copenlu/druid huggingface dataset:
Claim: The UUP’s manifesto for the 2022 Assembly election says there is a “persistent and unacceptable attainment gap at GCSE between Protestant and Catholic pupils entitled to free school meals and those not entitled to free school meals.” (UUP, 2022-03-31)
Evidence (2022-12-09): At some point in the future, if the politicians get things wrong, these unfortunate young loyalists may form a kind of reserve army for use in unionism’s last stand against Irish unity. But for the moment – as one Belfast Sinn Feiner put it – "This is a great time to be a republican, but not such a great time to be a loyalist."
Claim: The UUP’s manifesto for the 2022 Assembly election says there is a “persistent and unacceptable attainment gap at GCSE between Protestant and Catholic pupils entitled to free school meals and those not entitled to free school meals.” (UUP, 2022-03-31)
Evidence (2008-05-14): Once again, the University of Ulster are pleased to see that this important issue is getting the attention of politicians and policy makers and we would like to thank the Committee of Inquiry for seeking our views. We would be pleased to supply further information and publications on the studies referred to in this response. [...] Under s75 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998, public authorities including the Department of Health are under an obligation to pay due regard to promoting equality of opportunity in all their functions among those of different age, religious belief, political opinion, racial group, marital status or sexual orientation, and also between men and women, persons with a disability and persons without, and persons with dependents and persons without. [...] Mr Iain McGowan University of Ulster
Claim: One in five school staff in Northern Ireland are assaulted at least once a week. (Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU), 2019-03-20)
Evidence (2019-03-20): The survey data was misinterpreted by ICTU. 1 in 10 of those surveyed experience physical abuse at least once weekly.
Claim: One in five school staff in Northern Ireland are assaulted at least once a week. (Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU), 2019-03-20)
Evidence (2022-02-26): A headline in the Belfast News Letter of 21 March 2019 states "One in five school staff assaulted once a week in Northern Ireland" (sic). The newspaper reported the findings of a survey of education workers by the Northern Ireland Committee of the Irish Committee of Trade Unions (ICTU) Education Group. [...] ICTU’s press release states that "1 on 5 receive physical abuse ONCE a WEEK" (sic). [...] The ICTU inaccurately presented the findings of its education workers survey in their press release. As a consequence, it was misreported by the Belfast News Letter. The survey found that 1 in 10, rather than the claimed 1 in 5, of education workers experience physical abuse at least once a week.
Claim: One in five school staff in Northern Ireland are assaulted at least once a week. (Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU), 2019-03-20)
Evidence (2019-03-21): ONE in five education workers are physically abused once a week, a survey has found. [...] :: One in three education workers experience physical abuse annually :: One in five receive physical abuse once a week :: 83 per cent have been verbally abused in the classroom :: 45 per cent of verbal abusers are parents :: 88 per cent of special education teachers have received verbal or physical abuse [...] "But if you work in one of Northern Ireland's schools in a support role, you could be one of the 51 per cent who have been subjected to a physical incident at work," she said.
Claim: One in five school staff in Northern Ireland are assaulted at least once a week. (Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU), 2019-03-20)
Evidence (2019-03-21): Shock new figures reveal extent of abuse of teachers and staff in schools across Northern Ireland [...] One in five staff are assaulted once a week in schools across Northern Ireland, a shock new survey has revealed. [...] "Everyone expects and is entitled to go to work free from the threat of physical violence but if you work in one of Northern Ireland's schools in a support role, you could be one of the 51% who have been subjected to a physical incident at work,'' she said.
Claim: One in five school staff in Northern Ireland are assaulted at least once a week. (Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU), 2019-03-20)
Evidence (2022-10-21): All described being the target of student aggression in a range of ways, including being hit in the face, punched, kicked and bitten. Researchers found that in several cases staff reported receiving death threats from pupils. [...] "The shocking experiences described by staff who took part in the research reflect a much wider problem highlighted in an earlier survey by UNISON. This found 53% of teaching assistants had experienced physical violence from students in the previous year. [...] "Improving the reporting process around attacks, providing staff with medical and psychological support and ensuring they don’t have to continue working with the young person who’s just assaulted them must be adopted as a matter of urgency. This would also be helpful to pupils given the stress and disruption to learning that violent behaviour can cause.
Claim: One in five school staff in Northern Ireland are assaulted at least once a week. (Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU), 2019-03-20)
Evidence (2019-03-21): "Everyone expects and is entitled to go to work free from the threat of physical violence but if you work in one of Northern Ireland’s schools in a support role, you could be one of the 51% who have been subjected to a physical incident at work," she said. [...] "Just over 55% of primary school teachers have been assaulted at work while almost 90% of special school teachers have been assaulted. [...] "In many schools teachers and support staff receive little or no support when they are assaulted and in a minority of schools the first reaction of management is to blame the staff member for the assault.
Claim: One in five school staff in Northern Ireland are assaulted at least once a week. (Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU), 2019-03-20)
Evidence (2010-03-29): More than a quarter of education staff in Northern Ireland have been physically assaulted by pupils, a union claimed today. [...] ATL branch president in Northern Ireland Andy Brown said: "It is totally unacceptable that poor pupil behaviour continues to be such a widespread problem in schools and colleges, and shocking that over a third of staff have experienced aggression from students’ parents or guardians. [...] Incidents of physical attacks were far more prevalent in primary schools with 48 per cent of staff reporting pupils being physically aggressive, compared with 20 per cent working at secondary level.
Claim: One in five school staff in Northern Ireland are assaulted at least once a week. (Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU), 2019-03-20)
Evidence (2022-05-11): Childhood trauma experienced by four in 10 NI young people [...] The study in the prevalence of childhood trauma in Northern Ireland has just been published in the Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma. [...] Among the potential explanations for higher rates of trauma in Northern Ireland were the continuing effects of the Troubles, including "marginalisation, socio-economic adversity, social deprivation as well as intermittent instances of inter-community violence," the study said.
Claim: One in five school staff in Northern Ireland are assaulted at least once a week. (Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU), 2019-03-20)
Evidence (2024-10-01): Four in five (80%) school staff believe there has been an increase in "hygiene poverty" issues in their school in the last year – and a third of these said the rise has been "significant", according to a poll. The survey, of 500 school staff in the UK who interact with pupils at least five days per week, suggests that nearly three in 10 (28%) have seen children repeatedly miss school because of hygiene poverty.
Claim: One in five school staff in Northern Ireland are assaulted at least once a week. (Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU), 2019-03-20)
Evidence (2019-03-21): Fifth of school staff assaulted once a week in Northern Ireland, say unions One in five school staff here are assaulted once a week, a survey has revealed. [...] "Everyone expects and is entitled to go to work free from the threat of physical violence but if you work in one of Northern Ireland's schools in a support role, you could be one of the 51% who have been subjected to a physical incident at work," she said.
Claim: One in five school staff in Northern Ireland are assaulted at least once a week. (Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU), 2019-03-20)
Evidence (2019-03-21): Fifth Of NI School Staff Assaulted Once A Week One in five school staff in Northern Ireland are assaulted once a week, according to a recent survey. [...] The Chair of the NIC-ICTU Education Group Denise Walker (GMB) said: "Everyone expects and is entitled to go to work free from the threat of physical violence but if you work in one of Northern Ireland's schools in a support role, you could be one of the 51% who have been subjected to a physical incident at work. 43% of whom reported having been a victim of physical violence weekly.
Claim: One in five school staff in Northern Ireland are assaulted at least once a week. (Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU), 2019-03-20)
Evidence (2019-03-21): The extent of violence in Northern Ireland’s schools has been laid bare in a shock new survey. [...] Chair of the Union, Denise Walker said: "Everyone expects and is entitled to go to work free from the threat of physical violence but if you work in one of Northern Ireland’s schools in a support role, you could be one of the 51% who have been subjected to a physical incident at work. [...] Vice-chair of the Union, Maxine Murphy-Higgins added: "The figures in this survey are truly shocking. Just over 55% of primary school teachers have been assaulted at work while almost 90% of special school teachers have been assaulted.
Claim: One in five school staff in Northern Ireland are assaulted at least once a week. (Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU), 2019-03-20)
Evidence (2019-03-21): One in five Northern Irish school staff are assaulted once a week, a survey has revealed. "Forty three per cent of whom reported having been a victim of physical violence weekly.
Claim: One in five school staff in Northern Ireland are assaulted at least once a week. (Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU), 2019-03-20)
Evidence (2023-11-20): Liam McGuckin, NAHT's NI president, said the action was "the last resort" for school leaders after "a year of dispute with no progress".
Claim: One in five school staff in Northern Ireland are assaulted at least once a week. (Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU), 2019-03-20)
Evidence (2019-03-21): One in five Northern Irish school staff are assaulted once a week, a survey has revealed. [...] "Everyone expects and is entitled to go to work free from the threat of physical violence but if you work in one of Northern Ireland’s schools in a support role, you could be one of the 51% who have been subjected to a physical incident at work," she said. [...] "In many schools teachers and support staff receive little or no support when they are assaulted and in a minority of schools the first reaction of management is to blame the staff member for the assault.
Claim: One in five school staff in Northern Ireland are assaulted at least once a week. (Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU), 2019-03-20)
Evidence (2022-07-11): Within the group of organisations reporting cyber attacks, 31% of businesses and 26% of charities estimate they were attacked at least once a week. One in five businesses (20%) and charities (19%) say they experienced a negative outcome as a direct consequence of a cyber attack, while one third of businesses (35%) and almost four in ten charities (38%) experienced at least one negative impact. [...] Among those identifying any breaches or attacks, around half of businesses (49%) and almost half of charities (44%) say this happens once a month or more often and around three in ten businesses (31%) and a quarter of charities (26%) say they experience breaches or attacks at least once a week. The overall pattern of the frequency, shown in Figure 5.5, is similar to 2021.
Claim: One in five school staff in Northern Ireland are assaulted at least once a week. (Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU), 2019-03-20)
Evidence (2005-01-19): Finnegan, who died in January 2002, had also abused boys at St. Colman’s College, a prestigious Catholic boys’ secondary school in Newry, Northern Ireland. He taught there from 1967 to 1971 and again from 1973 to 1976, when he was appointed president of the school. He served in that post until 1987. [...] Admitted on October 9, 2014 to sample charges of indecently assaulting four boys as young as 10 at St Mary’s CBS primary school in Mullingar between 1984 and 1987. Jailed for two years at Mullingar Circuit Court sitting in Tullamore. This concluded a ten-year investigation by detectives in Mullingar. [...] When Smyth returned to Kilnacrott in 1983, he again began abusing children in Belfast, including the girl who, on February 23, 1990, would meet with a social worker at the Catholic Family Welfare Society in Belfast and start all the Smyth revelations.
Claim: One in five school staff in Northern Ireland are assaulted at least once a week. (Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU), 2019-03-20)
Evidence (2023-08-14): Dissident republicans said they were behind two similar attacks in December and January. [...] There were five pipe bomb attacks on houses in the west of Northern Ireland in a week - two of them claimed by a group calling itself Republican Action Against Drugs.
Claim: Translink spoke about their hope that the Glider would reduce journey times on public transport by 25%. (Cindy Stubberfield, the Glider project engagement manager, 2018-08-25)
Evidence (2018-08-25): 45 minutes — Dundonald Park & Ride to Belfast city centre 44 minutes — McKinstry roundabout to Belfast city centre
Claim: Translink spoke about their hope that the Glider would reduce journey times on public transport by 25%. (Cindy Stubberfield, the Glider project engagement manager, 2018-08-25)
Evidence (2024-01-31): Translink launched their Glider system back in 2018, saying it was an effortless and smooth way to travel. [...] Each Glider service operates with an eco-hybrid fleet, described as a ‘tram on wheels’, that aims to make city centre travel more convenient and hassle-free. With Translink claiming that the Glider service leads to a 25% reduction in public transport journey times, and with services arriving every 7-8 minutes, it's a convenient service.
Claim: Translink spoke about their hope that the Glider would reduce journey times on public transport by 25%. (Cindy Stubberfield, the Glider project engagement manager, 2018-08-25)
Evidence (2022-10-21): The introduction of Glider has provided a modern, safe, accessible, efficient and high quality public transport service which has encouraged more people to travel by public transport instead of the private car. [...] In order to provide more reliable journey times, Glider halts are around 400 metres apart. Where there are key locations of high demand, halts are closer together. This means that the number of bus stops on the BRT routes was reduced by about a third. [...] Optimum priority is given to Glider vehicles at signalised junctions to ensure reliable journey times. BRT bus lanes are generally 3 metres wide and have been resurfaced over the majority of the route to ensure a high ride quality. Adjoining footways have also been reconstructed to improve the surface for pedestrians. Improvements have been made to surface drainage systems with more extensive use of side inlet gullies to further enhance ride quality, reduce road noise and prevent damage to the ironwork.
Claim: Translink spoke about their hope that the Glider would reduce journey times on public transport by 25%. (Cindy Stubberfield, the Glider project engagement manager, 2018-08-25)
Evidence (2021-10-25): Glider: New route not orange or green issue, Translink says Translink's chief executive has said he is disappointed the debate over the proposed Glider bus route in north Belfast was regarded by some as an "orange and green" issue. [...] A consultation on different options as part of plans to extend the Glider beyond its existing routes in east and west Belfast ended this month.
Claim: Translink spoke about their hope that the Glider would reduce journey times on public transport by 25%. (Cindy Stubberfield, the Glider project engagement manager, 2018-08-25)
Evidence (2023-03-29): This report presents statistics on public transport operated by Translink in Northern Ireland and it brings together information on public transport journeys, vehicles and staff. [...] Public Transport Vehicles - At the end of March 2022, there were 1,064 Ulsterbuses, 262 Metro buses and 34 Gliders in operation which were, on average, 9.4 years, 8.8 years and 3.6 years old respectively. [...] Public Transport Staff - The average number of staff employed by Translink in 2021-22 was 4,064, 74% of those in relation to buses (3,027) and 26% of those in relation to rail (1,037).
Claim: Translink spoke about their hope that the Glider would reduce journey times on public transport by 25%. (Cindy Stubberfield, the Glider project engagement manager, 2018-08-25)
Evidence (2023-10-27): Described as a "tram on wheels", Translink’s Glider service – which first launched in late 2018 – is a smooth and effortless way to travel around the city. [...] Translink Metro runs a bus service from the Colin and Dundonald Glider halts to nearby residential areas. [...] An mLink adult day ticket for the Glider is £3.70, while a child day ticket is £1.85, and this is valid for travel across the Metro and Glider network for a full day.
Claim: Translink spoke about their hope that the Glider would reduce journey times on public transport by 25%. (Cindy Stubberfield, the Glider project engagement manager, 2018-08-25)
Evidence (2024-01-01): Timetables for Translink bus and rail services are available at the link below.
Claim: Translink spoke about their hope that the Glider would reduce journey times on public transport by 25%. (Cindy Stubberfield, the Glider project engagement manager, 2018-08-25)
Evidence (2024-08-19): Liverpool City Region residents are getting a sneak peek of a new rapid transport ‘glider’ set to speed up journeys to Liverpool John Lennon Airport and football stadia by 2028. [...] The vehicle is on loan from Translink in Northern Ireland where it is part of a 34-strong Glider fleet, and during its visit will be on display to the public at various locations throughout the Liverpool City Region. Since the Glider network began operation in Belfast in 2018 it has replaced more than 2.5 million car trips while cutting journey times by up to 25%. [...] "This is not the end of the story either. I remain committed to building the world class transport system our region deserves. Having a glider doesn’t mean that we won’t one day see a tram or rail station at the airport, but is an outstanding solution that will make an immediate difference to getting people around."
Claim: Translink spoke about their hope that the Glider would reduce journey times on public transport by 25%. (Cindy Stubberfield, the Glider project engagement manager, 2018-08-25)
Evidence (2021-10-25): Glider: New route not orange or green issue, Translink says - Published Translink's chief executive has said he is disappointed the debate over the proposed Glider bus route in north Belfast was regarded by some as an "orange and green" issue. [...] A consultation on different options as part of plans to extend the Glider beyond its existing routes in east and west Belfast ended this month.
Claim: Translink spoke about their hope that the Glider would reduce journey times on public transport by 25%. (Cindy Stubberfield, the Glider project engagement manager, 2018-08-25)
Evidence (2024-01-31): Translink and the Department for Infrastructure are moving forward on plans to extend the Glider service to North and South Belfast, with proposed routes set to be finalised in summer 2021. [...] With Translink claiming that the Glider service leads to a 25% reduction in public transport journey times, and with services arriving every 7-8 minutes, the convenience is clear. [...] Following this statement from Translink, a Department for Infrastructure spokesperson said: "The Department recognises the success of the east-west Glider service and the contribution it has made to Minister Mallon’s drive to deliver sustainable transport infrastructure.
Claim: Translink spoke about their hope that the Glider would reduce journey times on public transport by 25%. (Cindy Stubberfield, the Glider project engagement manager, 2018-08-25)
Evidence (2021-08-01): I remember when Glider was first launched on the east/west route a few years ago. Before it got off the ground, it was fashionable to dump on it (a common pattern for public transport projects on this island). People argued that it could not even get around corners. A few shop owners predicted that the removal of parking spaces would destroy their businesses. Parents argued that they could not drop off their kids at school. Taxi drivers complained. All of these complaints more or less disappeared when the service was launched. [...] Why does Glider work ? Branding it to make it seem like something more than just a bendy bus plays more of a role than people might like to admit. The real key, though, is off-board ticketing. A significant cause of timetable slip and slow service is the need to issue tickets and change. By getting dwell times at stops down to a predictable level, coupled with well-enforced bus lanes, you build confidence in the reliability of the system in a way that attracts more users. Like everything in life, Glider represents a compromise. A tram system would be more scalable, would attract more passengers, and would be more environmentally friendly. But it would also cost significantly more to build and operate. The government argues that it cannot justify the additional cost. I don’t agree with this judgement, but for the time being at least, we need the eggs. Glider will never be as good as a tram, but it gets us part of the way there for relatively little outlay.
Claim: Translink spoke about their hope that the Glider would reduce journey times on public transport by 25%. (Cindy Stubberfield, the Glider project engagement manager, 2018-08-25)
Evidence (2020-11-08): Translink launched their Glider system back in 2018, saying it was an effortless and smooth way to travel. [...] With Translink claiming that the Glider service leads to a 25% reduction in public transport journey times, and with services arriving every 7-8 minutes, it's a convenient service. [...] An mLink adult day ticket for the Glider is £2.80, and this is valid for travel across the whole Metro and Glider network for one day.