John Whipple

DUP's Proposed 'Split' on Good Jobs Bill is a Wrecking Operation

DUP's Proposed 'Split' on Good Jobs Bill is a Wrecking Operation

"Emma Little-Pengelly calls union access 'aggressive and expansionist.' That is simply false...Caoimhe Archibald has already capitulated... exempting smaller businesses... Workers in small workplaces need representation just as much...This Bill must go to the Assembly immediately, in full”

9 Jun 2026

The building used by housing activists as the Anne Devlin Community Centre. Formerly the Ardee House Pub.

Paul Murphy Slams ‘Disgraceful’ Home Raids of Activists in Anne Devlin Community Centre in Liberties

Calls for statement from Minister for Justice. DCC must acquire building to ensure it is developed into a community centre.

8 Jun 2026

Image of the development and image of Wallace. text reads: 6pm Tue 9 June - Foran's Way, Tullow Protest for Public Housing with Cllr Adrienne Wallace

Councillor Adrienne Wallace Calls Protest to Stop Transfer of Social Homes

22 of the 48 homes to be transferred for private sale and not social homes as intended. Cllr Wallace said “This is an incredulous turn of events and raises a lot of serious questions..." Protest this Tuesday, 9 June, at housing estate entrance on Foran’s Way, Tullow Co. Carlow at 6pm

7 Jun 2026

The building attacked by an arsonist in Belfast was a disused church. Image shows the destroyed roof above a sign saying What Think Ye Of Christ? Building's previous use was as a church.

"Racists Don't Speak for the Shankill" Gerry Carroll Condemns Arson on Migrant-Owned Business

"This is the direct the result of weeks of poison pumped online - cowards warning of an 'influx of people' and sneering at 'foreign food.' That bile has now ended in arson... Racism puts food on nobody's table."

6 Jun 2026

Gerry Carroll at Erskine House

Carroll to Hilary Benn: Stop Watching as Sodexo Slashes Jobs at Your Own Front Door

"A company that operates in 45 countries and made over £1 billion in profit last year? They are not short of resources to guarantee secure and well-paid jobs. The receptionists, cleaners, porters and kitchen workers? Sodexo is treating them disgracefully." Gerry Carroll MLA

4 Jun 2026

Gerry Carroll

Carroll Warns Justice Bill Builds "Architecture of Biometric Surveillance"

"If the state takes your DNA and holds it on a police database for years, the very least it can do is tell you so in plain writing. This legislation rightly gives people the right to a review of their retained material" Gerry Carroll

2 Jun 2026

Time for Stormont DFI Minister to End Derry Rail Timetable Disparity

Time for Stormont DFI Minister to End Derry Rail Timetable Disparity

"The Council backed our motion calling on the DFI Minister to provide funding to equalise train access on the Derry line. Translink estimate this will cost a mere £1m... compared to the hundreds of millions announced to upgrade rail services between Belfast and Dublin." - Cllr. Shaun Harkin

2 Jun 2026

Carroll: Givan's Education Bill is a Trojan Horse Attack on Teachers

Carroll: Givan's Education Bill is a Trojan Horse Attack on Teachers

"When teachers take industrial action, they're doing it on behalf of their whole school community. They're saying enough is enough to a Stormont establishment that wants education on the cheap. That's exactly what Paul Givan is afraid of and it's why he's making this vindictive move."

31 May 2026

Empty roads around Stormont with a Give Way sign and the statue of Carson

Milestone of Shame: 50,000 on Housing Waiting List

50,000 households on housing waiting list exposes decade of failure. Gerry Carroll says. "It is the direct result of years of inaction, underfunding and political ineptitude."

29 May 2026