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Click on the link below to apply for the £100 high street voucher scheme. From September 27 to October 25, applicants will be asked to apply through NI Direct. For verification purposes in order to reduce the risk of fraud and error, each applicant will be asked to provide: 📌Name📌Address📌Age📌Gender📌Disability status📌National insurance number📌Email address📌Telephone number […]

Cllr Emmet Doyle Aontú spokesperson on the Health Service has hit out at Colm Eastwood over his calls for mandatory vaccine passes for health care professionals in the six counties. Speaking today, Cllr Doyle stated, said: “It is alarming that at a time when hospitals are near or even breaching capacity, with huge waiting lists […]

A Newry man who headbutted a woman has been sentenced to eight months in prison. Nicholas Martin Parkes, of John Mitchel Street, pleaded guilty to two counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, common assault and resisting police at the city’s Magistrates court. The defendant has been sentenced to eight months in prison.

Rowallane Alliance Party Councillor Patrick Brown has slammed Councillors and Council officials for undermining the findings of the Newry regeneration project public consultation. The comments come following a meeting of Newry, Mourne and Down District Council’s NCCR committee. Speaking on the issue Councillor Brown said: “Last year councillors managed to secure a full public consultation […]

The National Lottery Heritage Fund and ABC Council invest £6.3m to revive Armagh City’s historic built heritage and beauty Potential UK City of Culture winner Armagh City is powering ahead with a major £6.3 million investment to revive and transform some of its best-loved historic buildings and streetscapes. Up to 15 iconic buildings are being […]

SDLP leader Colum Eastwood has called for Covid-19 vaccine passports to be introduced for entry into pubs and restaurants in Northern Ireland. The Foyle MP was speaking after Health Minister Robin Swann warned of continuing pressures on hospitals and healthcare staff. Mr Eastwood said: “My view is we have to do it, because if we don’t do […]

Childcare in Northern Ireland is in crisis. Costs here are the second highest in Europe, there are not enough places to cope with demand and one third of local parents say that childcare costs are their largest monthly outgoing, exceeding their rent or mortgage. Parents are having to cut back on their hours, leave their […]

“Love Island 2021 Star Matt McNabb took time out of his hectic schedule to call up to the Southern Area Hospice last week to help them promote entry sales for their current Car Competition. The guys done a fun video replicating a scenario from the TV show which can be viewed on the Southern Area […]

Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council has launched a new recycling bin campaign ‘ABC Recycles’ for residents in the Armagh and Cusher District Electoral Area (DEA) to standardise the collection of dry recyclables for households across the borough. Last year the overwhelming response to a public consultation, carried out by the Council on the […]

NI Water’s first video competition is now open for secondary school pupils across Northern Ireland as young people are invited to submit entries on the theme of ‘The Value of Our Water Environments’. With some great tech prizes up for grabs for both schools and pupils, entries can be either a video photobook or short […]