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🚍 Translink July Holiday Timetables
If you’re planning to travel over the July holiday period, please be aware that Translink will be operating revised timetables.
📅 Monday 13th July
• NI Railways – Saturday timetable
• Ulsterbus/Goldliner – Revised timetable
• Metro/Glider – Sunday timetable
📅 Tuesday 14th July
• NI Railways – Saturday timetable
• Ulsterbus/Goldliner – Revised timetable
• Metro/Glider – Saturday timetable
Please also note that road closures and traffic restrictions in Belfast on Monday 13th July will affect a number of Metro, Glider, Ulsterbus and Goldliner services.
Summer timetables are also now in operation across many Translink services during the school holidays.
Before you travel, check your journey in advance to avoid any unnecessary delays.
Yesterday, I took part in a Parliamentary debate on new battery regulations affecting Northern Ireland.
I opposed these regulations because they are yet another example of EU laws being imposed on Northern Ireland without being made by the UK Parliament.
This debate was never about whether these battery laws are right or wrong. Those laws have already been imposed on Northern Ireland under the Windsor Framework. Westminster was simply being asked to decide how businesses and individuals should be punished for breaking laws they never elected anyone here to make.
I warned that these regulations will mean more paperwork, more bureaucracy and more costs for hundreds of Northern Ireland businesses. For many suppliers in Great Britain, it will become easier to stop supplying Northern Ireland altogether.
I was elected to make laws for my constituents in this Parliament—not to rubber-stamp laws made elsewhere.
Northern Ireland deserves the same laws as the rest of the United Kingdom, made by the MPs the British people elect, not imposed by the European Union.
That is why I urged the Committee to vote against these regulations.
🚛 Northern Ireland’s logistics industry is being squeezed from every direction.
Today in Westminster, I challenged the Secretary of State on the growing pressures facing the haulage and logistics sector in Northern Ireland.
The Brexit arrangements continue to increase costs, create delays and leave many containers returning empty from Great Britain. Now, businesses are also facing the additional burden of carbon taxes on ferries travelling to and from Northern Ireland.
The logistics industry is vital to our economy. It keeps supermarket shelves stocked, supports local manufacturers and ensures businesses can trade efficiently.
Yet instead of helping the sector, Government policies and damaging EU arrangements are making it harder for companies to survive and compete.
I asked the Secretary of State what practical steps he will take to address these damaging policies and provide the support that Northern Ireland’s logistics industry urgently needs.
Our businesses deserve better.
— Sammy Wilson MP
Britain is a welcoming country to those who come through the proper legal channels. But those who enter illegally should face swift removal. The law must be respected, and our borders must be secure.
The attacks on Emma Little-Pengelly MLA by Sinn Féin have absolutely nothing to do with truth, justice or supporting victims.
We all know Sinn Féin don’t do truth or justice.
Those of us who worked alongside Jeffrey Donaldson had no knowledge of his sickening and evil crimes. Responsibility for those crimes rests with him, and him alone.
Sinn Féin know that. Yet instead of focusing on the brave victims and survivors, they have chosen to weaponise this issue for political advantage by targeting Emma.
Why?
Because Emma is effective. She is delivering in Government, she refuses to bow to Sinn Féin’s agenda, and she will never allow Sinn Féin to rewrite the past.
The irony is impossible to ignore. Sinn Féin is a party with a deeply troubling record on how victims of abuse have been treated. Its sudden claim to the moral high ground convinces very few.
People can see exactly what is happening.
This isn’t about truth.
This isn’t about justice.
This isn’t about victims.
It is a calculated political attack on Emma because Sinn Féin see her as an obstacle to their political agenda.
We see exactly what Sinn Féin is trying to do, and it won’t work.
Victims and survivors deserve truth. They deserve justice. They deserve compassion and support. Their suffering should never be exploited for political point scoring, and our focus must always remain on them.
Sinn Féin’s attempt to exploit this tragedy for political gain tells you everything you need to know.
When it comes to this issue, their priority isn’t victims. It is politics.
Victims deserve better than that.