The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
THE ALLIANCE Party has criticised DUP Environment Minister Edwin Poots after he yesterday ruled out bringing in a plastic bag levy similar to that in the South.
BBC NEWS | The Devenport Diaries (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Was Jim Shannon inspired by the recent historical research on the eradication of wolves from Seventeenth Century Ireland, to ask a question about whether the Environment Minister was aware of any plans to reintroduce wolves and beavers into Northern Ireland as has been the case in parts of Scotland? Edwin Poots responded by saying he has no plans to introduce wolves or beavers. Given...
ireland.com (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
... week supported by the Department of the Environment, police and fire brigade.Environment Minister Edwin Poots said: “So far this year 104 people have lost their lives on Northern Ireland’s roads . . . road deaths continue to plague our society and we all need to make every effort to bring it to an end.”Last week, it was forecast the deaths on the Republic's roads this year is likely...
Slugger O'Toole (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
I blogged last week about Minister Edwin Poots decision to take Forestside (and all its rates) out of Belfast and give Belfast the loss making Robinson Centre and Dundonald Ice Bowl. It got me thinking about the obvious conflict between Minister Poots' membership of Lisburn Council – soon to be merged with Castlereagh and this decision. Surely this is the sort of conduct the...
Slugger O'Toole (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
Environment Minister, Edwin Poots, has claimed in a ‘leaked’ Executive document that plans to complete the reduction in the number of local government councils from 26 to 11 councils in total could be under threat due to a failure to agree the new boundaries. Alliance leader, David Ford, quite rightly notes that this dire warning by the Minister indicates a willingness on...
BBC News (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
Edwin Poots denies political bias is behind his warning about the consequences of failure to agree on new council boundaries.
BBC NEWS | The Devenport Diaries (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
I'm just back from Dunmurry where the Environment Minister Edwin Poots was defending himself against accusations of gerrymandering. Last night we reported that he's warning that the whole local government shake up could collapse if there isn't agreement on council boundaries. This afternoon he was open about his desire to see the borders suggested by the Independent Commissioner redrawn...
Politics.ie (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
A leaked letter from Environment Minster Edwin Poots to his colleagues in the NI Executive says that much vaunted plans to reform local government in...
BBC News (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
The Environment Minister Edwin Poots seems to have ruled out the introduction of a levy on plastic bags in shops in Northern Ireland.
Top Stories: BreakingNews.ie (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
... 50mg for ordinary drivers and 20mg for professionals and novices.The North's Environment Minister Edwin Poots said dramatically reduced blood-alcohol levels could be in force in the north early next year.At the launch of an information pack for parishes about coping with the problems of drink and drug abuse, Bishop Walsh said alternative entertainment to alcohol should be promoted.“Today’s...
BBC News (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
Environment Minister Edwin Poots is opening a consultation process on proposed new laws for the marine environment.
ireland.com (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
... meeting with the North’s Minister for Transport Conor Murphy and Minister for Regional Development Edwin Poots as part of the North South Ministerial Council. Last week, Mr Dempsey admitted to “watering down” the Road Traffic Bill 2009 with his decision that drivers caught with a BAC of between 50mg and 80mg would receive three rather than six penalty points and a €200 fine if they...
trucks world news (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
... its kind ever to be introduced in Europe ... The agreement is to come into force next February... Edwin Poots said the new measures will keep dangerous drivers off the roads by ensuring disqualified motorists will not be able to escape their punishment... ( Picture from i.dailymail )
Three Thousand Versts of Loneliness (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
We’ve had Ian McCrea’s campaign to prevent the Pope visiting Northern Ireland, Iris Robinson’s hate-filled remarks about homosexuals, Sammy Wilson’s climate change denial , Edwin Poots et al with their five thousand year old Earth and Jim Wells versus wifi . But if anyone still harbours a suspicion that the DUP might be remotely connected, by even the flimsiest...
Slugger O'Toole (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
As RTÉ reports “A new deal has been made between the UK and Ireland to ensure that disqualified drivers do not use the roads in either country.” Announced by UK Road Safety Minister Paul Clark , MP, it is “the first practical step of its kind in Europe” and is due to come into force in February 2010. The Northern Ireland Environment Minister Edwin Poots...
