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New calls for next year's GCSE and A-Level exams to be cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic

There are calls for the 2021 GCSE and A-Level exams to be cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic. This year's exams did not go ahead because of the disruption caused by the pandemic. However, there are now demands for next year's tests to be ...

10 Nov 2020 at 18:23

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Full return of Derry GP services remains on 'long finger'

The pandemic restrictions surrounding doctors' surgeries are to remain in place, for the foreseeable future. Health Minister, Robin Swann, said recently collected figures indiicated there were 164,137 GP and practice nurse consultations, a rate of ...

07 Jun 2021 at 11:08

Local News

Carers out of pocket as fuel costs soar

An urgent review of the mileage allowance for domiciliary care workers has been called for. Mark Durkan MLA (SDLP) said carers should not be left out of pocket as fuel costs soar. Mr Durkan said: "There needs to be an urgent review of the mileage ...

21 Jun 2022 at 14:15

Derry News

Durkan: North’s housing crisis reaching breaking point

Mark Durkan, MLA, has called on Minister for Communities, Deirdre Hargey, to take urgent action to address housing waiting lists. SDLP brought a motion before the Assembly on Tuesday calling for Minister Hargey to increase the supply of social ...

02 Nov 2021 at 17:43

Derry News

"It’s another slap in the face for vulnerable people and their families"

SDLP Communities Spokesperson, Mark H Durkan, has criticised Communities Minister, Deirdre Hargey for her decision not to introduce an improved version of the Self Isolation Grant as concerns grow over the highly transmissible Omicron variant....

05 Jan 2022 at 18:55

Local News

What does 'socially disadvantaged' mean? MLA says some Derry children could miss out on their chosen school because of a 'glaring anomaly' in the system

A Derry politician has questioned the use of 'socially disadvantaged' criteria when it comes to school admissions. SDLP social justice spokesperson Mark H Durkan has raised concerns around what he described as 'an oversight' in the Education ...

05 Feb 2020 at 16:28

Local News

Derry politician questions why gyms are having to close during the latest Covid 'lockdown'

SDLP MLA Mark H Durkan has questioned Health Minister Robin Swann on the rationale behind the closure of gyms. Gyms are among the businesses which have to close for two weeks from Friday as part of the new Covid 'lockdown' in Northern ...

25 Nov 2020 at 15:59

Northern Ireland

Durkan accuses O’Neill of ‘rewriting history’ over museum

First Minister Michelle O’Neill has been accused of “rewriting history” over remarks about her department’s role in the development of a new museum in Londonderry. Stormont Speaker Edwin Poots said he would look into whether Ms ...

23 Sept 2024 at 17:43

Derry News

Durkan calls for clarity for pensioners over closure of Post Office accounts

The Department for Communities has been called on to provide clarity on Post Office (POca) accounts and the establishment of a Payment Exemption Service. The call comes from SDLP Foyle MLA, Mark H Durkan. The Department’s ...

15 Mar 2021 at 16:53

Northern Ireland

U2 concert in Belfast helped secure Yes vote in agreement referendum – Durkan

The buzz generated by a U2 concert in Belfast during the referendum campaign for the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement boosted the Yes campaign, Mark Durkan has said. Mr Durkan, who headed the SDLP’s campaign for a Yes vote, ...

05 Apr 2023 at 11:00

Northern Ireland

Policing Board ‘should meet in public to restore confidence in PSNI leadership’

The Policing Board must hold a public meeting this week to help restore public confidence in the PSNI leadership, member Mark Durkan has said. The board, the oversight body for the PSNI, usually holds a public meeting ...

02 Oct 2023 at 16:34

Northern Ireland

Murder of friends across the divide inspired concept of joint First Ministers

The murder of two best friends inspired the original concept of a joint office of the First and deputy First Minister in Northern Ireland. Damien Trainor and Philip Allen were killed by the LVF in a bar in Poyntzpass,...

05 Apr 2023 at 11:18

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