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Leslie Buckly addressed a business breakfast this morning at the Harbour Commission.
Matters monetary and marine dominate in the chamber today with the second reading of the Budget Bill preceding a motion on the Sea Fish Industry (Harbour, Landing and Light Dues) Scheme. Social Development are seeking the Assembly’s approval on the Occupational Pension Schemes (Contracting-out) (Amendment) Regulations. Gregory Campbell will take to the floor in what [...]
The Quays Shopping Centre has a special treat in store for dads on Father’s Day weekend 20th and 21st June with the return of the Dad Zone. The Dad Zone first appeared at The Quays during the 2006 World Cup and this year it is back bigger and better than ever. The Dad Zone is [...]
Southern Area Hospice Services based in Newry today launched their inaugural conference on palliative care. The Conference ‘Palliative Care- a vision for the future’ will take place on Wednesday 30th September 2009 and is part of the Hospice’s celebration of 20 years of hospice care. The one day event will address the challenges and issues [...]
So the people have spoken. The European Elections are over as are the local government elections. There is a palpable sense of relief in Stormont, Leinster House and even in Number 10. Though in the case of Number 10, the relief may be somewhat more short-lived. The turnout in Northern Ireland was disappointing; it seems [...]
The flow of money powering the Northern Ireland economy dominates the business of the house today with the Minister of Finance and Personnel presenting the budget bill for its first reading. In oral questions OFMDFM will tackle targets in the programme for government, the Presbyterian Mutual Society, water charges and total cost of quangos among [...]
THE WEEK THAT WAS…. How Peter Robinson must envy Alex Ferguson. When Alex wants to get rid of troublesome, truculent star he can dispatch him to the bench or do a ‘Ronaldo’, banishing him to a foreign country and getting paid handsomely for the privilege. Unfortunately for the DUP, Brussels wasn’t far enough for their [...]
Cristiano Ronaldo signs for Real Madrid. Is anybody really that surprised at this development? No, me neither Since the “will he-won’t he” saga which dominated the back page headlines last summer, it has been a question of when and not if the Portuguese superstar would join the Spanish giants. The current World Player of the Year [...]
The Stakeholder Group has long been a patron of Children in Crossfire, the NI based charity which is working in a hands on way to improve the lives of children caught in conflict. The entire Stakeholder team has worked in partnership with Richard Moore and his team at Children in Crossfire and have contributed our [...]
Belfast’s Laganside Court Complex was the pitch for a UK and Ireland media scrum this morning as journalist Suzanne Breen appeared in court. The Sunday Tribune reporter is the subject of PSNI attempts to obtain confidential information relating to her contact with the Real IRA after the murders of British soldiers in Massereane Barracks and [...]
Legislation coming before the chamber today includes the Housing (Amendment) Bill laid by Department of Social Development, and the Diseases of Animals Bill tabled by Department of Agriculture. Minister Margaret Ritchie could spend a significant portion of her day in the chamber as she will face oral questions before two separate party motions supporting her [...]
During an election the mantle of responsibility does not sit well with incumbency as the results prove as they pour in from Ballymun, Bedfordshire and Ballymena. Labour, Fianna Fail, the Greens and the DUP for different reasons are all experiencing similar setbacks. Naturally electorates like to shake up the political parties and the European and [...]
The trickle of legislation emerging from the Department of Social Development could be turning into a flood as they put forward the Social Security Benefits Up-Rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2009 for Assembly approval. Health minister Michael McGimpsey will be at the dispatch box today, as will Regional Development Minister Conor Murphy where any one of [...]
Those who participated in Tunick’s Dublin installation last year finally received their souvenir photographs today. The Dublin Docklands Development Authority posted limited edition photographs of the installations at South Wall and the Treasury Holdings Alto Vetro Building to all who took part in the photo shoots in the capital. Looking back at the project I [...]
THE WEEK THAT WAS…. To lose one Cabinet Minister is excusable, two is careless, three is reckless and four is, well, just silly. If, however, there’s one thing worse than Ministers voluntarily dispatching themselves, it’s when they refuse to shift when asked. If the Chancellor –who seems to be as adept at handling expense forms [...]
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