Sue Holmes

NI Water: Waiting for the FOIs to appear…

Mick Fealty on July 22, 2010, 2:36 pm | Readers 13

There are some really interesting (unhysterical) conversations (scroll down) being stirred up by the NI Water story, if it can yet be called a story. All we have so far are fragmentary threads the substance of which barely adds up to the sum of the parts. That’s because we are waiting for FOI requests to be returned from some of the several institutional parties to the ‘story’. What matters in all of this is not the sacking of the NEDs …

NI Water: Contractor starts legal proceedings against MacKenzie and the Bel Tel

Mick Fealty on July 20, 2010, 12:04 pm | Readers 28

Slugger understands that Sue Holmes – whose contract with NI Water sparked what some might term an internal witch hunt – has started legal proceedings against the Belfast Telegraph and Laurence MacKenzie for an alleged breach of a confidentiality agreement she signed with NI Water. Slugger understands Ms Holmes also has other actions in play. Given Mr MacKenzie’s recent directive against any member of staff talking to UTV, it is not clear how this news will go down inside the …