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SDLP submits motion to recall Assembly over Lough Neagh crisis

The SDLP has submitted a motion to recall the Assembly over the Lough Neagh crisis. SDLP Assembly leader Matthew O’Toole MLA submitted the motion on Tuesday, saying the algae growth on the Lough “is a catastrophe on a level that far outstrips any ...

19 Sept 2023 at 18:41

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Politicians must get back to work in an Assembly and Executive - Foyle MLA

SDLP Foyle MLA Sinéad McLaughlin has said that the first order of business in 2023 for politicians in the North should be to get back to work in an Assembly and Executive. Ms. McLaughlin said: “As 2023 starts in very difficult circumstances, the ...

07 Jan 2023 at 15:08

The Assembly

Open University supports new Assembly All Party Group on Skills

It is clear from all sectors – public, private and third sectors - that skills development and supply is essential to ensure shared, inclusive prosperity and well-being across all parts of Northern Ireland. To help address this significant ...

15 Apr 2024 at 12:08

Derry News

SDLP candidates will not be intimidated by thugs

Foyle MP, Colum Eastwood, has insisted that the SDLP's candidates for May's Assembly will not be intimidated by thugs or distracted from their priority – helping people who have been hit by the cost of living crisis. The SDLP leader ...

15 Apr 2022 at 13:04

Local News

County Derry politicians react to failed Speaker appointment as election looms

County Derry politicians have been speaking out in the aftermath of the Assembly's latest failure to elect a Speaker, an act that would have allowed the Assembly to sit. MLAs had been recalled to Stormont in an attempt to elect a ...

27 Oct 2022 at 17:43

Local News

East Derry MLAs ask most questions in the county

MLAs in East Derry have collectively tabled the second highest number of questions to government ministers over the course of the latest Assembly mandate. Figures available on the NI Assembly on the final day of business ...

31 Mar 2022 at 09:00

Local News

Sheerin welcomes support for beef and sheep farmers

Emma Sheerin has welcomed Assembly support for a motion to include hill farmers in the £25 million Covid-19 Support Scheme. The Mid Ulster MLA said the move was important in ensuring Northern Ireland’s 20,000 sheep and ...

19 Jun 2020 at 08:30

Local News

Derry Now readers broadly in favour of Integrated Education Bill

Local parents are broadly in favour of a bill on integrated education which is currently making its way through the NI Assembly's legislative process. The Integrated Education Bill, moved by Alliance MLA for ...

23 Feb 2022 at 09:10

Northern Ireland

Bill to delay Assembly election and progress ‘Daithi’s Law’ to pass Commons

A Bill extending the deadline for holding a fresh Assembly election in Northern Ireland and introducing regulations for a new organ donation law is set to pass through the Commons. The Government has moved ...

22 Feb 2023 at 11:52

Features

INTERVIEW: 'Green-orange' narrative is frustrating

Liam Tunney: How did you first get involved in politics? Emma Sheerin: One of our councillors, Brian McGuigan, is from Ballinascreen, would have been active in our area. I got chatting to him and that's ...

13 May 2021 at 06:00

Local News

Local MLA behind Assembly group on addiction and dual diagnosis

An East Derry MLA has helped establish an Assembly group that will work on a cross party basis to improve outcomes for those suffering from addiction. Local SDLP representative, Cara Hunter, alongside ...

16 Sept 2020 at 08:30

Local News

'Every week a constituent cries in my office' says Co Derry MLA

East Derry MLA Claire Sugden has told the NI Assembly that her constituents are coming to her in tears on a weekly basis due to the current cost of living. Ms Sugden made the claim in an impassioned ...

27 Oct 2022 at 16:58

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