Dodds announces two new schemes to support business recovery

Economy Minister Diane Dodds today announced two new schemes to support Northern Ireland businesses plan for recovery.




Ministers announce appointment of the Commissioner for Survivors of Institutional Childhood Abuse (COSICA)

First Minister Arlene Foster and deputy First Minister Michelle O’Neill have announced the appointment of a Commissioner for Survivors of Institutional Childhood Abuse.




Getting things done – Perth Road #dundeewestend

As the saying goes, all things come to those who wait, and this particular update is a great example of that!

Absolutely ages ago, at the request of residents, I asked the City Council’s Private Sector Services Unit to contact the agents of the tenement block at 142 Perth Road that had been graffitied (at some considerable height).

At the time, the problem for owners was access to the large area of graffiti but I am pleased to advise that, while the scaffold was up on the neighbouring block, one of the managing agents has arranged removal of the graffiti as the photos below highlight – my thanks to them :





Murphy announces parity for agency workers

Finance Minister, Conor Murphy has announced that agency workers within the Civil Service will soon benefit from parity of pay and annual leave.




Extensions to appointments on the Council for Nature Conservation and the Countryside

Environment Minister Edwin Poots MLA has announced the extension to the term of appointment for three Members of the DAERA Statutory advisory body, the Council for Nature Conservation and the Countryside (CNCC) commencing on 01 September 2020.