
SDLP Leader Colum Eastwood has said that every seat is now critical following a YouGov poll which predicts a hung parliament. Eastwood called on every voter who cast a ballot to remain in last June’s referendum to vote SDLP this June to take on and take down the Tories. He said, “This election campaign has […]
Jun 7 2017 | Posted in
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Sinn Fein MLA Chris Hazzard said the party would continue to provide political leadership for the South Down area. Speaking at a Sinn Féin event in Downpatrick the South Down Westminster candidate said, “In South Down there exists an appetite for real political change, a growing desire for vibrant, relevant and dynamic political leadership. “Having […]
Jun 6 2017 | Posted in
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Officers from PSNI Tactical Support Group and Reactive and Organised Crime, along with the Veterinary Medicines Directorate (DEFRA – Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs) have carried out a planned search of premises in the Crossmaglen area. A quantity of illegal veterinary drugs were seized. Article continues below: It is believed that the drugs […]
Jun 6 2017 | Posted in
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SDLP Newry and Armagh MLA Justin McNulty has said the funding crisis facing education is so bad many teachers are personally funding essential resources in their own classrooms. Speaking to Newry Times, McNulty said, “School budgets are non-existent, Principals are at breaking point and teachers are completely demotivated. “In recent weeks I have met […]
Jun 6 2017 | Posted in
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Slieve Gullion Sinn Féin Councillor Mickey Larkin has welcomed the destruction of a substantial quantity of drugs from the village of Jonesborough. Speaking to Newry Times, Larkin said he last week received information from what he described as ‘community sources’ indicating that drugs which were discovered in the village had been destroyed in a fire. […]
Jun 6 2017 | Posted in
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Sinn Féin MLA Chris Hazzard said the decision by the USA to withdraw from the Paris Agreement on Climate Change is a failure to live up to its responsibilities to the human race and the planet. The Sinn Féin South Down candidate said, “This is a step backwards by the Donald Trump administration and hopefully […]
Jun 6 2017 | Posted in
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South Down MLA Sinead Bradley has called on Chris Hazzard to state categorically what his position is on the Brexit referendum. “Chris Hazzard failed to vote in a debate in the NI Assembly to support Special Status and the motion was defeated by the DUP by a single vote,” the local MLA stated. “Chris’s failure […]
Jun 5 2017 | Posted in
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SDLP Assembly Member for Newry and Armagh Justin McNulty MLA is to meet with the Permanent Secretary of the Department of Education over the threat to funding for GAA Coaches in local schools. Speaking to Newry Times, McNulty said, “Ulster GAA are funded to provide coaching skills in many Primary Schools locally and that funding […]
Jun 5 2017 | Posted in
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Sinn Féin Councillor Terry Hearty has met with the Ground Maintenance Officer from the Housing Executive. The Slieve Gullion representative met with the Officer in Crossmaglen recently after inviting him to the area to view maintenance conditions for himself. “I took him on a tour of the area pointing out the botched grass cuttings in […]
Jun 5 2017 | Posted in
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SDLP candidate for South Down, Margaret Ritchie, has reiterated her support for the Women Against State Pension Inequality (WASPI) campaign on the WASPI Day of Action. WASPI campaigns on behalf of women born in the 1950s who were not properly informed of the acceleration in the equalisation of the state pension age. Speaking […]
Jun 5 2017 | Posted in
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