. He calls for an Independent Environmental Protection Agency…
Environment and climate Issue: Northern Ireland environmental statistics report 2022 Original release: Action needed on environment more than ever - O'Hara (opens in a new tab)
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Eastwood: Gray report should end Johnson’s administration
SDLP Leader Colum Eastwood MP says the Sue Gray report into lockdown rule breaches in Downing Street should end Boris Johnson's administration, calling for him to be removed from office and accusing Tory MPs who refuse of backing corruption.
Other Issue: Sue Gray report on Downing Street lockdown breaches Original release: Eastwood: Gray report should end Johnson’s administration (opens in a new tab)
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Eastwood: Shameless Prime Minister should be removed from office
SDLP Leader Colum Eastwood MP says Prime Minister Boris Johnson should leave office after ITV News obtained images of him drinking at a Downing Street gathering during strict lockdown rules. He accuses Johnson of a pattern of deceitful, selfish conduct and calls on those who still value public…
Other Issue: ITV News footage of Downing Street gathering during lockdown Original release: Eastwood: Shameless Prime Minister should be removed from office (opens in a new tab)
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Cllr Jill Macauley appointed new Chairwoman of the Ulster Unionist Party
The Ulster Unionist Party announces Cllr Jill Macauley as its new Chairwoman, succeeding Danny Kennedy, who steps down after two and a half years. Macauley says she will focus on growth and increasing female representation ahead of next year's council elections.
Other Issue: Ulster Unionist Party appoints new Chairwoman after Danny Kennedy steps down Original release: Cllr Jill Macauley appointed new Chairwoman of the Ulster Unionist Party (opens in a new tab)
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Dunne delighted at Bangor being awarded City status
North Down DUP MLA Stephen Dunne welcomes Bangor being awarded city status in the 2022 Platinum Jubilee Civic Honours Competition. He says the honour presents an opportunity to develop the town through redevelopment of Queen's Parade, the Bangor Waterfront Scheme and retail regeneration.
Other Issue: Bangor city status announcement Original release: Dunne delighted at Bangor being awarded City status (opens in a new tab)
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Jim Allister’s reply to the NIO following a refusal of a meeting with the Prime Minister
TUV leader Jim Allister rejects a Northern Ireland Office offer of a meeting with a junior minister instead of the Prime Minister, saying it slights the 65,000 people who voted TUV ten days earlier.
Other Issue: NIO refusal of Allister meeting with Prime Minister Original release: Jim Allister’s reply to the NIO following a refusal of a meeting with the Prime Minister (opens in a new tab)