Joe Cullinane: Last News

Three petitions protesting against controversial planned parking charges in North Ayrshire will now go before council chiefs after being accepted at Tuesday’s Audit and Scrutiny Committee.

Sparks flew as council leader Marie Burns and Labour rival Joe Cullinane faced off for the first time since the election.

Joe Cullinane says Friday's North Ayrshire Council election result has left him "gutted".

Ayrshire stands ready today to offer sanctuary and support to Ukrainians fleeing invading Russian forces.

A new service linked to seven secondary schools in North Ayrshire will help parents, carers and pupils deal with financial matters.

North Ayrshire Council will begin the phased re-opening of services in some of its busiest locations following updated Covid guidance on hybrid working.

More than 100 houses are to be built as part of the latest development at Montgomerie Park in Irvine.

An Ayrshire nuclear plant has been retired this afternoon.

Council offices in Irvine and Saltcoats have closed until at least the middle of January amid growing fears over the Omicron variant.

Nicola Sturgeon has been grilled over the decision to dish out 2,000 new social security jobs to major Scottish cities.

North Ayrshire Council's leader Joe Cullinane has refused to back down over comments he made in a meeting earlier this summer.Councillor Ian Murdoch asked the local authority's leader to consider apologising when he branded a colleague's conduct "shameful".But defiant Councillor Cullinane refused to withdraw the remarks he made about Saltcoats councillor Ronnie McNicol, back in June.He made the jibe at a special meeting of North Ayrshire Council, where councillors discussed the new Ardrossan campus plan.And at the first full meeting of the authority following the summer recess last week, North Coast and Cumbraes Independent, councillor Murdoch, raised the matter.He tabled a written question to be raised during the meeting, asking: "Does the

North Ayrshire.And new wall insulation costing £3 million has been added to 441 properties to keep in heat since 2019.Solar panels have been installed on the rooftops of 290 new and older council homes, which is saving tenants £188 per year.

North Ayrshire Council leader Joe Cullinane has shown off his dramatic weight loss and revealed how lockdown helped change his life for the better.The 34-year-old said ditching quick lunches and easy dinners – and taking up running – had helped him drop below 13 stone for the first time since his university days.The Labour politician, council leader since 2016, decided to go on a self-imposed health kick after several 'crazy' months of working from home due to the coronavirus pandemic.He took just one day off between last March and Christmas – and that was for the birth of his second daughter Caitlin Emily.But Mr Cullinane, councillor for Kilwinning, reckons adapting to his new normal gave him the chance to make much-needed lifestyle

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterNorth Ayrshire doesn’t have a Covid-testing centre because Crosshouse Hospital near Kilmarnock is seen as appropriate, a meeting heard.But new walk-in testing centres are now being considered.Councillor Jim Montgomerie said lots of residents have asked him why they have to travel elsewhere for tests.The Saltcoats politician asked council leader Joe Cullinane why there are no coronavirus testing units in the area at a full North Ayrshire Council meeting this week.Councillor Montgomerie said: “I have suggested a while back I would have liked to see pop up tents in the local towns where people could get tested if they had symptoms.”Council leader

North Ayrshire Council leader Joe Cullinane welcomed his second daughter in to the world today while in lockdown.

The pandemic is set to cost North Ayrshire Council more than £23 million by March.A total of 220 staff at KA Leisure have been furloughed with lost income from closed swimming pools and other hubs set to reach £2.8 million.Finance bosses have calculated council spend and loss of income during the crisis as well as recovery for this financial year.Cabinet councillors were presented with the figures at a meeting last week.Council leader Labour’s Joe Cullinane described the financial impact on councils as “huge” and said he is proud of North Ayrshire’s "quick and effective" response to the crisis.He plans to write to the Scottish and UK Governments to ask for support.The council estimates the cost of feeding 4600 families weekly will amount to