Black Welcomes All-
North Antrim Assembly
candidate Cllr Orla Black has welcomed the announcement that an all-Ireland
free travel scheme for senior citizens will be in place from April.
Cllr Black said: “The
SDLP has long campaigned for the introduction of this scheme and is now
extremely delighted that it will be available to senior citizens North and
South from April.
“Senior citizens in
the South have enjoyed free travel for over forty years while in the North free
travel has been available for the past four years. But until now it has not
been possible for senior citizens from North and South to travel freely in each
other’s jurisdiction.
“Now the whole of
“Free travel is a
great benefit to senior citizens enabling them to visit family and friends more
frequently that would otherwise be possible.
“The two governments
are to be congratulated on bringing the scheme forward. It is another good
example of the SDLP’s belief that North-South
cooperation does indeed make sense.”