On October 13, 2019 it will have been 1,000 days since the collapse of devolved government in Northern Ireland. To mark this action groups MLAs Get #Back2Work and We Deserve Better are coming together to host an event in the grounds of Stormont at 1.30pm.
Aideen Hughes, a spokesperson for MLAs Get #Back2Work said: “Cuts in Education have left schools in an impossible position. Teachers have been on industrial action for years and Head Teachers are shortly to be balloted on taking action. Waiting lists to see a consultant in Northern Ireland are 100 times longer than they are in England. Our nurses are about to go out on strike and with Brexit looming, we have no one representing our needs and concerns.”
All MLAs have been invited to attend the event and fifteen have said that they intend to be there. Speakers at the event will include Nichola McKee Corner, Lyra McKee’s sister, Dylan
Quinn from We Deserve Better and two students from Lagan College.
Dylan Quinn from We Deserve Better stated: “For almost three years now the people of Northern Ireland have been let down by Political representatives. With pubic services at breaking point and the progress made since the 1998 Belfast Good Friday Agreement at risk, it is time for a new form of politics in Northern Ireland. Sunday, October 13 is our opportunity to come together, voice our frustration and be part of a movement for change.”
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