Sara Girvin

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Ireland Correspondent at BBC

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Students have their say on general election voting age

Jun 23, 2024 | bbc.com | Sara Girvin

'Older people are voting on our behalf and it's not fair'By Sara Girvin, BBC News BBCOrla wants the voting age to be loweredAs people across the UK prepare to cast their vote on 4 July, some political parties have said this general election should be the last where 16 and 17-year-olds are not eligible. Currently, the youngest someone can vote in a general election is 18.
'I hope no other family has to be in our position'

Apr 29, 2024 | msn.com | Sara Girvin

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Covid Inquiry: 'I hope no other family has to be in our position'

Apr 29, 2024 | bbc.co.uk | Sara Girvin

More than 4,000 people in Northern Ireland died with Covid-19 during the first two years of the pandemic. As the UK Covid Inquiry starts hearing evidence in Belfast, many bereaved families want answers about how so many lost their lives and whether any of the deaths could have been prevented. Hearings begin on Tuesday and will run for three weeks. Members of Bereaved Families for Justice NI said they hoped lasting change will come from their testimony.
The teenage take on the return of Stormont power sharing

Feb 4, 2024 | bbc.co.uk | Sara Girvin

The last week has seen massive political change in Northern Ireland. The return of devolved government, two years on from its collapse, and the first nationalist first minister in the shape of Sinn Fein's Michelle O'Neill. Politics students at Lagan College in Belfast have been watching it all unfold. It's Northern Ireland's first planned integrated school - set up in the 1980s specifically to educate Catholics and Protestants together. So what do the 17 and 18-year-olds make of the past week?
Stormont talks: What are some of the big issues affecting NI lives?

Dec 18, 2023 | bbc.co.uk | Sara Girvin

With the prospect of a deal to restore devolution in Northern Ireland ruled out before Christmas, people have now been living without a functioning executive for nearly two years. The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) collapsed the power-sharing institutions in early 2022 in protest over post-Brexit trade rules. It was hoped an agreement to restore Stormont could have been reached before parliamentary recess on Tuesday. But a DUP spokesperson said on Monday that the party would not be "calendar-led".
News Sniffer

Nov 23, 2023 | newssniffer.co.uk | Sara Girvin

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-67512002 Version 11 of 12. Vehicles have been set on fire and shops looted in Dublin following a knife attack that left five people, including three children, injured. A five-year-old girl and a woman in her 30s were seriously hurt in the attack after 13:40 local time. It happened on Parnell Square East in the city centre outside the children's school.
Shankill bomb memorial unveiled on 30th anniversary

Oct 23, 2023 | bbc.com | Sara Girvin

Image caption, The clock is stopped at the moment the bomb explodedA new memorial has been unveiled at the site of the Shankill Road bomb on the 30th anniversary of the blast. The hands of the clock are stopped at 13:06, the time the bomb detonated at Frizzell's fish shop on the street in west Belfast in 1993. Nine trees have also been planted in the garden beside West Kirk Presbyterian Church - marking the nine victims. At the base of each tree is a plaque with a tribute from family members.
Mental health: 'We could have helped - but no-one to told us how'

Oct 21, 2023 | bbc.co.uk | Sara Girvin

Two mothers who have lost sons to mental health problems say "a new approach" is needed to dealing with such issues in Northern Ireland. The women were speaking at a Stormont event organised by the New Script for Mental Health campaign. The event encouraged attendees to outline what changes they would like to see to mental health services. Mary Gould's son Conall died aged 21 after he struggled with mental health issues.
Why has there been a spike in racist attacks in south Belfast?

Oct 16, 2023 | bbc.com | Sara Girvin

Image caption, Racist graffiti was sprayed on a shop's shutters on Donegall Road last monthPolice in south Belfast have said dealing with racist hate crime is a "significant priority". The comments come after a spate of such crimes in the south of the city that saw ethnic minority-owned businesses attacked. A Policing and Community Safety Partnership (PCSP) meeting was also held to mark hate crime awareness week.
Shotgun killer Connor McNeill given minimum 15-year jail term

Oct 13, 2023 | bbc.co.uk | Sara Girvin

A man who shot his neighbour twice in the chest with a shotgun will serve at least 15-and-a-half years in prison. Connor Lawrence McNeill, of Whitesides Hill in Portadown, had previously admitted murder and possessing a shotgun and ammunition with intent to endanger life. The body of his victim, Stephen Barriskill, was found in a house in Portadown in October 2021. The prosecution described the killing as an execution.