Cllr DENISE JOHNSTON
@DENISEJOHNSTO10
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SDLP Councillor for Moyola. Committed to reconciliation of our people. Despise the infliction of violence on innocent people. Head of History/ Politics @slg
Magherafelt, Northern Ireland
Joined March 2012
This is how I like to think of them, up there walking on heavenly beaches knowing the seeds they planted have taken root and those who follow will nurture their crop. Rest easy your work is done and we remain forever in your debt.
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RT @MaryforDerry: “Being with her .Was intimate and helpful, like a cure.You didn’t notice happening.”….
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We already know this. Question is what are we going to do about it?.
There have been no tangible improvements since Stormont was restored over 18 months ago, according to the political think-tank Pivotal. Watch on ITVX:
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RT @susie_dent: An ‘ultracrepidarian’ (19th century) is one who loves to give their opinion, at length, on matters they know nothing about.
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Another day and another embarrassment from Lyons and DfC.
Five high-rise apartment blocks in Belfast that communities minister Gordon Lyons previously said had unsafe cladding similar to that on the ill-fated Grenfell Tower have turned out to have “no cladding at all”. .The so-far unexplained revelation has been described by one
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Well said Sam Carson. These thugs cannot be allowed to get away with their wanton racism. There must be consequences. Good people must stand up and say no to racism!
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RT @ClaireHanna: Read @irish_news coverage of @SDLPlive plans to reverse ecological breakdown in Lough Neagh & a wider water quality crisis….
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RT @TKbytesback: Contrary to what George Mitchell said about setting the bar impossibly high for the political classes, we’ve set it so low….
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Tom Kelly on why Northern Ireland’s basket case politics keeps failing itself
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RT @dwnews: JUST IN: The world’s leading association of genocide scholars has passed a resolution stating that the legal criteria have been….
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Damning report lambasts the lack of delivery since the return of Stormont
belfasttelegraph.co.uk
A political think tank has criticised the Stormont Executive, saying there have been “no tangible improvements” since devolution was restored in February l...
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One thing that we do well here is waste money. While this amount in the grand scale of things is not a lot it still could have been put to better use. Gordon Lyons’ JD Vance Ulster dossier debunked, DNA research concludes – The Irish News
irishnews.com
Top priority mission to produce £2,200 booklet before White House visit
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RT @ClaireHanna: Back to porridge & to Westminster this week. Was glad of a slightly slower pace in August but kept busy enough locally &….
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Please take the time to read. For Dympna and the McVeighs to come here and look around and think of a 19 year old boy being absolutely terrified. why would anybody even want to do this? It's cruel.".
The sister of one of the Disappeared, Columba McVeigh, has said she still has hope her brother will be found.
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RT @irish_news: Five white crosses were set in a Co Monaghan bog as a gathering took place to mark the International Day of the Disappeared….
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‘Going For Growth strategy was a “mistake”. She said the strategy had failed to deliver on environmental safeguards that were promised at the time of its launch in 2013.’.
SDLP proposes tax on agrifood firms to improve water quality
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RT @ColleenWebb0: The blue green algae dominating the river bann at Newferry this afternoon. I didn't realise how bad it was until I put my….
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Catching up with my @SDLPlive colleagues on the day the we launched our Road to Recovery for Lough Neagh. A set of firm proposals to aid its recovery. See.Link below. Lough Neagh is a priority for us. If all parties made it a priority we could turn the tide on loughs demise.
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RT @ClaireHanna: This is a social democratic response to an environmental crisis. As a constructive opposition SDLP is up for supporting….
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If you care about our Lough, and you should, listen to this. We in @SDLPlive will make Lough Neagh a priority because not to do so is to sign its death warrant!.
🗣 "Corporations have made hundreds of millions of pounds out of this key asset and left it in this state. And the polluter should pay to rectify it and get this asset back on track."..A tax on food firms and other agri-businesses’ profits is among a raft of measures tabled by
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