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Alliance calls for progress in making Fleadh more accessible
Alliance Belfast Councillor Michael Long welcomes Belfast City Council's endorsement of an Alliance proposal to have council officers meet the Inclusive Mobility and Transport Advisory Committee before next year's Fleadh. The move follows disability groups' concerns about this year's event.
Disability and equality Local government Issue: Fleadh 2026 accessibility concerns and proposals Original release: Alliance calls for progress in making Fleadh more accessible (opens in a new tab)Archived copy, Internet Archive capture of 8 November 2026 (opens in a new tab)
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Planning system continues to hold back economic growth, says McReynolds
Alliance Infrastructure spokesperson Peter McReynolds MLA says the planning system is holding back growth, citing provisional statistics for April to June 2026 showing over 30% of live applications open for more than a year. He calls for a comprehensive reform programme, including mandatory…
Infrastructure and transport Economy and employment Issue: Planning system statistics and business concerns Original release: Planning system continues to hold back economic growth, says McReynolds (opens in a new tab)
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Access to Public Transport Threatened if Attacks in Derry Don't Stop
People Before Profit councillor Shaun Harkin condemns a weekend attack on a Foyle Metro bus in Derry, which he says endangered children, passengers and the driver. He sends solidarity to those affected, says he has spoken to trade unions and backs the driver and workforce, and warns that attacks…
Infrastructure and transport Original release: Access to Public Transport Threatened if Attacks in Derry Don't Stop (opens in a new tab)
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Binning Derry Air Dome Sports Facility is Premature and Reckless
People Before Profit Cllr Shaun Harkin calls the scrapping of the Ulster University Air Dome sports facility in Derry premature and reckless. He urges Economy Minister intervention and Executive support to deliver Magee expansion projects, and calls for accountability from the university and…
Education Economy and employment Original release: Binning Derry Air Dome Sports Facility is Premature and Reckless (opens in a new tab)
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Fuel Protests In The North
People Before Profit says today's fuel protests across the North have a right core demand for urgent action on fuel prices, blaming the Executive for years of rising costs and calling for price caps, windfall taxes on energy firms and a £500 energy credit for households.
Economy and employment Public finance and taxation Original release: Fuel Protests In The North (opens in a new tab)
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People Before Profit Statement on the Murder of Amy Doherty and the Prevalence of Gender Based Violence
People Before Profit representative Maeve O'Neill expresses sympathy over the murder of Amy Doherty and calls for structural change to tackle gender-based violence, including Safe Leave Act implementation, RSE in schools, anti-poverty and housing action, and better funding for women's shelters…
Justice and policing Economy and employment Original release: People Before Profit Statement on the Murder of Amy Doherty and the Prevalence of Gender Based Violence (opens in a new tab)
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People Before Profit Support The Translink Strikers
People Before Profit Cllr Shaun Harkin backs Translink workers on strike and their escalated industrial action, condemning a 0 per cent pay offer and saying promises from the Secretary of State, the DUP and a restored Stormont Executive count for nothing.
Economy and employment Infrastructure and transport Issue: Translink industrial action escalation Original release: People Before Profit Support The Translink Strikers (opens in a new tab)
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Second Transport Strike Day Hardens Worker Resolve Public Support
People Before Profit says up to 4,000 Translink workers picketed on a second day of strike action, with a third starting that day and a fourth scheduled for the 22nd. It blames the DUP's blocking of the Assembly and says management has offered a 0% pay rise.
Economy and employment Infrastructure and transport Issue: Translink transport workers pay dispute strike action December 2023 Original release: Second Transport Strike Day Hardens Worker Resolve Public Support (opens in a new tab)
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Translink Workers Strike
People Before Profit stands in full solidarity with Translink transport workers striking over a 0% pay increase, backing bigger, longer and more coordinated strikes and urging supporters to join pickets, fundraise and back union motions.
Economy and employment Infrastructure and transport Issue: Translink 0% pay offer Original release: Translink Workers Strike (opens in a new tab)
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Unions Reps In Translink Unite To Fight 0% Offer
People Before Profit says Translink union reps from Unite, GMB and SIPTU are united against a 0% pay offer for 2023 and are preparing industrial action on bus and rail from 1 December. Unite rep Damien Doherty describes the offer as insulting.
Economy and employment Infrastructure and transport Issue: Translink 0% pay offer Original release: Unions Reps In Translink Unite To Fight 0% Offer (opens in a new tab)
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Harkin: Back Dfi Roads Service Workers Strikers
People Before Profit Cllr Shaun Harkin backs Department for Infrastructure Roads Service workers on strike again over pay, saying they have his full solidarity. He accuses DfI officials of citing Stormont's collapse to claim they lack the means to act, and calls for the draconian bonus system to…
Economy and employment Infrastructure and transport Issue: DfI Roads Service workers strike over pay July 2023 Original release: Harkin: Back Dfi Roads Service Workers Strikers (opens in a new tab)
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People Before Profit Statement On The Coronation
People Before Profit calls the coronation an insult to struggling workers, citing the reported £250 million cost, food bank use and austerity, and criticises the monarchy's wealth and colonial links. It also condemns Sinn Féin's decision to attend the ceremony as accommodation to sectarianism.
Constitutional affairs Economy and employment Issue: King Charles III coronation attendance and cost criticism Original release: People Before Profit Statement On The Coronation (opens in a new tab)
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Green Party welcomes the announcement of bank building reopening
Green councillor Áine Groogan welcomes the announcement that Primark will return to the historic Bank Buildings in Belfast later this year, four years after a fire gutted the listed building. She calls for better protection of city centre built heritage and greener solutions to revitalise the high…
Infrastructure and transport Economy and employment Original release: Green Party welcomes the announcement of bank building reopening (opens in a new tab)
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Seahill trees removal demonstrates need for community engagement - Woods
Green Party NI MLA Rachel Woods says tree and greenery removal on the Seahill Road, Holywood, was done wrongly and calls on the Department for Infrastructure and Road Service to consult communities and give notice before such works. She also calls for funding for green space maintenance and wider…
Environment and climate Infrastructure and transport Original release: Seahill trees removal demonstrates need for community engagement - Woods (opens in a new tab)
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Greens welcome public consultation on active travel routes
Green Party NI figures Rachel Woods (North Down MLA) and Cllr Brian Smyth (East Belfast candidate) welcome a consultation on pedestrian and cycling routes from Sydenham to Holywood, arguing the Executive spends far too little on active travel and that air pollution should be a priority.
Infrastructure and transport Environment and climate Original release: Greens welcome public consultation on active travel routes (opens in a new tab)
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Green Party Leader welcomes Irish government funding commitment
Green Party leader Mal O'Hara welcomes Irish government Shared Island funding, including £50m... no, €50 million for Casement Park redevelopment, €12.5 million for an hourly Belfast-Dublin rail service and €600 million for the A5 North-West corridor, saying it will boost local economies and…
Infrastructure and transport Public finance and taxation Original release: Green Party Leader welcomes Irish government funding commitment (opens in a new tab)
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Senator Mal O'Hara welcomes cross-border rail funding
Green Party Senator Mal O'Hara welcomes €165 million in funding for cross-border rail between Belfast and Dublin, saying it supports net zero goals and the All-Island Rail Review. He calls on a Northern Ireland Transport Minister to shift spending towards public transport.
Infrastructure and transport Environment and climate Original release: Senator Mal O'Hara welcomes cross-border rail funding (opens in a new tab)
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All-island rail review "A transformative vision for the Island of Ireland" - Senator O'Hara
Senator Mal O'Hara, leader of the Green Party Northern Ireland, welcomes the All‑Island Rail Review, saying it proposes 700 km of new rail linking towns such as Strabane, Omagh and Dungannon and airports in Belfast, Dublin and Shannon, forecasting £17 billion economic benefits and urging the NI Exec
Infrastructure and transport Original release: All-island rail review "A transformative vision for the Island of Ireland" - Senator O'Hara (opens in a new tab)
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Bangor West Councillor welcomes impending refurbishment of historic railway heritage
Green Party Bangor West Councillor welcomes the forthcoming refurbishment of a historic railway heritage site in Bangor, praising the planned works to restore the local railway heritage.
Infrastructure and transport Local government Original release: Bangor West Councillor welcomes impending refurbishment of historic railway heritage (opens in a new tab)
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Green Party welcomes Audit Office intervention in fuel poverty hardship fund
Social security and welfare Local government Original release: Green Party welcomes Audit Office intervention in fuel poverty hardship fund (opens in a new tab)