He said that if these items were freely available in some venues, they would be abused. We have to call out plumbers and such like in the way toilet roll is being abused. The idea is sound but the logistics need to be looked at, he said.
Ms O Lynn said: Periods do not stop during a pandemic. How long would it take for these extra measures to be put in place?
She queried whether toilet roll would be withdrawn if loos became clogged up. Period poverty is a very real challenge facing many girls and women in the UK. Those experiencing period poverty are unable to access menstruation products, she said.
Prior Tiverton resolution supporting Second Amendment set for repeal
Marcia Pobzeznik
Daily News correspondent
TIVERTON A resolution passed by a prior Town Council supporting the Second Amendment and opposing the infringement on the right to bear arms has “faded into the sunset,” because there is now a new council, according to the Town Solicitor Michael Marcello, but the current council plans to grant a request by two residents to repeal it.
The resolution that was initially introduced by Justin Katz in May 2019 declaring Tiverton a Second Amendment Sanctuary Town, was done because state government “has a tendency to overstep its bounds,” said Katz, a councilman at the time, adding that the Second Amendment “is uniquely threatened by the politics of our day.” The first vote on the resolution failed 3-4, but it was tweaked and re-voted a week later with the Sanctuary Town removed, and passed 4-3 with then council President Robert Coulter, Katz, Nancy Driggs and Don
Building on the economic bridge between Northern Ireland and Scotland will be vital to the recovery of both countries as they emerge from the Covid-19 pandemic, the North Channel Partnership has said.
The group, made up of elected members and council officers from Mid and East Antrim, and Dumfries and Galloway councils, met virtually to discuss a wide range of challenges and opportunities they face, and to continue to work together to set out their collective vision for economic growth and prosperity.
The impact of the pandemic was said to have highlighted the key strategic importance of the connectivity of Northern Ireland with Scotland, with the ferry route from Larne to Cairnryan proving critical to maintain important supplies and services.