Funding Boost for Sligo to Enniskillen Greenway
Additional funding has been announced in Northern Ireland for a number of greenways including the Sligo to Enniskillen Greenway. In total an additional £2 million will be made available for Councils to assist them with active travel schemes and greenway projects. 187, 000 pounds is being allocated to…
Opposition to Northern Ireland Protocol needs to be toned down – Fermanagh MLA
A Fermanagh South Tyrone MLA is urging those in the north opposing the Northern Ireland protocol to tone down their opposition. Jemma Dolan was responding to this week’s bus attack in Newtownards in County Down where a bus was hijacked and set on fire. She says…
Brexit a factor in agri haulage and labour shortage
A Sinn Féin MLA is claiming that the current labour shortages in agri-food and haulage are a direct result of the Brexit delivered by the Tories and the DUP. The Fermanagh & South Tyrone MLA, Jemma Dolan brought a motion to the Assembly today which called for action to end…
Some students left high and dry by Northern Ireland’s minister of Economy
It’s emerged that students from Northern Ireland studying in Colleges such as IT Sligo and Letterkenny IT have been left behind by the Minister of Economy. Sinn Fein MLA Jemma Dolan says Students from the north studying in Britain or in the 26 counties have received no support from…
St Mary’s students ‘mentally scarred’ by events of past week
Parents of children attending the St Mary’s High School in Brollagh in County Fermanagh claim that students of the school have been left ‘mentally scarred’ as a result of furniture and equipment being removed from the school over the past week. Parent have been venting their anger and disappointment…
Another hammer blow for the future of St Mary’s High School
Those fighting to retain a secondary school in Fermanagh that takes some of its pupils from Donegal and Leitrim have vowed to continue their fight despite having been hit by another setback. The North’s education minister, Peter Weir, has already indicated he is unwilling to reconsider the decision to…
All Island approach needed in vaccination delivery
A Northern Ireland Assembly member has called for ‘more joined up thinking’ and an ‘all island approach’ when it comes to providing Covid-19 vaccinations. MLA for Fermanagh and South Tyrone Jemma Dolan has made the calls after it emerged that hundreds of people from the South were turned away…