04/09/2015
Other News In Brief
Pipelaying Work Starts In Co Down
A programme of pipelaying work has started in Ballymartin, Co Down.
The work is part of a £1.5 million investment to provide new wastewater infrastructure for the local community.
The work involves the laying of around 1800m of new pumping main between the recently constructed pumping station in Ballymartin and another new pumping station which is due to be built adjacent to the Valley Road junction at Blackrock.
Work is scheduled to last for approximately four weeks.
Dermott McCurdy, head of wastewater capital procurement at NI Water, said: "This pumping main and the pumping station planned for Blackrock will build on the extensive work already carried out in Ballymartin to provide the area with a modern wastewater network. The overall scheme will collect wastewater from the Blackrock and Ballymartin areas and transfer it to Kilkeel for treatment. The new infrastructure will bring about environmental benefits in the area, including removing untreated sewage discharges from the existing sea outfalls, and will accommodate future development in the village for the next 20 years."
SF Welcomes Organic Farming Move
Sinn Féin MEP Martina Anderson has welcomed organic farming being included in the new Rural Development Plan announced by Agriculture Minister Michelle O'Neill.
Ms Anderson said: "I have met with representatives from the organic farming sector on a number of occasions and know the quality of their produce.
"This move will give confidence to the organic farming sector and ultimately provide more choice to consumers.
"It now means there will be a co-ordinated approach to organic farming across Ireland."
Cross-Party Talks To Start Next Week
Alliance Leader David Ford has welcomed the announcement of cross-party talks to begin next week in a bid to resolve the ongoing crisis at the Assembly.
Mr Ford was speaking after the confirmation by the British and Irish Governments that talks would take place at Stormont House.
He said: "I am pleased the Governments took onboard Alliance's suggestion for an intensive talks process. This crisis began with some parties' refusal to honour their commitments under the Stormont House Agreement and was worsened by the shooting of Kevin McGuigan and police comments about the IRA.
"No longer can this be allowed to continue. Uncertainty must be brought to an end and paramilitarism cannot remain in our society, poisoning relationships and being the great unsaid truth in Northern Ireland."
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A programme of pipelaying work has started in Ballymartin, Co Down.
The work is part of a £1.5 million investment to provide new wastewater infrastructure for the local community.
The work involves the laying of around 1800m of new pumping main between the recently constructed pumping station in Ballymartin and another new pumping station which is due to be built adjacent to the Valley Road junction at Blackrock.
Work is scheduled to last for approximately four weeks.
Dermott McCurdy, head of wastewater capital procurement at NI Water, said: "This pumping main and the pumping station planned for Blackrock will build on the extensive work already carried out in Ballymartin to provide the area with a modern wastewater network. The overall scheme will collect wastewater from the Blackrock and Ballymartin areas and transfer it to Kilkeel for treatment. The new infrastructure will bring about environmental benefits in the area, including removing untreated sewage discharges from the existing sea outfalls, and will accommodate future development in the village for the next 20 years."
SF Welcomes Organic Farming Move
Sinn Féin MEP Martina Anderson has welcomed organic farming being included in the new Rural Development Plan announced by Agriculture Minister Michelle O'Neill.
Ms Anderson said: "I have met with representatives from the organic farming sector on a number of occasions and know the quality of their produce.
"This move will give confidence to the organic farming sector and ultimately provide more choice to consumers.
"It now means there will be a co-ordinated approach to organic farming across Ireland."
Cross-Party Talks To Start Next Week
Alliance Leader David Ford has welcomed the announcement of cross-party talks to begin next week in a bid to resolve the ongoing crisis at the Assembly.
Mr Ford was speaking after the confirmation by the British and Irish Governments that talks would take place at Stormont House.
He said: "I am pleased the Governments took onboard Alliance's suggestion for an intensive talks process. This crisis began with some parties' refusal to honour their commitments under the Stormont House Agreement and was worsened by the shooting of Kevin McGuigan and police comments about the IRA.
"No longer can this be allowed to continue. Uncertainty must be brought to an end and paramilitarism cannot remain in our society, poisoning relationships and being the great unsaid truth in Northern Ireland."
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