Cllr Denise Johnston

A picture showing the development and progression of man, with Trump walking in the opposite direction

No words needed….

SDLP graphic saying ONE YEAR AGO 'We are committed to standing up for our health service' Mike Nesbitt 'The Public rightly demands that we co-operate, deliver and work together'. Michelle O'Neill 'We must learn the lessons of the last 7 years, on health service and schools reform.' Emma Little-Pengelly 'Addressing the childcare pressures faced by local parents and supporting a dynamic and thriving economy are all essential' Naomi Long TODAY Key deadlines for water quality plans missed. Half a million people waiting for an outpatient consultant. New social housing starts 80% below target. Waiting time targets consistently missed.

The SDLP Opposition will be highlighting the Executive's lack of delivery in the Assembly today.

SDLP graphic saying The Executive One Year On... 50+ week wait for a first outpatient appointment. £10,000+ annual cost for full-time childcare. No Justice Strategy for re-offending. 19,000 new homes held up in planning. Northern Irish productivity 20% less than ROI average.

One year ago Stormont returned to much fanfare and positive words.

Today we have seen little of that positivity translate into meaningful action.

Happy Heavenly Birthday to Irelands greatest!

My @sdlp hero and inspiration in everything I do.

Out and about in Newbridge and Ballymaguigan tonight with our newsletter. Hope to get to the rest of you in Moyola DEA over next few weeks.

It gives you an update on some of the work both I and the rest of the SDLP team, including our new leader Claire Hanna have been doing 💪

Murphy’s baffling decision to leave Stormont and head south could backfire badly for Sinn Fein There are political manoeuvres which are obviously clever; ones which are obviously stupid; and ones which demonstrably are based on some hidden reasoning.

Conor Murphy swapping control of a £1bn budget for a backbench Seanad seat is baffling. No Irish party sends their top people to the Seanad any more than British parties send their key people to the House of Lords. There are three possible explanations.

Kingsmill survivor’s words should stop us sinking further into sectarian bog Last Sunday morning, the Dublin broadcaster Miriam O'Callaghan interviewed Alan Black, the sole Kingsmill survivor, on RTE Radio.

www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/colu... Kingsmill survivor’s words should stop us sinking further into sectarian bog

Alan Black & Danny Kennedy Alan Black, survivor of the Kingsmill massacre and politician Danny Kennedy joined Miriam in studio this morning.  Musicians Dearbhla and Finghin Collins and singer Leah Redmond performed on the progr...

www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
Take the time to listen to this ….

Dirty Linen by Martin Doyle review – growing up in Northern Ireland’s ‘murder triangle’ The Irish author’s painstakingly researched account of the sectarian killings that blighted his childhood in Tullylish, County Down, is among the most moving works on the conflict

www.theguardian.com/books/2023/n...
A must read by @martindoyle.bsky.social

Reavey and O'Dowd families seek answers 40 years on from killings Members of two families devastated by a loyalist murder squad on the same night of bloodshed have insisted their desire for truth has not waned four decades on.

www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/norther... Reavey and O'Dowd families seek answers 40 years on from killings

Reavey murders: Second ex-police officer will not be prosecuted Anthony, John Martin and Brian Reavey were murdered in their family home in County Armagh in 1976.

www.bbc.com/news/uk-nort...

*this* not *Thai*

Reavey Brothers (Short 2021) ⭐ 8.1 | Short, Crime, Drama 20m

Remembering Thai weekend the families and friends of the Reavey brothers, the O’Dowds and the Kingsmill massacre victims.

Some links for you

www.imdb.com/title/tt1130...
You can watch on Prime

Remembering the O’Dowds and the Reavey’s on the 49th anniversary of the murder of their loved ones, all innocent men going about their ordinary lives.

Lest we forget.

McGlone slams decision to appeal Sean Brown inquiry ruling

“It’s shameful that the family of Sean Brown face entering the new year still fighting for truth and justice for their beloved husband and father.”

SDLP Mid Ulster MLA @patsymcglone.bsky.social

Read more:
www.sdlp.ie/mcglone_slam...

A shameful decision by the SoSNI.
The cruelty visited upon this family didn’t stop
with the bullets pumped into their defenceless father.

I always say as far as your stomach will let you.

SDLP Leader Claire Hanna MP

In her New Year message, SDLP Leader @clairehanna.bsky.social MP has said that 2025 must be about delivering for families in Northern Ireland.

Read more:
www.sdlp.ie/sdlp_leaders...

Nollaig shona dhaoibh. Merry Christmas to everyone.

Nollaig shona dhaoibh.

Merry Christmas to everyone.

Christmas scene, tree and snow and a message in Irish and English wishing all a merry Xmas

This is the most important project of this generation.
and @columeastwood.ie
is well placed to drive it.

Building upon well established relations, playing to @sdlp.bsky.social
strengths, we can reach people that others can’t.

A New Ireland cannot be delivered by one party alone.

Absolutely delighted for the Brown family! There’s still a long way to go but they are back on the path again.

“True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of justice.”

Time for Truth

In the name of God do the right thing and bring this families living hell to an end.

Time for Truth

Flip-flopping Sinn Fein fast losing their credibility as party of the left As southern Sinn Fein goes through the motions of trying to organise a left-wing government, northern Sinn Fein has just shown how incomprehensively incoherent the party’s economic policies are and ho...

While proclaiming itself left-wing in Dublin, Sinn Féin in Belfast has just decided to keep the poorest homeowners subsidising the tax bills of the wealthiest people in NI living in multi-million-pound mansions. Whatever this is, it's not left wing.

The highest of accolades 👏👏👏😊

My constituents Omar & Delma have tried for months to get family to safety from Gaza. Last week they received news they’ve dreaded, that relatives were killed & injured. Situation is getting worse not better & while UK Gov cannot ‘fix’ this they must do so much more than they are

@humblyjay.bsky.social Be Kind ☺️

SDLP European asks graphic.

Now the consent motion has passed our attention must turn to the independent review of our future relationship with Europe.

We will be taking our key asks to the EU, UK and Irish Governments, and other stakeholders in the weeks and months ahead.