Fermanagh MLA warns that strike action will bring Northern Ireland to a halt
A Fermanagh member of the Northern Ireland Assembly is warning that if Thursday’s strikes go ahead in the north it will cause sever disruption across the border region and into the north west of the country. Talks about the ongoing political deadlock in Northern Ireland will take place today,…
Controversy over potential parking charges reversal
A potential row back on a decision to abolish hospital car parking charges in the North is ‘robbing Peter to pay Paul’. That’s according to Sinn Fein MLA Jemma Dolan who has been reacting to a move from the Department of Health to hold an eight-week consultation on the re-introduction…
Northern Ireland’s Department of Health asked to reinstate Women’s Aid funding
The Department of Health in the north is facing calls to reinstate its funding to the Women’s Aid Federation. The funding, which totals £147,000 per year, supports local Women’s Aid branches throughout the six counties. However, as of 30th September, that funding has been withdrawn. Member of the Northern Ireland…
Fresh calls for stalking to be criminalized in the Republic of Ireland
Police in the north say over 80 people have been arrested for alleged stalking in the first year since it became an offence there. To mark National Stalking Awareness Week which begins in the province today, the PSNI has revealed that since new laws came into force last year, 88…
Latest dissident threats condemned by Northern Ireland Assembly Member
A Sinn Féin has expressed her concern with today’s reports into dissident republican threats on the families of police officers in the north. In a statement, published in the Irish News, the so-called ‘Arm na Poblachta’ group said relatives of officers are now treated as ‘legitimate targets.’ The…
Attempted murder investigation launched into the shooting of an off-duty police officer in Tyrone
An attempted murder investigation has been launched after an off-duty police officer was shot at a sports complex in County Tyrone last night. The senior officer was shot several times. The PSNI have confirmed that Detective Chief Inspector John Caldwell was attacked by two masked men as…
Sinn Féin MLA backs calls for cross border inquiry into Omagh astrocity
A Sinn Fein MLA has welcomed the British Government’s order of an independent inquiry into the Omagh bombing. Fermanagh South Tyrone MLA Jemma Dolan says her party would support a ull cross border inquiry into the atrocity. 29 people died, following the planting of a bomb by dissident…