Tuesday 14th February 2012 SDLP Craigavon Borough Councillor Declan McAlinden has welcomed the decision by the council to keep the increase in domestic rates just under 2% but said that he will be fighting to ensure frontline services are not sacrificed.
Tuesday 14th February 2012 SDLP Fermanagh Councillor Brendan Gallagher has urged communities who could be affected by the closure of St Mary’s High School, Brollagh, to get behind the campaign to save the school.
Tuesday 14th February 2012 SDLP Belfast City Cllr Tim Attwood has raised concerns about proposals from the Department of Health to move Business Service Organisation (BSO) jobs out of Belfast.
Tuesday 14th February 2012 SDLP Health Spokesperson and Foyle MLA Mark H Durkan has welcomed confirmation of investment in healthcare infrastructure in the Western Trust Area including Altnagelvin Hospital, Omagh Hospital and the A5.
Tuesday 14th February 2012 SDLP Roads spokesperson and West Tyrone MLA, Joe Byrne, has welcomed confirmation that £330m will be spent upgrading two sections of the A5 but has said that the Executive and the Irish Government must reaffirm their commitment to completing the Strabane-Omagh and Ballygawley-Aughnacloy stretches of the road.
Tuesday 14th February 2012 SDLP Newry and Armagh MLA Dominic Bradley has welcomed the conviction and sentencing to life imprisonment of Lindsay White for the 2009 murder of Newry-based Polish man Marek Muszynski.
Tuesday 14th February 2012 SDLP Newry and Armagh MLA Dominic Bradley today led local residents from Whitecross to meet with representatives of the Parades Commission to discuss the proposed march through Whitecross on Saturday 25th February.
Tuesday 14th February 2012 SDLP Assembly Member for Newry and Armagh, Dominic Bradley MLA, has expressed concern as two employers have announced jobs cuts in Armagh.
Tuesday 14th February 2012 SDLP Finance Spokesperson Dominic Bradley MLA has said the Executive’s Budget must do more to protect vulnerable people and create jobs.
Monday 13th February 2012 Enticing young people onto booze buses is not helping the campaign to encourage moderation in drinking and they should be off the road once and for all.