15 Apr, 2024 Schools under significant financial pressure – Brownlee Over 400 schools in Northern Ireland faced a financial deficit in 2022-23. In total, the deficit incurred by primary schools and post primary schools in 2022-23 was over £100m.
15 Apr, 2024 DUP MLAs offer support for inquiry into Kingsmill massacre A number of DUP MLAs addressed the Northern Ireland Assembly this morning on a 'matter of the day' debate following the publication of the findings of the inquest into the Kingsmill massacre.
12 Apr, 2024 There was always an alternative to sectarian murder at Kingsmill Newry & Armagh MLA William Irwin has said the Kingsmill Inquest has justified the lack of confidence that many families have had in the process for some time.
11 Apr, 2024 DoJ must remove mystery of £205k policing allocation The DUP’s lead Policing Board representative Trevor Clarke MLA has urged the Minister of Justice Naomi Long to confirm that the Policing Board was handed funding that it did not request in the final days of the last financial year.
11 Apr, 2024 “Over 600 beds unavailable every day” – Dodds The Health Minister has confirmed that more than six hundred patients per day are having to remain in hospital despite no longer needing to be there.
11 Apr, 2024 Robinson - "keep focused on making this place prosperous" DUP Leader Gavin Robinson MP has welcomed the Shadow Secretary of State Hilary Benn to Lagan Valley where the local DUP Association was holding a business engagement breakfast.
10 Apr, 2024 Ministers’ visit marks start of work on £1.1m shared space project in East Belfast Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly and Junior Minister Aisling Reilly today visited the site of an ambitious £1.1million redevelopment project aimed at improving community relations and tackling homelessness in East Belfast.
10 Apr, 2024 11 more years of delay for York Street Interchange Chair of the Assembly’s Infrastructure Committee Deborah Erskine has said the indication that it will be at least 11 years before the York Street Interchange project would be completed raises significant questions about both the will and the ability to deliver major infrastructure projects in Northern Ireland.
10 Apr, 2024 Lockhart calls on Minister to prioritise introduction of baby loss certificates Upper Bann MP Carla Lockhart has encouraged the Health Minister to progress the introduction of baby loss certificates as a priority. The DUP MP wrote to the Minister in February on the potential introduction in Northern Ireland.
09 Apr, 2024 Education Minister welcomes agreement on teachers’ pay A formal offer on teachers’ pay for 2021, 2022 and 2023 has been accepted by Northern Ireland’s five main teaching unions.