O’Conall Street

Bimpe Fatogun in the Irish News has a good account of yesterday’s events in the Assembly when Environment Minister Arelene Foster did the right thing by reversing her minded decision to grant Seymour Sweeney planning permission for the development of a visitors centre at the Giant’s Causeway. Minister Foster has maintained all along that she acted in good faith throughout this episode and yesterday’s announcement, although a volte face, will strengthen her ministerial reputation.

The SDLP voted against the budget as they did against the Programme for Government and Iris Robinson bites back in style in her column in the Newsletter. The SDLP faces a big challenge to explain its opposition in a way which the public understand. So far the O’Conall Street jury is out on whether they are doing so effectively.

Has the Forster Flop entered the political lexicon or will it be that if you square up the Robinsons you can expect to end up on the receiving end of the Ronsinsons squared?

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