Published Date:
05 November 2008
By Staff reporter
Following the release of a new report indicating that 8,000 construction jobs have been lost or are under threat in Northern Ireland, Sinn Féin Foyle Assembly member Raymond McCartney said the decision by the DUP to stall for the past year on the Long Kesh site was directly contributing to job losses in the construction industry.
"The CEF (Constructors Employers Federation) Report indicates that 8,000 construction jobs have been lost or are under threat. This at a time when the DUP continue to stall on the issue of the Long Kesh site,” Mr. McCartney commented.
The Long Kesh site consists of hundreds of acres and initially there is the potential for hundreds if not thousands of construction jobs, Mr McCartney said.
"Firstly Edwin Potts failed to act. Now Gregory Campbell alienates sporting bodies and ordinary nationalists with almost every single public pronouncement he makes. No doubt the DUP will cry crocodile tears over the situation faced by the construction industry while at the same time failing to acknowledge that they have directly contributed to this situation because of their inaction,” he added.
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Last Updated:
04 November 2008 12:39 PM
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Source:
Foyle News
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Location:
Derry
