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I was pleased to meet with the management committee of Monkstown Boxing Club, alongside Mervyn Storey, Chairman of the Education Authority, to discuss the club’s plans to expand its work and develop a partnership with the new Abbey College currently being built.
The club does outstanding work with young people, women, and those at risk of disengaging from education. We discussed how this vital work can be strengthened and secured for the future.
It was particularly encouraging to hear from young people who had once been at risk of falling out of education altogether but are now completing their final year at university or pursuing further education opportunities. Their stories are a powerful reminder of the difference that dedicated community organisations can make.
I have promised to do my part to knock a few heads together within the Education Authority and the Department of Education to ensure this project gets the attention and consideration it deserves.
The meeting started with the Chairman himself! No knockout blows were landed, but I think I edged it on points! 🥊🤣
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I have received the following update from Translink regarding public transport services:
🚌🚆 Bus and train services are currently operating as normal, with only minimal alterations.
Translink intends to continue running all scheduled services, including late-night services and special event travel.
The safety of staff and passengers remains the top priority, and Translink continues to monitor the situation closely while working with key stakeholders.
Passengers are encouraged to keep up to date with the latest travel information through the Translink website, social media channels, and the Journey Planner App.
I hope this information is helpful.
📬 Many constituents have sent me this “Fair Funding Now” card.
For clarity, this campaign relates to local government funding in England. Adult social care in Northern Ireland is not run by local councils but through the Department of Health and our Health & Social Care system.
The funding arrangements here are different, so this is not a Northern Ireland local government issue.
🚨⚖️ “The minister’s right that those who were engaged in the violence last night should face the full weight of the law because legally, morally, and politically they were wrong. However, if the law is going to be applied to those who protest it, it should also be applied to those who have broken into our country illegally, have broken our immigration laws, and are then become the source of many of the problems which we face.
🚫🇬🇧 But instead they’re taken by the hand, they have state resources spent on them, they have got accommodation made available to them, and then they’re given the right to stay here even though they’ve come in illegally.
🔥 And if this issue is to be addressed, then the Government must change its attitude. Those who come into our country illegally should be told you will never get asylum, and the Irish Government should be spoken to as well so that the Irish Republic does not become the conduit for illegal immigration, the route which was used by the person who has now been accused of this crime.”
⚖️ Legally. Morally. Politically. The law must apply equally to all. 🇬🇧🚨
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