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TUV party secretary Ann McClure welcomes Translink's acknowledgement that it should have referenced the Loyal Orders on its social media alongside a GAA semi-final post, and says it will address this in future. She says publicly funded bodies should be challenged when they get things wrong.
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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)
Green Party councillors Barry McKee and Lauren Kendall visited a Bangor picket line to back Translink workers on a 24-hour strike over fair pay. Cllr Kendall calls on the Tories and DUP to fund fair pay and invest in public transport.
Economy and employment Infrastructure and transport Issue: Translink workers 24-hour strike December 2023 Original release: North Down representatives show solidarity with Translink workers (opens in a new tab)
People Before Profit councillor Maeve O'Neill says Translink's "special" train for the Derry v Galway semi-final, which would run from Belfast rather than Derry, is a deliberate insult to Derry. She calls for the issue to be addressed immediately and for a Derry-Dublin rail service.
Infrastructure and transport Issue: Translink Derry special train for All-Ireland semi-final departing from Belfast Original release: Translink “Special” Train An Insult To Derry (opens in a new tab)
SDLP Opposition Infrastructure Spokesperson Justin McNulty MLA blames an Executive failure to properly fund Translink for possible service cuts and fare discount removals. He says students, disabled and elderly people and rural communities would be hit, and calls for expanded public transport…
Infrastructure and transport Public finance and taxation Issue: Translink considering service cuts and fare discount removal Original release: McNulty: Executive failure risking Translink cuts (opens in a new tab)
SDLP Stormont leader Matthew O'Toole says the Executive's publication of a monitoring round three days before the Westminster election is a shameless abuse of civil service impartiality. He points to funding allocations the Treasury has not yet confirmed and has contacted the top civil servant…
Public finance and taxation Issue: Monitoring round funding announcement ahead of the 2024 general election Original release: O’Toole: Pre-election monitoring round “shameless and shocking” abuse of civil service impartiality and resources (opens in a new tab)
DUP infrastructure spokesperson Deborah Erskine welcomes the Infrastructure Committee's agreement to examine the £145,000 plan for Irish language signage at Grand Central Station. She questions whether this ranks above Translink's cash reserves, NI Water overspending and potholed roads, and asks…
Infrastructure and transport Public finance and taxation Issue: Irish language signage at Grand Central Station announcement Original release: Grand Central signage to face Committee scrutiny (opens in a new tab)