Deborah Erskine hits back at ‘400-year-old’ excuse for A5 delays

Ex-SF MP's comments blaming the Ulster Plantation for the A5 road delay have 'let the mask slip'

​A former Sinn Fein MP “let the mask slip” when he blamed the 1609 Ulster Plantation for the party’s inability to deliver the A5 road project, an Ulster Unionist peer has said.

Deborah Erskine hits back at ‘400-year-old’ excuse for A5 delays

Deborah Erskine has hit out at Sinn Féin veteran Francie Molloy after he linked land ownership along the A5 route to the Plantation of Ulster more…

Former Sinn Fein MLA cites 1609 arrival of Protestants in Ulster among excuses for party's inability to deliver A5 road project

A former Sinn Fein MLA has cited the seventeenth century arrival of Protestants in Ulster among the reasons why his former party has not delivered a major road project.

Francie Molloy blames the Plantation of Ulster on delays to the A5 road upgrade…

From the BBC: The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) has accused Sinn Féin of trying to “avoid responsibility for its own failures” after former MP Francie Molloy suggested delays to the A5 upgrade could be linked to landowner opposition rooted in the Plantation of Ulster. The 58-mile (94km) road upgrade project had originally been given the go-ahead by Stormont ministers in October 2024, however it has been repeatedly delayed due to court proceedi…