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Carrick Student Peter Donoghue impressed judges including Celebrity Chef Jamie Oliver at the UK Finals of Sainsbury’s Active Kids Get Cooking Special Challenge. The 17 year old pupil at Jordanstown Schools for Hearing and Visually Impaired was the only Northern Ireland Winner at the Sainsbury’s event in London. Peter who is visually impaired was tasked [...]
On Tuesday legislation continues to pass through the house at pace as both the Employment Bill, and the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill will reach their second stage and the Budget (No.2) Bill will have its final stage. The Minister for Finance and Personnel will seek assembly approval for the Draft Lands Tribunal (Salaries) Order [...]
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SO the world thinks we are racist, homophobic and sectarian. The Equality Commission brought out a report to prove it. Esther Rantzen says that as a people we are conditioned to being angry and addicted to violence. Let’s leave Esther the Ego for now. First and foremost, let’s be clear – the recent attacks on [...]
On Monday the SDLP will put forward their committee changes for rubber stamping, the Budget (No.2) Bill will reach its further consideration stage and the inner workings of the Assembly’s standing orders will receive attention. Oral questions will be addressed by OFMDFM and Environment. SF will propose a motion condemning the recent racial attacks before [...]
THE WEEK THAT WAS…. The past seven days were what you could describe as a ‘workmanlike’ session for the Assembly (although the equality police may object to such a description as discriminatory against both women and the work shy). In the context of what, or rather what hasn’t the Assembly being doing for the past [...]
In 1975 Bruce Springsteen was balanced precariously between superstardom and obscurity. Under huge pressure from record company Columbia to produce a hit third album after two weak selling predecessors, Bruce and the E Street Band locked themselves in the studio for what has now come to be regarded as a legendary marathon recording session. He [...]
The Chartered Institute of Marketing (Ireland) today launched the first in a series of position papers looking at ways for businesses to use marketing principles to achieve revenue generation in difficult times. The current business climate has witnessed many companies and organisations cutting back on marketing spend or making redundancies in their sales and marketing [...]
Picture the scene if you can. Finance Minister Nigel Dodds takes to his feet in the Assembly, or addresses an audience of community activities or business leaders and says something like, “We know that times are tough, and that rates increases are not popular and we know that people do not like paying water charges. [...]
Allstate NI were among the high-profile businesses, which scooped the gongs at the Irish News Workplace & Employment Awards in Belfast last week. A capacity crowd packed into the Ramada Hotel for the gala black-tie dinner, at which Department of Employment & Learning minister Sir Reg Empey congratulated all the winners for their success [...]
Speaking in response to the residents’ noise survey, Brian Ambrose, Chief Executive of George Best Belfast City Airport said: “People living near transport infrastructure such as airports, motorways or railway lines will experience noise. “In fact noise maps drawn up by the Environment and Heritage Service (now the NI Environment Agency) and available [...]
IN A little-reported but well-received speech at the weekend, the SDLP assembly member Patsy McGlone claimed that the last election results in the Republic of Ireland proved that the Sinn Fein train had come to a halt. Mr McGlone said Sinn Fein, which says it wants to become a ‘persuader’ for a united Ireland to [...]
Today the Assembly will consider the Diseases of Animals Bill as well as Question Time for Education and Employment and Learning. Danny Kinahan’s UUP, (South Antrim) Committee appointments to Regional Development and Environment will be rubber stamped replacing party colleagues John McAllister (South Down) and David McClarty (East Londonderry) respectively. The Employment and Learning Committee [...]
THE WEEK THAT WAS…. There was much talk of Black Holes this week; no, not the 1979 Disney flick which tried to out-do Star Wars, but the debate about the ‘Northern Ireland Assembly’s Supply Resolution, Main Estimates 2009 – 2010’. Alright, so it’s not the pithiest title in the world and the eight hour, two-day [...]
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