Schools to remain closed in Northern Ireland
Schools are to remain closed in Northern Ireland for the foreseeable future. The Stormont Executive will meet today to finalise a tightening of the current six-week lockdown. It will include an extended period of remote learning and new rules on travel. First Minister Arlene Foster says stay-at-home laws will also…
Foster calls for continued cross border cooperation
DUP Leader Arlene Foster has called for continued cooperation between the North and South of Ireland Post-Brexit. Mrs Foster was in the region over the weekend and made the comments at an event opening a section of a new greenway linking Sligo, Leitrim and Fermanagh. She was critical…
Arlene Foster attending Donegal v Fermanagh game
The DUP Leader is attending the Ulster Senior Final. Arlene Foster is in attendance at the game Between Donegal and Fermanagh in Clones. She follows in the footsteps of Peter Robinson who attended the Derry V Tyrone game in the Dr McKenna cup in 2012 with Sinn Féin’s Martin McGuinness,…
Sinn Fein TD accuses DUP of living in the past
A Sligo Leitrim Sinn Fein TD says every opportunity was given to the North’s First Minister, the DUP’s Arlene Foster, to try to get the situation over the so-called ‘cash for ash’ controversy resolved. However, Deputy Martin Kenny claims the nub of the current political impasse in Northern Ireland is…
Sligo Council calls for Brexit minister to be appointed
Sinn Fein’s being accused of abandoning their voters in Northern Ireland when it comes to Brexit It looks like a snap election is on the cards for Stormont after Martin McGuinness resigned as Deputy First Minister yesterday. He’s citing the First Minister Arlene Foster’s handling of a controversial energy scheme…