The programme was criticised by several members of the committee as a damaging replacement to the employer-led apprenticeship programme, which did not lead to employment and was potentially de-motivating to students.

BBC: Employment and Learning Committee

Meanwhile, Sinn Fein's Mitchel McLaughlin and Bairbre de Brun will lead a delegation to lobby MPs in London on Thursday ahead of a half-day Westminster debate on the reform of the Royal Ulster Constabulary.

BBC: 'No NI progress for years'

From tainted meat and lead-laced dolls to busted mortgage securities and canceled airline flights, crises are downright de rigueur these days.

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