October 2009 news releases
- 30 October 2009 - Delay of Employment Support Allowance benefit payment to Post Office Card Account holders
- 29 October 2009 - £10,000 Confiscation Order granted against Cookstown woman
- 29 October 2009 - Ritchie announces funding for Coalisland schools
- 29 October 2009 - Margaret Ritchie holds public forum in Strabane
- 29 October 2009 - Ritchie invites views on regeneration plans for some of Belfast's most deprived areas
- 28 October 2009 - Three convicted of benefit fraud at Belfast Court
- 27 October 2009 - Newtownards woman convicted of benefit fraud
- 27 October 2009 - Ritchie announces training programme for Coalisland residents
- 26 October 2009 - Ritchie announces further funding boost for Derry’s Waterside
- 26 October 2009 - Woman convicted of benefit fraud at Belfast Court
- 26 October 2009 - Funding boost for Ballyclare Secondary School – Ritchie
- 23 October 2009 - Woman convicted of benefit fraud at Strabane court
- 23 October 2009 - Ritchie launches research report into Newry education
- 23 October 2009 - Dunmurry woman convicted of benefit fraud at Lisburn court
- 22 October 2009 - New Social Fund Commissioner Appointed
- 22 October 2009 - Ritchie announces funding for Dungannon West Renewal Ltd
- 21 October 2009 - Ritchie calls for views on regeneration of Antrim Town Centre
- 21 October 2009 - Ritchie opens £900,000 business centre in Clady, Portglenone
- 20 October 2009 - Two women convicted of benefit fraud at Belfast Court
- 20 October 2009 - Ritchie calls for public's views on the future regeneration of Craigavon
- 20 October 2009 - Ritchie welcomes start of work in Lurgan and Portadown town centres
- 20 October 2009 - Postal dispute and benefit payments advice
- 19 October 2009 - Ritchie announces funding boost for Dungannon Youth Centre
- 16 October 2009 - Four convicted of benefit fraud at Londonderry Court
- 16 October 2009 - Man convicted of benefit fraud at Armagh Court
- 16 October 2009 - Belfast Streets Ahead design team award a first for Northern Ireland
- 15 October 2009 - New business park opened in Blackwatertown
- 15 October 2009 - Ritchie announces start of environmental improvement works in Brownlow
- 13 October 2009 - Six convicted of benefit fraud at Belfast court
- 13 October 2009 - Man convicted of benefit fraud at Newtownards Court
- 13 October 2009 - Portadown man convicted of benefit fraud
- 13 October 2009 - Six month countdown to State Pension changes
- 08 October 2009 - Londonderry man convicted of benefit fraud
- 08 October 2009 - Man convicted of benefit fraud at Newry Court
- 08 October 2009 - Bangor woman convicted of benefit fraud
- 07 October 2009 - Nine convicted of benefit fraud at Belfast Court
- 06 October 2009 - Ritchie funds entrance features at Ballee Estate, Ballymena
- 05 October 2009 - Coleraine woman convicted of benefit fraud
- 02 October 2009 - Ritchie opens Learning Disability Housing in Bessbrook
- 01 October 2009 - Londonderry man convicted of benefit fraud
- 01 October 2009 - Ritchie encourages older people to check their entitlement
