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Idiotic by McNulty.  First day back at Stormont and the SDLP lose an MLA and a UUP MLA has a go at party colleague Robin Swann!

He's right about Swann, just using the Health post as a shop window to try and get into Westminster

So he took a helicopter to the Laois game & is considering legal action against SDLP 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-politics-68196008

Starting to get their ducks lined up in a row already.

If nothing really improves (which is highly likely) they can all stand back and point the finger as Westminster and say it is all there fault because they did not pony up the £££.  Easier to do and less damaging when it comes to elections instead of having to make hard calls when it comes to generating revenue.

They have been doing that for years in fairness, it wouldn't be anything new. None of them willing to make difficult decisions and will leave the difficult decisions in Health to Swann

Limerick 1-36 Antrim 1-9

Didn't expect anything much different to that in fairness

Justin McNulty suspended by SDLP

Interesting to see which of his two jobs pays more and he keeps doing.

I would say Laois pays more

I see Conor Bradley's dad died this morning after a long illness. Would be surprised if he plays tomorrow now. Wouldn't be easy for the lad

Where did you see that ?

It will be some achievement if they can win it

Fury v Usyk off after Fury sustained a "cut" in training 

Donaldson well fit for Nolan this morning, not often you see a local politician sitting an a show like that for an hour.

Why won't one of the big two take Health ?

[Clapham attack suspect Abdul Ezedi convicted of sex offence in 2018]

Can someone help here, because I'm struggling, how do you grant asylum AFTER someone has been convicted of a sex offence ?

He had also been refused asylum TWICE 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-68167793


Clapham attack suspect Abdul Ezedi convicted of sex offence in 2018

The suspect in an alkali attack in south London was convicted of a sex offence in 2018 and was later granted asylum.

Police are looking for Abdul Shakoor Ezedi, 35, who was last seen at a Tesco shop in north London on Wednesday evening.
He was convicted of "sexual assault/exposure" in 2018, before being granted asylum in 2021 or 2022.

The Met Police have issued an image of him showing facial injuries.
The image of Ezedi was released on Thursday - showing "significant injuries" to his right eye. It was taken at a Tesco Express shop on Caledonian Road, north London, at 20:48 GMT on Wednesday.


Police have warned people to call 999 if they see him.


BBC News understands that Ezedi arrived in the UK by lorry in 2016.
His sentence for the sexual offence, passed down at Newcastle Crown Court, included an unpaid work order.
Once that was completed in 2020, Ezedi was discharged from probation supervision.

A mother and daughter hurt by the corrosive substance could have suffered "life-changing" injuries in Wednesday's attack.

The 31-year-old and her daughter, three, remain in hospital, along with her older daughter, eight.

The suspect attempted to escape the scene in Clapham in a car but crashed into a stationary vehicle, then ran.

Police believe he is known to the family, but said they were not yet clear on their exact relationship.

Supt Gabriel Cameron told reporters on Thursday he had "no idea" what Ezedi's motivation may have been, but that he was "wholeheartedly confident" he would be caught.

He said Ezedi is believed to be from the Newcastle area, and the car left at the scene, a Hyundai, belonged to him.
He may have been known to police, Supt Cameron added.

"While this appears to be a targeted attack, he is a dangerous individual, and we urgently need to find him," the Metropolitan Police said earlier on Thursday.

Supt Cameron said the suspect was last seen in the north London area, in Caledonian Road, and if people see him they should not approach him, but call 999.
There was a heightened police presence in Caledonian Road on Thursday afternoon, including unmarked cars with blue sirens and police vans.

Twelve people in total were hurt in the attack. Out of four members of the public who tried to help, three went to hospital with injuries - two women in their 30s and one in her 50s.

Police say they "bravely came to the aid of the family" and have now been discharged from hospital.

The London Ambulance Service said it sent a response team, including three ambulance crews, to the scene after receiving a call about an incident near Clapham Common just before 19:30 on Wednesday.

A man in his 50s declined medical treatment for minor injuries he suffered at the scene.

Five officers who were injured as they responded to the attack have left hospital after receiving treatment.

Some of the burns the mother and her daughters suffered in the attack were "quite substantial", Met Police chief Sir Mark Rowley told the BBC on Thursday, but added he did not have a full picture of their injuries yet.

They were attacked on Lessar Avenue, near Clapham Common, at 19:25 on Wednesday evening. Police were called following reports of an attack with a suspected "corrosive substance".


One witness told the BBC that the mother cried "I can't see, I can't see" as he tried to help.


Police have urged any members of the public who saw what happened to call 101 quoting reference CAD 7790/31Jan.

Officers have also asked local residents and drivers to check their doorbell and dash cameras for any footage that might have captured a man fleeing the area.

A crime scene is now in place and is likely to remain there for some time, police say.

VVD not making any promises in staying past this summer now

Since that last storm on Sunday night my Fibrus connection is still down and lying by the roadside less than a mile from my home.

Absolute shít show and TBH with them being so small of an outfit, kinda expected by very disappointing

Redundancies coming with them now too as well

Is this a good thing (I think it is) or is this a racist government ?

Or too late ?


https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/mcentee-to-expand-list-of-safe-countries-to-cut-down-on-asylum-seekers-1580180.html

The Minister of Justice is to expand the list of "safe countries" in a bid to cut down on the numbers arriving here seeking international protection.

Helen McEntee has told fellow ministers that she plans to add more countries to the current list of eight safe countries and will have a memo ready to go to the Government for sign-off in the coming weeks.


As the Irish Examiner reports, the Government also wants to substantially increase the fines that are imposed on airlines if passengers arrive here without passports or official documents.

It is understood Minister for Housing Darragh O'Brien suggested that the current airline penalties, which stand at €1,500 per offence, should be doubled and perhaps tripled.

There was broad agreement to this proposal during a meeting of the Sub-Cabinet Committee on Ukraine this afternoon.

Out of the 16.6 million passengers that arrived at airports, 3,285 could not provide documentation and the Government accepts that this must be tackled.


Outlining her plans to expand the list of safe countries, Ms McEntee pointed out that the number of people arriving from Georgia has halved since it was added to the list of "safe countries".

Ministers also discussed health provisions for those arriving from Ukraine and elsewhere, as well as education.

It is understood Education Minister Norma Foley called for increased capital investment in schools, pointing to a particular pressure at secondary level and late primary level.

Minister for Public Expenditure Paschal Donohoe, who attended the meeting, is already engaging with a number of Departments on funding for capital projects.

Both the Taoiseach and the Tánaiste stressed the need for a coherent and coordinated communications strategy on the asylum process and accommodation for both Ukrainians and others seeking protection here.

I assume he is using a Derry address, the fact that the GAA let you play for another county but play for your home club says it all.

Don't think they are too bothered about checking any evidence that you live in your adopted county.

A big turnaround for St. Thomas in the space of 12 months bearing in mind how comfortably Dunloy beat them last year.

After that match the money would have been on Dunloy winning the all Ireland first.

St Thomas didn't have the full deck last year, they were missing a few, didn't one of the Burkes get injured in the warm up too ? And a wedding the week before. Dunloy beat them well but that was a different team last year.