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Time for Stormont to cut the waffle and deliver on its long overdue programme for government – The Irish News view

There’s too much gobbledygook and not enough real targets in embarrassingly delayed executive plan

Executive pledges £76m to tackle ‘unacceptable’ waiting lists, but SDLP slams lack of ‘clear targets’

Stormont’s draft programme for government was launched on Monday, but the SDLP said ministers should apologise to patients 'languishing on waiting lists'

New bypass to cut journey times to Donegal via Derry

Derry to Inishowen road is ‘most strategically important and busiest crossing point between Donegal and Derry’

SDLP ‘plan for change’ aims to halve childcare costs in five years

The party would also axe the controversial two-child limit.

Watchdog asked to probe ministers’ potential purdah breaches

Executive ministers made positive announcements days before the general election

SDLP to set out alternative vision for Stormont and warns Executive must deliver more than ‘vague aspirations’ and photo shoots

The SDLP Opposition will launch a ‘Plan for Change,’ setting out what Stormont could achieve by the end of the currrent mandate in 2027.

Keir Starmer due in Dublin amid reset of previously-strained Anglo-Irish relations

The Labour leader will be the first PM to visit the Republic since Boris Johnson in 2019

John Manley on the programme of government: Stormont’s past record spurs cynicism around latest pledges

The outline policy plan is big on aspiration but the proof will be in the pudding

Executive acknowledges financial constraints as draft programme for government targets nine areas

Priorities in the policy plan include housing, health and the reform and transformation of the north’s public services

Stormont executive agrees ‘ambitious’ programme for government seven months after devolution restored

First Minister Michelle O’Neill acknowledged that the programme had been agreed under tight financial constraints