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Education Minister welcomes Language Launchpad
The DUP's Education Minister Paul Givan announces the launch of Language Launchpad, a project funded under the £25m Early Learning and Childcare package to support speech, language and communication development in early years, running until March 2025.
Education Disability and equality Issue: Language Launchpad early years speech and language project launch Original release: Education Minister welcomes Language Launchpad (opens in a new tab)
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RHI report findings “damning” for unreformed Stormont: O’Toole
SDLP MLA Matthew O'Toole says a NI Audit Office finding that just over half of the RHI inquiry recommendations have been implemented is damning for Stormont's failure to reform itself. He says the Executive sub-committee has not met since 2020 and calls the Executive parties and civil service…
Constitutional affairs Issue: NI Audit Office report on implementing RHI inquiry recommendations Original release: RHI report findings “damning” for unreformed Stormont: O’Toole (opens in a new tab)
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Bill to end the injustice of the Irish Sea Border introduced in Parliament today
TUV leader Jim Allister, now an MP, has introduced a Bill in Parliament to reverse the Windsor Framework's constitutional effects on Northern Ireland, including an Irish Sea goods border. It would set constitutional requirements, limit section 7A of the EU Withdrawal Act and allow alternative…
Constitutional affairs International affairs Issue: Introduction of Jim Allister's European Union (Withdrawal Amendments) Bill in Parliament Original release: Bill to end the injustice of the Irish Sea Border introduced in Parliament today (opens in a new tab)
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Road maintenance funding cliff-edge threat could put lives at risk – Stewart
UUP MLA John Stewart, Deputy Chair of the Infrastructure Committee, warns road maintenance funding could be exhausted by November, putting lives at risk through dangerous surfaces. He calls on the Executive to direct available money in the next monitoring round to essential road maintenance.
Infrastructure and transport Public finance and taxation Issue: Road maintenance funding exhaustion warning from Northern Ireland Mineral Products Association briefing Original release: Road maintenance funding cliff-edge threat could put lives at risk – Stewart (opens in a new tab)
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The DUP must act to remove O’Neill after yet another Sinn Fein scandal
TUV deputy leader Ron McDowell says the DUP must demand First Minister Michelle O'Neill's resignation over the Michael McMonagle and Niall Ó Donnghaile matters, warning Sinn Féin's leadership is implicated. He calls for DUP deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly to resign to force her removal…
Constitutional affairs Issue: Michael McMonagle and Niall Ó Donnghaile scandals involving Sinn Féin Original release: The DUP must act to remove O’Neill after yet another Sinn Fein scandal (opens in a new tab)
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Civil Service recruiting new head to oversee regulatory divergence
TUV leader Jim Allister says the Civil Service advertising a Head of Regulatory Divergence Co-ordination post at up to £59,000 a year shows the Protocol's constitutional damage remains, calling it a sign the UK internal market is being undermined.
Constitutional affairs International affairs Issue: Civil Service recruitment of Head of Regulatory Divergence Co-ordination Original release: Civil Service recruiting new head to oversee regulatory divergence (opens in a new tab)
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Now EU wants to rule our pets
TUV leader Jim Allister MP says the Windsor Framework (Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals) Regulations 2024, laid in Parliament this week, impose EU control on pets moving from GB to NI and restrict Common Travel Area rights. He says he will oppose them in Parliament.
Constitutional affairs International affairs Issue: Windsor Framework (Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals) Regulations 2024 Original release: Now EU wants to rule our pets (opens in a new tab)
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Gaston highlights lack of Unionist support to put the brakes on Irish signage
TUV MLA Timothy Gaston says only his own signature is on a petition, lodged days earlier, to refer Infrastructure Minister John O'Dowd's decision on bilingual road signs in west Belfast to the Executive. He criticises unionist MLAs for not backing it and calls for others to sign.
Infrastructure and transport Issue: Infrastructure Minister O'Dowd bilingual road signs decision in west Belfast Original release: Gaston highlights lack of Unionist support to put the brakes on Irish signage (opens in a new tab)
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Ógra Aontú condemns recent Taliban human rights violation
Ógra Aontú condemns new Taliban "vice and virtue" laws requiring women to veil fully in public and banning women's voices outside the home. President John Bryan calls on the UN and EU to stop normalising relations with the Taliban and to hold it accountable.
Disability and equality International affairs Issue: Taliban vice and virtue laws restricting women's public voices and faces Original release: Ógra Aontú condemns recent Taliban human rights violation (opens in a new tab)
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Mulholland commends strength and resilience of rural women on International Day of Rural Women.
Alliance North Antrim MLA Sian Mulholland urges wider recognition of the difficulties rural women encounter, pointing to job insecurity, limited childcare, and poor access to healthcare and transport in North Antrim, on International Day of Rural Women.
Disability and equality Economy and employment Original release: Mulholland commends strength and resilience of rural women on International Day of Rural Women. (opens in a new tab)
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Public health proposals not fit for purpose – Kimmins
Sinn Féin spokesperson for health Liz Kimmins says the Department of Health's public health consultation is not fit for purpose, citing the lack of Equality and Human Rights Impact Assessments. She says Sinn Féin does not back the Health Minister's approach to a new Public Health Bill.
Health Disability and equality Issue: Department of Health consultation on new Public Health Bill powers Original release: Public health proposals not fit for purpose – Kimmins (opens in a new tab)
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Joanne Bunting leads call for urgent practical action on violence…
East Belfast MLA Joanne Bunting calls for the Justice Minister to swiftly outline and implement practical measures to help people escape abusive relationships, after four women were murdered in six weeks and a further death in Donaghadee.
Justice and policing Disability and equality Issue: Recent murders of four women in Northern Ireland Original release: Joanne Bunting leads call for urgent practical action on violence… (opens in a new tab)
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“Systematic Problem in PSNI Approach to Domestic Violence” – Peter Irvine, Aontú Belfast
Aontú's Peter Irvine, described in the release as its Belfast representative for Collin, calls for accountability from the PSNI over its handling of violence against women after the deaths of four women in six weeks, including Mary Ward. He says reports were dismissed or mishandled and points to a…
Justice and policing Disability and equality Issue: Mary Ward death and Police Ombudsman investigation into PSNI handling Original release: “Systematic Problem in PSNI Approach to Domestic Violence” – Peter Irvine, Aontú Belfast (opens in a new tab)
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Finucane addresses Plaid Cymru annual conference
Sinn Féin MP John Finucane tells Plaid Cymru's conference that British austerity has failed communities and calls on the British government to fund the northern executive. He urges the Irish government to set up a Citizens' Assembly on Irish unity now.
Constitutional affairs Public finance and taxation Original release: Finucane addresses Plaid Cymru annual conference (opens in a new tab)
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Minister launches Pre-school Toolkit for Diversity
Education Minister Paul Givan has launched an online resource for pre-school providers to support newcomer children and families in Northern Ireland, built by the Education Authority's intercultural service with pre-school settings.
Education Disability and equality Issue: Pre-school Toolkit for Diversity launch for newcomer children Original release: Minister launches Pre-school Toolkit for Diversity (opens in a new tab)
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Boylan welcomes plans to assist Tandragee 100
Sinn Féin MLA Cathal Boylan welcomes Infrastructure Minister John O'Dowd's plan to resurface a stretch of the A51 later this year to support next year's Tandragee 100 Road Race. Boylan says he had pressed the department for the works for some time.
Infrastructure and transport Issue: Minister O'Dowd's A51 resurfacing plan for Tandragee 100 Original release: Boylan welcomes plans to assist Tandragee 100 (opens in a new tab)
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Hargey ‘appalled and disgusted’ at racist arson attack
Sinn Féin MLA Deirdre Hargey condemns an arson attack on a south Belfast home, which police are treating as racist, saying the family were unhurt and calling for racism to be rejected and stopped.
Justice and policing Disability and equality Issue: South Belfast home arson attack treated as racist by police Original release: Hargey ‘appalled and disgusted’ at racist arson attack (opens in a new tab)
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TUV supports court action to save the Boyne Bridge and challenges Translink attitude to architectural charity
TUV MLA Timothy Gaston says the party has long backed the campaign to save the Boyne Bridge in Belfast and criticises Translink's threat to seek £100,000 a week in costs from the Ulster Architectural Heritage Society if it challenges demolition in court. He will submit a priority written question…
Infrastructure and transport Issue: Translink threat of costs against Ulster Architectural Heritage Society over Boyne Bridge Original release: TUV supports court action to save the Boyne Bridge and challenges Translink attitude to architectural charity (opens in a new tab)
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Infrastructure Ministers pilot scheme "raises safety concerns for cyclists" - Cllr Flynn
Green Party Cllr Anthony Flynn criticises Infrastructure Minister John O'Dowd's pilot allowing some taxis into bus lanes, saying it endangers cyclists without a funded cycle network and does little to ease Belfast city-centre congestion. He says the Belfast cycle network plan has been awaited for…
Infrastructure and transport Issue: Infrastructure Minister pilot allowing some taxis to use bus lanes Original release: Infrastructure Ministers pilot scheme "raises safety concerns for cyclists" - Cllr Flynn (opens in a new tab)
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Nicholl condemns racist attack in South Belfast.
Alliance South Belfast MLA Kate Nicholl calls the racist attack on a young family on Thalia Street abhorrent, saying the door was set on fire and the perpetrators must be robustly condemned. She thanks NIFRS and urges anyone with information to contact police.
Justice and policing Disability and equality Issue: South Belfast home arson attack treated as racist by police Original release: Nicholl condemns racist attack in South Belfast. (opens in a new tab)