Northern Leaders Cast Vote in UK Elections
December 12, 2019 No Responses

Northern Leaders Cast Vote in UK Elections

Northern Ireland’s political leaders have cast their votes in the General Election. Democratic Unionist leader Arlene Foster voted in Brookeborough, Co Fermanagh, a constituency where she is supporting a rival unionist as part of pro-Union link-up to try to unseat...
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Voters Head to the Polls in The North
December 12, 2019 No Responses

Voters Head to the Polls in The North

Voters have started going to the polls across Northern Ireland. More than a thousand polling stations across the North opened at 7am to decide the next 18 MPs to represent the region in the House of Commons. Wednesday saw final...
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PSNI Charge Man over ATM Thefts in Antrim
December 12, 2019 No Responses

PSNI Charge Man over ATM Thefts in Antrim

Detectives investigating 10 cash machine thefts in Co Antrim have charged a man with conspiracy to steal. He is due to appear at Ballymena Magistrates’ Court on December 12 and is the fourth man to be charged as part of...
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Review Calls for LGBTQ+ Relationships to be in Sex Education Curriculum
December 11, 2019 No Responses

Review Calls for LGBTQ+ Relationships to be in Sex Education Curriculum

A review of the sex education program in schools has said that teaching about LGBTQ+ relationships and consent should be included in any new curriculum. Minister for Education and Skills Joe McHugh announced today that the National Council for Curriculum...
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Sinn Féin Compile Dossier of ‘Heartbreak’, Documenting Homeless Experience
December 11, 2019 No Responses

Sinn Féin Compile Dossier of ‘Heartbreak’, Documenting Homeless Experience

Sinn Féin said it has compiled a dossier of “heartbreak”, documenting the human experience of the housing crisis to force the Government into action. The document, titled In Their Words – The Humans of the Housing Crisis, features testimony from...
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Northern Leaders Clash Over Westminster Representation in TV Debate
December 10, 2019 No Responses

Northern Leaders Clash Over Westminster Representation in TV Debate

Senior figures from Northern Ireland’s political parties have clashed over Brexit and representation at Westminster just days before voters are due to go to the polls. Although billed as a leaders’ debate, DUP Lagan Valley candidate Jeffrey Donaldson appea...
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Draft Laws Enabling the Reburial of Tuam Children are Published
December 10, 2019 No Responses

Draft Laws Enabling the Reburial of Tuam Children are Published

Draft laws enabling the reburial of the remains of hundreds of babies and children from a mass grave at Tuam Mother and Baby Home have been published. Almost 1,000 bodies were disposed of in underground chambers that were possibly used...
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Sinn Féin Bring Bill to the Dáil Intended to Freeze Rents
December 10, 2019 No Responses

Sinn Féin Bring Bill to the Dáil Intended to Freeze Rents

An emergency measure to freeze rents across Ireland has been brought to the Dáil by Sinn Féin. The party’s housing spokesman, Eoin Ó Broin, urged support for the Rent Freeze (Fair Rent) Bill 2019, which would reduce and freeze rents....
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Rally at Ulster Hall Calls Johnson’s Brexit Deal a ‘Betrayal’
December 9, 2019 No Responses

Rally at Ulster Hall Calls Johnson’s Brexit Deal a ‘Betrayal’

Crowds have attended a meeting in Belfast where pledges to “resist” Boris Johnson’s proposed Brexit deal were heard. The Rally For The Union at the Ulster Hall heard the Prime Minister’s deal described as the “betrayal act”, which would lead...
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Eleventh Hour Plea for Soldiers Who Fired Shots at Ballymurphy to Come Forward
December 9, 2019 No Responses

Eleventh Hour Plea for Soldiers Who Fired Shots at Ballymurphy to Come Forward

An 11th hour plea has been made for soldiers who fired shots at Ballymurphy to come forward, an inquest has heard. Counsel for the UK Ministry of Defense (MoD) in turn challenged the IRA to come forward and explain its...
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