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22/04/2015
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Call For Political Parties To Review Their Practices When Placing Posters
The Environment Minister has written to political parties asking them to review their practices when placing election posters.
Minister Mark H Durkan also reminded them of their obligations to road safety.
Minister Durkan said: "The protection and improvement of road safety is the responsibility of all of us. We all have a key role to play. This applies to our considerations when placing election posters just as it does in all of our actions."
Woman Convicted Of Benefit Fraud
A woman has been convicted for claiming benefits she was not entitled to.
Natalie Tolan (25) of Brooke Crescent, Belfast claimed Jobseekers Allowance totalling £315 while failing to declare employment.
She was given a 12 month conditional discharge and ordered to pay court costs of £80.
She is also required to repay any outstanding money wrongfully obtained to the Social Security Agency.
South Belfast Needs A Full-Time MP - Alliance
South Belfast needs a full-time MP, Alliance candidate Paula Bradshaw claims.
The Alliance Party's South Belfast representative made the comments on the week an SDLP motion on the possibly of a hung parliament was debated in the Assembly, further criticising Alasdair McDonnell's poor record at Westminster.
Paula Bradshaw said: "Plain and simple, South Belfast's outgoing MP does not represent the people of South Belfast. All he does is drain valuable resources, with each vote he actually manages to turn up to costing South Belfast voters over £3,000.
"Alasdair McDonnell doesn't even seem to realise Westminster has been divided for the past five years, if his Party's motion today is anything to go by. While he continues to double job - dividing his time between London and Belfast - Naomi Long has been working hard over the past five years for her constituents, delivering the best for Northern Ireland and proving just how effective an Alliance MP can be.
"And his position has been made further untenable, with his performance ranked 635th out of the 650 MPs over the past five years. Again Alliance has led the way, with Naomi Long fulfilling her commitment to end double jobbing in 2010, immediately standing down from the Assembly. Yet five years later Alasdair McDonnell still refuses to state if he will continue to double job until 2016, when he will finally be forced to pick one or the other."
(CD/MH)
The Environment Minister has written to political parties asking them to review their practices when placing election posters.
Minister Mark H Durkan also reminded them of their obligations to road safety.
Minister Durkan said: "The protection and improvement of road safety is the responsibility of all of us. We all have a key role to play. This applies to our considerations when placing election posters just as it does in all of our actions."
Woman Convicted Of Benefit Fraud
A woman has been convicted for claiming benefits she was not entitled to.
Natalie Tolan (25) of Brooke Crescent, Belfast claimed Jobseekers Allowance totalling £315 while failing to declare employment.
She was given a 12 month conditional discharge and ordered to pay court costs of £80.
She is also required to repay any outstanding money wrongfully obtained to the Social Security Agency.
South Belfast Needs A Full-Time MP - Alliance
South Belfast needs a full-time MP, Alliance candidate Paula Bradshaw claims.
The Alliance Party's South Belfast representative made the comments on the week an SDLP motion on the possibly of a hung parliament was debated in the Assembly, further criticising Alasdair McDonnell's poor record at Westminster.
Paula Bradshaw said: "Plain and simple, South Belfast's outgoing MP does not represent the people of South Belfast. All he does is drain valuable resources, with each vote he actually manages to turn up to costing South Belfast voters over £3,000.
"Alasdair McDonnell doesn't even seem to realise Westminster has been divided for the past five years, if his Party's motion today is anything to go by. While he continues to double job - dividing his time between London and Belfast - Naomi Long has been working hard over the past five years for her constituents, delivering the best for Northern Ireland and proving just how effective an Alliance MP can be.
"And his position has been made further untenable, with his performance ranked 635th out of the 650 MPs over the past five years. Again Alliance has led the way, with Naomi Long fulfilling her commitment to end double jobbing in 2010, immediately standing down from the Assembly. Yet five years later Alasdair McDonnell still refuses to state if he will continue to double job until 2016, when he will finally be forced to pick one or the other."
(CD/MH)
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Heavy Snow Closes Over 80 Schools
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