NIFRS Kept On Its Toes As Bonfires Blaze Over The Twelfth Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service (NIFRS) Area Commander Dermot Rooney said: “Operational activity was consistently high across the 11th night with an increase in demand for emergency response. “We received 303 emergency calls between the hours of 6pm 11 July and 2am 12 July The post Firefighters Busy Over The Twelfth appeared first on Down News.

There Are Proposed Plans to Build On Dunleath Park’s Success says Downpatrick Sinn Féin Councillors Sinn Féin Councillors Philip Campbell and Oonagh Hanlon have welcomed the completion of the new accessible entrance to Dunleath Park from St Patrick’s Avenue and are calling for further investment to unlock the site’s full potential. The Downpatrick Councillor Philip The post Sinn Fein Reps Propose More Improvements To Dunleath appeared first on Down News.

Councillor Jill Truesdale submitted an FoI to NI Water regarding prosecutions for illegal water connections Jill said she requested this information because, “Illegal connections, be they through changes of use or an existing building or new projects without the necessary permissions, are a contributing factor to the overloading of the existing NI Water infrastructure.” Water The post Truesdale Gets Response To FOI On Illegal Water Usuage appeared first on Down News.

Review of Alleged Abuse or Inappropriate Behaviour Associated with Jeffrey Donaldson in Parliament Buildings Following the conviction of Jeffrey Donaldson with rape, indecent assault and gross indecency against two women when they were children, and the fact that Jeffrey Donaldson was a Member of the Assembly from 2003 to 2010 and a visitor to Parliament Buildings as an The post Assembly Starts Review On Donaldson’s Stormont Conduct appeared first on Down News.

Sinn Féin will bring Irish Unity Bill back in the Autumn says Hazzard Sinn Féin MP Chris Hazzard said last week’s vote by the Irish government to block Sinn Féin’s Planning for Constitutional Change Bill is a disappointment but that the conversation is not going away. The legislation, introduced in the Dáil by Mary Lou The post Irish Unity Bill Coming Back In Autumn Says Hazzard appeared first on Down News.