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1 week ago | 
bbc.co.uk | Darran Marshall |Catherine Moore
Image caption, Unison's Nathalie Donnelly, who works with migrant workers, said they were terrifiedDarran Marshall and Catherine MooreDemonstrators gathered in Belfast city centre to show support for Northern Ireland's migrant community following a week of disorder. People in the crowd held signs with slogans such as "racists go home", "refugees are welcome" and "diversity makes us stronger".
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2 months ago | 
yahoo.com | Mark Simpson |Keiron Tourish |Darran Marshall
Members of the public and church leaders have expressed "sadness" after the death of Pope Francis on Monday morning. The leader of the Catholic Church in Ireland, Archbishop Eamon Martin, said the Pope had been "showing immense courage and serenity in the face of frailty and suffering". Catholics in west Belfast and Londonderry expressed their shock at hearing the news on Easter Monday.
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Oct 30, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Darran Marshall
“Extremely serious” questions about the Creeslough explosion still need to be answered, a lawyer for a group representing some of the victims's families has said. Damian Tanswey was speaking after Ireland’s justice minister met the group representing some of those killed and injured in the explosion. The group wants the Irish government to commission an independent investigation. The blast at a service station and shop in County Donegal in October 2022 killed 10 people.
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Oct 20, 2024 | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | Darran Marshall
The new test centre at Hydebank was due to open in 2022 [BBC]A new MoT centre at Hydebank which was originally supposed to open in 2022 will now not open until mid-2025 at the earliest, BBC News NI understands. The Driver & Vehicle Agency (DVA) has issued a notice of termination to Worldwide Environmental Products Inc (WEP Inc), a US-based company which had installed the testing equipment and software at the centre.
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Oct 20, 2024 | 
msn.com | Darran Marshall
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Aug 25, 2024 | 
newsbreak.com | Darran Marshall
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Aug 25, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Darran Marshall
Darran Marshall - BBC News NIAugust 25, 2024 at 1:49 AM·4 min readNorthern Ireland’s sports minister has not attended a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) game, despite being in office for more than six months. Gordon Lyons was appointed to the role back in February. Since taking up responsibility for sport, Mr Lyons has attended many events including cricket, rugby, and football. He has not attended any gaelic football, hurling or camogie games.
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Aug 25, 2024 | 
aol.com | Darran Marshall
August 25, 2024 at 12:49 AMGordon Lyons has accepted an invite to attend a GAA club in early September, his department says [BBC]Northern Ireland’s sports minister has not attended a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) game, despite being in office for more than six months. Gordon Lyons was appointed to the role back in February. Since taking up responsibility for sport, Mr Lyons has attended many events including cricket, rugby, and football.
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Aug 16, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Darran Marshall
Darran Marshall - BBC News NIAugust 16, 2024 at 12:51 AM·3 min readFormer Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Edwin Poots has said unionists need to "reach out" to other communities for votes and can no longer rely solely on "white working class Protestants". He was speaking to the BBC Red Lines podcast for an in-depth interview about his political career.
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Aug 2, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Darran Marshall
Darran Marshall - BBC News NIAugust 2, 2024 at 12:42 AM·4 min readAn SDLP MP has said she and party colleagues discussed forming a new party in 2019. Claire Hanna told the BBC's Red Lines podcast the discussions took place against the backdrop of the now-ended partnership between the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) and Fianna Fáil. The new relationship was backed by the majority of SDLP elected representatives and members but a significant minority remained unhappy.
