POLICE have warned entire streets across the North of Ireland are in debt to paramilitary gangs running money-lending rackets. It…
Justice Minister Naomi Long
Clarification needed over hospitality’s outdoor spaces reopening
STORMONT ministers have joined calls for an urgent resolution to concerns around the use of outdoor spaces — less than…
Mellon welcomes planned strengthening ‘abuse of trust’ laws
SINN Féin Councillor Aileen Mellon has welcomed the announcement that abuse of trust legislation will be strengthened to protect children…
SDLP Social Justice spokesperson Mark H Durkan has criticised a decision made by District Judge Peter Magill to impose a…
‘Strategy needed to combat violence against women
SINN Féin’s Martina Anderson has backed a Women’s Aid petition calling for a strategy to combat violence against women and…
Derry teenager: Upskirting law change ‘taking too long’
A DEERY teenager says proposals to make upskirting a criminal offence in the North of Ireland are not moving forward…
JUSTICE Minister Naomi Long has said she hopes to bring a paper to next week’s executive meeting on a strategy…
Eastwood: Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy needed
SDLP Leader Colum Eastwood has written to Minister for Justice Naomi Long to press for the urgent need for a…
Minister: New domestic abuse law gives victims confidence
NEW domestic abuse laws for the North of Ireland should give victims “more confidence” to report such crimes, Naomi Long…
Coronavirus: Stay at home order comes into force
NEW lockdown restrictions forbidding people from leaving home for non-essential reasons have come into force across the North of Ireland.…