SAOIRSE32 (Free subscription) | 11/09/2008
By Noel McAdam Belfast Telegraph 11 September 2008 Sinn Fein Minister Conor Murphy has effectively snubbed First Minister Peter Robinson in the row threatening the Executive with potential High Court action . Mr Murphy has written to anti-deal MEP Jim Allister defending his handling of a major policy programme over which Mr Robinson accused the Minister of attempting to “subvert” the Executive and...
SAOIRSE32 (Free subscription) | 30/08/2008
Independent.ie 29 August 2008 The DUP and Sinn Fein are involved in a new row - this time over whether the words of a policy document can be changed once they've been approved by the power-sharing executive. Conor Murphy of Sinn Fein changed references in a document from "Northern Ireland" to "the North" and Peter Robinson is understood to be furious. Sinn Fein says the wording changes in the document...
Tangled Blog (Free subscription) | 29/08/2008
Watch out - it's handbags at dawn! First Minister Peter Robinson has demanded an immediate Stormont Executive meeting after charging a Sinn Fein Minister with breaching the official Code of Office. The DUP leader also accused Regional Development chief Conor Murphy of extreme bad faith, and warned of possible High Court action. The high stakes political poker game, with the future of the power-sharing...
Slugger O'Toole (Free subscription) | 29/08/2008
It’s wonderful how a little detail can scale down a story as a day develops... UTV and The BBC’s Mark Devenport reports that changes to the “massive” strategy development document Conor Murphy failed to bring back to the Executive for clearance amounted to around “150 changes, many involve references to “Northern Ireland” being changed to “the north". ” Are you being serious, First Minister? The air...
Slugger O'Toole (Free subscription) | 29/08/2008
Breaking news.. . The Belfast Telegraph is selling hard the story of deepening crisis in the Executive, although as I type, nobody else seems to have picked up this latest twist. Peter Robinson’s charge is constitutionally a serious one, that the Regional Development minister SF’s Conor Murphy breached the code of office by failing to bring a “ massive” regional strategy to 2025 before an Executive...
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 26/08/2008
CONOR MURPHY (23) from Portadown, Northern Ireland, won the World Bog Snorkelling competition held in Wales yesterday. Mr Murphy, who lives in Leicester, completed the two lengths of the 60-yard course in one minute, 38.9 seconds. The world record time currently stands at one minute 35 seconds.
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 19/08/2008
THE NORTH'S Regional Development Minister Conor Murphy is waiting for the findings of an investigation ordered into severe flooding in Belfast that closed the Westlink which connects the North's two principal motorways.
SAOIRSE32 (Free subscription) | 02/08/2008
BBC 1 August 2008 Parking attendants have been withdrawn from west Belfast following a threat from dissident republicans. Regional Development Minister Conor Murphy and Sinn Fein assembly member Paul Maskey have condemned the move. Simon Richardson of the Roads Service said it was hoped the situation would be resolved as soon as possible. "Traffic attendants do a very important job in all parts of...
Bed and Breakfast Blog (Free subscription) | 23/06/2008
BBC News Free travel scheme gets go-aheadBBC News, UK - 1 hour agoPeople aged 60-64 can now apply for free travel on public transport for the first time in Northern Ireland. Transport minister Conor Murphy said it was …
The Stage (Free subscription) | 12/06/2008
Linbury Studio, Royal Opera House, London: Thomas Ades' first opera, premiered in 1995 when he was 24, returns in a glamorous production designed by Conor Murphy. The Linbury stage becomes a vast staircase down which one expects Las Vegas showgirls to step. Giant-sized items of make-up are strewn about. An enormous compact opens to reveal the central character of Philip Hensher's mordantly satirical...
Slugger O'Toole (Free subscription) | 11/06/2008
Conor Murphy has launched his review of the Regional Development Strategy with a rather stirring and highly aspirational speech laying out precisely the kinds of engagement he’s seeking and a clear annunciation of what he believes his review must deliver: We need a long-term vision within which all our actions can fit. For, a vision without clear direction of how it can be achieved, is not worth the...
SAOIRSE32 (Free subscription) | 05/06/2008
An Phoblacht 29 May 2008 The death of James Mitchell, a member of a group of unionist paramilitaries known as the ‘Glenanne Gang’, has highlighted once again the issue of the collusion between British state forces and unionist paramilitary death squads. Sinn Féin Newry/Armagh MP Conor Murphy said: “The Glenanne Gang carried out some of the most notorious sectarian killings on both sides of the border....
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 21/05/2008
A NEW report from InterTradeIreland, entitled Freight Transport Report for the Island of Ireland, will be presented to Minister for Transport Noel Dempsey and the Northern minister for regional development Conor Murphy this morning.
BBC News (Free subscription) | 07/05/2008
A total of £5m is to be spent on roads in the Derry City Council area this year, says DRD minister Conor Murphy.
Belfast Telegraph (Free subscription) | 25/04/2008
The Regional Development Minister, Conor Murphy, is to be congratulated on his announcement that resident only parking is to be implemented in parts of inner city Belfast.
