Ulster Unionist Party councillors clash over delay to £500 payment to HSC workers
The payment was announced by the Health Minster in earlier this year
Health Minister Robin Swann (top), Cllr Jenny Palmer (left), Alderman Dillon (centre), Alex Swan (right)
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Cara McCrory, Director of Finance and Corporate Services and Louise Moore, Director of Leisure and Community Wellbeing
These appointments mean that three out of the four council departments are now headed up by women.
Since March 2020, the council has persisted in delivering quality services to its residents during one of the most challenging periods of its history. In planning for the future, both Cara and Louise will be tasked with helping the council pursue medium and longer term financial sustainability and delivering against its ambitious Community Plan – a challenge both women are extremely well-equipped to undertake.
Cara is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and a fully qualified member of the Institute of Internal Auditors. She has worked in professional practice for over 23 years, working across a range of public and private sector organisations advising on risk and governance matters. She joined LCCC as Head of Audit, Risk & Performance in 2019 and too
Resident hits out at council for allowing loyaist bonfire to be built at children s play park Bonfire materials gathered at Crossnacreevy playpark. Picture by Mal McCann
Pallets piled up close to the park in Crossnacreevy. Picture by Mal McCann
AN east Belfast resident has criticised his council for allowing a loyalist bonfire to be built every year in a children s play park.
The man said pallets are already being left next to the park at Crossnacreevy, close to Roselawn Cemetery, ahead of the annual Twelfth bonfire.
The park user, who did not want to be named, said the pyre puts the play park area out of use for a considerable period every year .
Lisburn Castlereagh Council spends hundreds removing disgusting graffiti
The council has had to deal with anti-Semitic and racist graffiti
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Some £700 of ratepayers money has had to be spent by Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council cleaning up graffiti over the past two years.
The authority revealed that it had received reports of 70 incidents between March 1 2019 and March 1 2021.
That meant £525 was spent by LCCC on contractors for the graffiti s removal and £162 was spent on aerosol to remove offensive or detrimental graffiti.
Lisburn back in business with the creation of 28 jobs Michael Stewart and Gillian Burns of The Running Bubble. 12 May, 2021 01:00
WITH lockdown easing, Lisburn city centre is back in business with 11 new firms opening and seven being radically revamped, resulting in the preservation of 16 roles and creation of 28 additional jobs to date.
Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council has been working with a number of local entrepreneurs to get their business ideas off the ground.
And with a total investment of £340,000, the council’s Urban Investment Fund, delivered in partnership with the Department for Communities, has benefitted 18 businesses.
One of the first new businesses to open is The Running Bubble, a stylish sports footwear outlet in Lisburn Square. Also new to Lisburn Square is the Geek Retreat, while Blush beauty salon has opened in Market Place.