SDLP Youth Highlight 'Cavalcade' Half-Bus Hypocrisy
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Monday January 21, 2008 16:04
by sdlpyouth - SDLP Youth
SDLP Youth spokesperson this morning led a demo in Dungiven to highlight the lack of delivery by Sinn Fein Regional Development Minister Conor Murphy MP.
SDLP Youth spokesperson Peter Armstrong this morning led a demo in Dungiven to highlight the lack of delivery by Sinn Fein Regional Development Minister Conor Murphy MP.
"SDLP Youth were in Dungiven this morning as Sinn Fein's PR "cavalcade" of a full and empty bus passed through on its way to Stormont. We were pleased to highlight the fact that infrastructure minister Conor Murphy has already allowed the Dungiven by-pass to slip by 3 years from 2015 to 2018. On top of this, there is still stalemate on the rail link with no money secured in the budget to provide any high-quality service. Nobody expects Conor Murphy to finish the rail upgrade or to lay the tarmac on the new road within months of entering office, but the public certainly expects more than we are getting. The road will now take longer under Conor Murphy than under the direct rule Ministers and is incredible that he is committing no money to improve the rail line."
"While it is perplexing that Sinn Fein have to lobby their own Minister to rectify his stalemate and slippage, SDLP Youth will keep up the pressure on Conor Murphy, Martin McGuinness and all the other Ministers to ensure that Ministers act up for Derry and the Northwest."