SDLP Economy spokesperson Sinead McLaughlin has welcomed the fresh approach taken by new economy minister Gordon Lyons, supporting the linkage…
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McLaughlin hails win for NI nanotechnology consortium
SDLP Economy Spokesperson Sinéad McLaughlin has congratulated a local consortium after they successfully secured a government grant of £42m to…
McLaughlin: AIB closures another blow for town centres
SDLP Economy Spokesperson Sinéad McLaughlin has said branch closures announced by AIB will damage towns and villages in Northern Ireland…
‘Farming vital to North’s economy and climate change solution’
SDLP Economy spokesperson Sinéad McLaughlin has described the agri-food sector as vital to the North of Ireland’s economy and as…
Staff shortage delays high street task force
THE Executive Office has said that a lack of staff was partly to blame for a six-month delay in holding…
McLaughlin: SDLP launches save local bank branches campaign
SDLP Economy spokesperson Sinead McLaughlin has criticized the latest round of mass closures of bank branches and says that banks…
Bank branch closures ‘hammer blow to urban centres’
BANK of Ireland branch closures are a further hammer blow to urban commercial and retail centres, says SDLP Foyle MLA…
McLaughlin: Disappointing Ulster Bank shutting branches in Republic
tHE SDLP’s Economy spokesperson Sinead McLaughlin has said it is disappointing that the Ulster Bank is pulling out of the…
SDLP plans to maximise inward investment post-Brexit
THE North of Ireland needs an urgent strategy to maximise the investment and broader economic potential offered by the dual…
McLaughlin: Minister adopts SDLP student support proposal
SDLP Economy Spokesperson Sinead McLaughlin has welcomed the fact that Minister Diane Dodds has adopted an SDLP proposal to give…