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The Executive has agreed allocations of over £220 million including funding for waiting lists, Special Educational Needs and the Victims Payment Scheme. Announcing the allocations which are part of the June 2021 monitoring round process, Minister Murphy said: “The Executive is committed to ensuring our health service has the funding it needs as it continues to […]

The Irish Government has announced €3m in funding to progress work on the cross-border Narrow Water Bridge, which will link the Mourne mountains area with the Cooley peninsula. The money from the Shared Island Fund will see the project brought to tender stage, based on the current design of the bridge and existing planning permission. […]

A three-year blueprint for rebuilding cancer care in Northern Ireland has today been published by Health Minister Robin Swann. The recovery plan sets out a series of short and medium term initiatives to enhance services badly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Department is currently finalising a 10-year Cancer Strategy for Northern Ireland.  The plan […]

Saoradh party members target two Crown Force “normalisation” events on Tuesday [June 22] with protests taking place in Newry and Meigh in South Armagh. Both events were disrupted as a result of peaceful protests. In just over a fortnight this brings to a total of five RUC events that we have successfully cancelled or disrupted […]

Slamming the upcoming planned twelfth parades Saoradh’s Newry representative Stephen Murney said “As Covid restrictions ease and people get back to a sense of normality, sectarian bigots are straight of the traps to don bowler hats and sashes, the regalia of hate. “Local residents from various parts of Newry have contacted our office recently with […]

A firefighter and one other person have been taken to hospital and a house has been destroyed after a fire caused by an oil tank explosion in Newry on Sunday. It’s after two oil tanks ruptured at Camlough Park before the fire spread to four terraced houses in what a spokesperson for the Northern Ireland Fire and […]

Slieve Gullion area Sinn Féin Councillor Oonagh Magennis has said that residents in Belleek have expressed concern about the proposed erection of a 20 mete Telecommunications Mast in the centre of Belleek village.The local Counciilor said,“Plans by 3 Network to erect a 20 metre mast in the centre of Belleek village have caused concerns amongst […]

Newry and Armagh Sinn Féin MLA commenting after  being informed that no funding had been allocated to Armagh City for the construction of active  travel from the Department for Infrastructure (DfI), said that the news was extremely disappointing. The Newry and Armagh MLA stated: “I was very disappointed to get a response from the Minister […]

Newry, Mourne and Down District Council is supporting the Public Health Agency (PHA) call for asymptomatic people aged 18 to 40 in selected neighbourhoods within the Castlewellan area to come forward for COVID-19 testing. This is a precautionary measure by the PHA, which has identified a number of probable cases of the Delta variant in […]

Northern Ireland’s Covid-19 vaccination centres are now offering first dose appointments to everyone aged 18 and over, as part of the drive to get as many people vaccinated as quickly as possible. In recent weeks, the centres have been focussing on the 18-39 age group, with community pharmacies offering vaccine appointments to those aged 40 […]

Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey has welcomed the findings of an independent report into the Department’s Make the Call Wraparound Service (MtC Wraparound), which found far-reaching positive affects in a diverse range of areas. The Minister was speaking as she met staff from the Service which aims to connect people with the benefits, supports and services […]

£27.25million has issued to 552 businesses under the Department of Finance’s Large NAV Business Grant Scheme. The scheme being delivered by Land & Property Services provides financial support to businesses with a Net Annual Value of over £51,000 which also qualified for the 12 months rates holiday.  Following visits to Exact Group, a precision engineering […]