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Robinsons warning to unions

Two quizzed over death

A 60-YEAR-OLD man whose body was found in his home in Dromore, Co Down, has been named locally as George Bowman. Two men, aged 34 and 37, were arrested following the discovery at the house in Mountview Drive on Tuesday night. Dromore councillor Paul Rankin said: There are no conclusions about the cause of death. See page 5

You cant stop the shake-up

By SaM McBRIdE Political Correspondent
sam.mcbride@newsletter.co.uk

Biker killed in M2 crash

A MOTORCYCLisT was killed on the M2 near Belfast last night. it is understood that a car and the motorcyclist were in collision at the Greencastle junction at around 7.30pm. A number of passing medical staff stopped to try and help the casualty. Police advised drivers at 8.30pm that traffic was being diverted off the motorway at Greencastle. See page 5

PETER Robinson has delivered a tough message to trade unions, warning that radical changes to the public sector in Northern ireland cannot be stopped. in a speech to business leaders yesterday against a backdrop of looming public sector strike action, the first minister said that those who oppose reforms made inevitable by shrinking budgets can shape, but not stop, change. Mr Robinsons intervention came just hours after health minister Edwin Poots said that some patients in Northern ireland may have to pay for some treatment under the NHs.

The DUP health minister said that women who choose to have their babies by Caesarean section, but medically could have a natural birth, may have to pay. in a speech to about 200 business leaders at a Confederation of British industry (CBi) lunch yesterday, Mr Robinson did not mention trade unions by name, but it was clear who he was referring to. However, Bumper Graham from the public service union NiPsA accused the first minister of getting too close to business rather than fighting the cuts. speaking in the ballroom of the La Mon House Hotel, the first minister said that he was not ideologically opposed to private businesses providing public services. i am not someone who believes that the public sector has a monopoly of knowledge or a divine right to be the sole provider of public services. Turn to page 8

Tributes to crash victim

A YOUNG Farmers Club patron and grandfather of a former Ulster rugby player has died following a road crash in Larne. Ussher Mcilwaine, 80, a well-known farmer in the area and all-round popular gentleman, passed away on Tuesday night after the quad he was driving collided with a car at around 7pm. The accident happened on the Ballysnod Road, where his family owns a farm, run by his son Dennis. See page 7

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