The DUP MLA and Stormont Speaker Edwin Poots has issued a statement following the incident 16:18, 18 Aug 2025Updated 16:36, 18 Aug 2025 Edwin Poots issued a statement on social media following the incident with the Burke family The Burke family have been labelled “unbecoming and unbefitting” after reportedly attempting …
Read More »Education Authority statement over claims children asked to send ‘heart letters’ to asylum seekers
“We consider this information to be entirely inaccurate and condemn the spread of misinformation in the strongest terms.” 19:47, 13 Aug 2025Updated 19:50, 13 Aug 2025 Stock image of the Education Authority in Belfast city centre(Image: Google Maps) The Education Authority has issued a statement following recent social media claims …
Read More »Belfast City Council alleygates delay down to cash shortage of £60K
Council officials say rising costs of outside contractors are to blame A Belfast alley gate(Image: Belfast Live) Belfast Council has said a delay in putting alleygates up in the north of the city has arisen due to a cash shortage because of rising costs from outside contractors. At the August …
Read More »Belfast Council probe as hundreds of Irish language street sign letters held up by Royal Mail
Council officer tells elected reps the delayed letters do “not change the figures in terms of meeting the 15 percent” for signs already approved Stock Royal Mail image (Image: (Image: Getty Images)) Belfast City Council is conducting an investigation into the hold-up by Royal Mail of hundreds of resident responses …
Read More »Postal strike impacting on health care – Lockhart
Carla Lockhart said: “In recent days I have been contacted by constituents who have been awaiting correspondence relating to health care appointments, and who received the letter with the appointment details after the scheduled date. They have therefore missed important health intervention, whilst valuable time for healthcare clinicians at a …
Read More »Foster says Taoiseach's recent comments were 'detrimental to unionist-Fine Gael relationships'
… Varadkar had said: “The queen will still be the queen, the point will still be the pound, people will still post letters in Royal Mail red letter post boxes”. Source link
Read More »Nigel Dodds slams Leo Varadkar over Brexit red post box comments
DUP Deputy Leader Nigel Dodds has criticised Taoiseach Leo Varadkar for saying people in the north will still be able to post letters in red post boxes after Brexit. Mr Varadkar was speaking today about the DUP’s refusal to back the British government’s Brexit deal over “customs and consent issues …
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