The @Ed Authority must remove Nelson McCausland as a board member with immediate effect. Do they condone one of its members advocating conversion therapy?
Is Nelson McCausland still a member of @duponline? If so, what do they have to say about this? pic.twitter.com/RFuBFK23rm
It is ridiculous that this man still continues to have any kind of public position. But to actually be involved in making decisions to do with our children s education is unbelievable. He must go.
Nelson McCausland Resign from NI Education Authority https://t.co/iNpRATGFda
Belfast councillor Séamus de Faoite has launched a petition on Change.org calling on McCausland to “immediately resign” from his position on the Education Authority.
The Northern Ireland Executive has confirmed it has no plans to acquire the rights to a book commemorating everyone who died during the Troubles.
Lost Lives: The Stories of the Men, Women and Children who Died as a Result of the Northern Ireland Troubles was first published in 1999 and then reprinted in 2008. Since then the book s original publisher has closed and copies have become increasingly rare, leading to editions appearing for sale online listed for hundreds of pounds.
This led to calls for the Executive to work with the Irish Government to purchase the rights to the book to preserve it for future generations.
Health Minister Robin Swann has announced the relaxation of rules which prevented some gay and bisexual men donating blood.
The decision will allow some men who have sex with men (MSM) to donate blood, if they have had one sexual partner who has been their partner for more than three months.
It is expected that these changes will come into effect in summer 2021.
Under previous rules, all MSM had to abstain from sex for three months to donate.
Mr Swann said: I am pleased to be able to introduce this change to donor deferral policy in Northern Ireland, which means MSM in longer-term partnerships will no longer be automatically deferred from donating blood, provided they have been with the same partner for the previous three months and meet the revised medical criteria.
Robin Swann announces end of controversial gay blood ban Stevie Maginn make history with what is thought to be the first blood donation since the relaxation of Northern Ireland s controversial gay blood restrictions in April. Picture by Hugh Russell. 14 December, 2020 01:00
It follows years of campaigning against Northern Ireland s controversial `gay blood ban . Picture by PA Photo/thinkstockphotos
BLOOD donation rules have been changed to allow gay and bisexual men who have had the same partner for the previous three months to become donors.
It follows years of campaigning against Northern Ireland s controversial `gay blood ban .
Health Minsiter Robin Swann said he is pleased to be able to announce the decision which he stressed is based on expert advice from the advisory Committee on the Safety of Blood, Tissues and Organs (SaBTO) and was guided purely by science .
Brexit lorry drivers in possible 7,000 HGV queues face poor Netflix streaming at Ashford s lorry park and across Kent
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Updated: 15:44, 10 December 2020
It s safe to say few of us would want to be a lorry driver at the moment.
Lorries queue at Dover as delays grow Picture: Barry Goodwin
With expected jams comes more overnight stops.
The government has tackled this obstacle by setting up lorry parks across the county.
But at the biggest, Ashford s 66-acre Sevington site, none of the big phone companies offer decent signal, according to connectivity consultancy FarrPoint.
So bored truckers hoping to get their box set fix or wanting to phone home will face frustrating buffering and muffled conversations.