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Angus SNP shuffle as Forfar councillor Lynne Devine says she's stepping away from local government

Updated: May 18, 2021, 10:28 am © Supplied by Angus Council Angus Council’s opposition SNP group will contest the 2022 local government elections with a new leader. Forfar councillor Lynne Devine has stepped down from the role with immediate effect following the group’s AGM. She told colleagues she wanted to step aside as she won’t be standing for re-election in May. Monifieth and Sidlaws councillor Beth Whiteside takes over as group leader following Monday’s development. Councillor Beth Whiteside. Montrose councillor Bill Duff and Brechin and Edzell member Kenny Braes are joint deputes. Ms Devine’s decision means the leaders of both administration and opposition on the current council are not seeking re-election next May.

First Older People's Champion to support elderly in Angus out of pandemic

Lynne Devine will take up the role of Older People's Champion in Angus as national bodies campaign for a network across Scotland's councils.

Sinn Féin councillor apologises for 'untrue' comment over FG representative

  A Sinn Féin Dublin City Councillor has agreed to make a donation to two mental health charities and has apologised for making untrue comments about another councillor during an online council meeting last month. Cllr Máire Devine, a registered mental health nurse, apologised to Fine Gael’s Danny Byrne on Monday for saying during a meeting on April 12th that he “need[s] psychological help”. At the latest monthly council meeting, she said: “The comment made by me was untrue, and I shouldn’t have made comments that seemed of a personal nature about Cllr Byrne.” Ms Devine withdrew her original statement and said she “did not intend to make light of mental health issues”. She apologised to Mr Byrne for the “unnecessary upset” her remark had caused him. Cllr Devine said she had agreed to make a financial contribution to Mr Byrne which she understands will be forwarded to mental health charities Pieta House and Jigsaw.

Elderly residents seek new accommodation after three killings in Dublin block

Elderly residents seek new accommodation after three killings in Dublin block Gardaí still working to identify family of man known locally as ‘China George’ about 5 hours ago Gardaí at the scene of this week’s murder at Robinson’s Court as local residents pass by. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw   Almost inevitably, any report from the scene of a murder in Ireland will include a neighbour saying that “nothing like this ever happens around here”. Unfortunately, it is a cliché which does not apply to Robinson’s Court, a small rectangle of flats located just of Cork Street in Dublin’s south inner city.