The Latest Breaking News from Daithi MacGabhann

MPs back Daithi’s Law on organ donation

The six-year-old Belfast boy travelled to Westminster to watch as the regulations were approved in the Commons

The Independent UK · Feb 22, 2023

Northern Ireland family travel to Westminster as MPs set to back Daithi’s Law

Mairtin MacGabhann, father of six-year-old Daithi – who is waiting for a heart transplant – said it was ‘an emotional day’.

The Independent UK · Feb 22, 2023

Commons to pass ‘Daithi’s Law’ bill and delay NI assembly election

The Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill is expected to move through all stages in the House of Commons on Wednesday

The Independent UK · Feb 22, 2023

Protocol deal must address ‘democratic deficit’ in NI, DUP MP insists

Sinn Fein’s Michelle O’Neill said the DUP had to stop holding people in Northern Ireland ‘to ransom’.

The Independent UK · Feb 15, 2023

Bid to restore Stormont to pass organ donation law ends in failure

The DUP again blocked the attempt to reconvene Northern Ireland’s powersharing legislature.

The Independent UK · Feb 14, 2023

MLAs to return to Stormont in doomed bid to pass organ donation law

The DUP has said it will continue to block the election of a speaker at Stormont as part of its protest against the NI Protocol.

The Independent UK · Feb 14, 2023

Bid to pass organ donation law at Westminster ‘highly unlikely’ to succeed

The Executive Formation Bill is scheduled to be brought before Westminster later this month.

The Independent UK · Feb 13, 2023

Stormont parties urged to work together to pass regulations for Daithi’s Law

However the DUP has claimed another Assembly recall is about ‘stunt politics’.

The Independent UK · Feb 13, 2023

DUP will not drop block on Stormont Assembly sitting over organ donation law

MLAs have been recalled to Stormont next Tuesday in an attempt to elect a Speaker and debate the implementation of the legislation.

The Independent UK · Feb 12, 2023

RMT strikes to continue, says Mick Lynch, after members reject ‘dreadful’ pay offers – as it happened

RMT general secretary says members could not accept offer he says would make railways less safe

The Guardian - UK · Feb 10, 2023