Brendan Hughes
Political Reporter at BBC News NI
Journalist, currently Political Reporter for @BBCNewsNI. [email protected] https://t.co/0Lm1Kgu7aM
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4 days ago |
bbc.com | Brendan Hughes
Some families 'feel unsafe' after group puts up flags on lamppostsBrendan HughesBBC News NI political reporterBBCCarol Carey said she no longer feels safe in the areaSome families in a new mixed-use social housing development in Lisburn have said they feel intimidated after a group of men placed flags on lamp-posts. The group was wearing dark clothes and hoods and was seen erecting the Union flags on Saturday evening in Altona Drive and Altona Gardens.
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1 week ago |
bbc.com | Brendan Hughes
Brendan HughesBBC News NI political reporterCyber security police have been asked by Stormont to investigate a fake website address mistakenly printed on rates bills. Nearly 300,000 ratepayers were sent letters which included an "incorrect weblink" for making a payment. But concerns have been raised that the web address may have contained harmful content used by online scammers known as malware.
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1 week ago |
bbc.com | Brendan Hughes
Brendan HughesBBC News NI political reporterA Stormont department has apologised after 295,000 ratepayers were sent bills which had an incorrect weblink for making a payment. Rates are a property tax which help fund public services in Northern Ireland. Bills for the new financial year were issued to households and businesses from the beginning of April. The Department of Finance said the "incorrect link" had now been removed from future bills.
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1 week ago |
bbc.com | Brendan Hughes
Brendan HughesBBC News NI political reporterCross-border Irish language agency Foras na Gaeilge is to receive a "once-off" funding package of €630,000 (£547,000) from the Irish government. It will allow the language body to "reverse" cuts it announced earlier this year, the Dublin administration said. The announcement follows a meeting on Thursday of the North South Ministerial Council (NSMC).
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2 weeks ago |
ca.news.yahoo.com | Brendan Hughes
The architect behind a proposed peace centre at the former Maze Prison site has urged Stormont leaders to end their 12-year deadlock over the project. The jail closed in 2000 and while most of the prison buildings near Lisburn have been demolished, some were listed and retained. But £300m regeneration plans for the site have been in limbo since 2013. Daniel Libeskind said that claims a peace centre at the former prison site would be a shrine to terrorism were "absurd".
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RT @bbctheview: "Another headache for the First and deputy First Ministers." @brendanhughes64 tells @MarkCarruthers7 that two members of th…
NEW: Two board members quit Stormont body set up to redevelop Maze prison site. That's a third of the board gone - and it's already been operating without a chairperson for more than a year. https://t.co/umh3yWYdyK
RT @BBCNewsNI: The architect behind a proposed peace centre at the former Maze Prison site has urged Stormont leaders to end their 12-year…