STUDENTS at Queen’s University are to strike this month alongside public sector workers in opposition to recently announced austerity measures. In a referendum, 86 per cent of the 954 students who voted backed a ‘Yes’ vote that called for the strike action as part of a “sustained campaign against cuts to university funding and […]
Archive | March, 2015
Students vote to take strike action alongside trade unions
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Result of teachers’ union vote on strike action to be known this week
Parents, pupils and school staff will find out this week whether teachers will take strike action in response to the revised NI Executive budget. The result of a vote by members of INTO – Ireland’s largest teachers’ union – will be made known on Thursday. INTO’s annual conference last week was addressed by Education Minister John […]
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Fox News star in hot water over 1984 Divis Flats claim
A long-gone blot on the Belfast landscape has been hurled into the centre of a growing international row that could threaten the future of one of the United States’ top broadcasters. Irish-American cable news presenter Bill O’Reilly – the biggest name in the Fox News galaxy of stars – has come under fierce pressure […]
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Campaigner warn cuts to services in South Belfast will “wreak havoc” on communities
Naomi Connor is an organiser with NIPSA and head of a campaign in the South of the city organised by the Belfast Trades Union Council that aims to raise public awareness of the threat to funding for services including hospitals, schools, transport, community projects, as well as proposed cuts to benefits. The campaign is […]
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Search is on for lost treasure in campaign to bring back the Floral dance
A campaign to restore one of Belfast’s most iconic buildings has taken a sparkling twist as campaigners search for one of the derelict venue’s lost treasures. Volunteers working to secure funds that would bring the Floral Hall at Bellevue back to its former glory are on the search for the venue’s famous glitter ball. Once […]
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First stage of plan to open up Lagan Canal to traffic set to get the go-ahead
BELFAST CITY Council is expected to green-light the first phase of its ambitious restoration of the Lagan Canal at tonight’s monthly meeting. The £8.62m Lagan Gateway initiative will see public access walkways restored, the installation of a new bridge and hopefully the eventual return of boats and barges to the water for the first time […]
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