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27/09/2016
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£205,000 Road Improvement Project To Start In Co Armagh
A £205,000 road improvement project is to start in Loughgall, Co Armagh.
The project on the B77 Red Lion Road is to begin on Thursday 02 October.
Resurfacing will take place on approximately 2.7kilometres of the B77 Red Lion Road from Lissheffield Road to Red Lion Cross Roads. Work is expected to be complete by Monday 24 October.
Diversions will be put in place during the works.
Enniskillen Man Sentenced Over Four Waste Charges
A man from Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh, has been sentenced after pleading guilty to four waste offences.
Stephen Harron was given a 12-month prison sentence, suspended for two years, for each of the four charges which related to the illegal deposit and keeping of controlled waste on a site on Arney Road in Skea.
Officers from the Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) investigated the site, owned by Mr Harron, where more than 19,000 tonnes of mixed domestic and commercial waste was deposited and kept without a waste management licence.
Call For Licensing Bill To Be Made 'Fit For Purpose'
Andy Allen MLA, the Ulster Unionist spokesperson on the committee for Communities at Stormont, has said the new Liquor Licensing bill which has just been tabled is currently "not fit for purpose" and does not offer the necessary modernisation of the law in Northern Ireland.
Mr Allen said: "Modernising licensing laws in Northern Ireland could actually help to revive the night time economy in many of our towns and cities.
"The reform of licensing laws here has been doing the rounds for at least 12 years. However, the Bill as currently presented is not fit for purpose and needs radical amendment. What we have presented before us today does not go far enough.
"One change to the law which is badly needed, is recognition for so called micro-breweries, producers of local, home grown craft beers and ciders. These local companies are being massively restricted by our current licensing laws, and there is nothing in the Bill before us to give them any help whatsoever. They cannot sell their wares on their premises, nor can they avail of the opportunities to sell their produce at Farmers’ Markets or shows.
"Surely now is the time to introduce a new category of licence to permit small brewers to apply for permission to sell at source, as well as an option to apply for occasional extensions to sell at local events."
(CD)
A £205,000 road improvement project is to start in Loughgall, Co Armagh.
The project on the B77 Red Lion Road is to begin on Thursday 02 October.
Resurfacing will take place on approximately 2.7kilometres of the B77 Red Lion Road from Lissheffield Road to Red Lion Cross Roads. Work is expected to be complete by Monday 24 October.
Diversions will be put in place during the works.
Enniskillen Man Sentenced Over Four Waste Charges
A man from Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh, has been sentenced after pleading guilty to four waste offences.
Stephen Harron was given a 12-month prison sentence, suspended for two years, for each of the four charges which related to the illegal deposit and keeping of controlled waste on a site on Arney Road in Skea.
Officers from the Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) investigated the site, owned by Mr Harron, where more than 19,000 tonnes of mixed domestic and commercial waste was deposited and kept without a waste management licence.
Call For Licensing Bill To Be Made 'Fit For Purpose'
Andy Allen MLA, the Ulster Unionist spokesperson on the committee for Communities at Stormont, has said the new Liquor Licensing bill which has just been tabled is currently "not fit for purpose" and does not offer the necessary modernisation of the law in Northern Ireland.
Mr Allen said: "Modernising licensing laws in Northern Ireland could actually help to revive the night time economy in many of our towns and cities.
"The reform of licensing laws here has been doing the rounds for at least 12 years. However, the Bill as currently presented is not fit for purpose and needs radical amendment. What we have presented before us today does not go far enough.
"One change to the law which is badly needed, is recognition for so called micro-breweries, producers of local, home grown craft beers and ciders. These local companies are being massively restricted by our current licensing laws, and there is nothing in the Bill before us to give them any help whatsoever. They cannot sell their wares on their premises, nor can they avail of the opportunities to sell their produce at Farmers’ Markets or shows.
"Surely now is the time to introduce a new category of licence to permit small brewers to apply for permission to sell at source, as well as an option to apply for occasional extensions to sell at local events."
(CD)
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