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“Illegal money lenders don’t care about their victims, they are only interested in exerting control and exploiting vulnerable people for their own gain,” Justice Minister Naomi Long has said.  She was speaking as The Northern Ireland Executive Programme to Tackle Paramilitary Activity, Criminality and Organised Crime launched its latest ‘Ending the Harm’ public awareness campaign, which will focus […]

Health Minister Robin Swann has announced new services for the treatment and assessment of post-Covid-19 syndrome, also known as ‘long Covid’. The services include the establishment of a new multidisciplinary assessment service for post-Covid-19 patients.  Speaking today, Minister Swann said: “Covid-19 has presented many challenges, not least for our health service.  And whilst we will continue […]

Our actions now will have a crucial bearing on the direction of the Covid-19 pandemic this summer, Health Minister Robin Swann has emphasised. The Minister was commenting on concerns across these islands about the spread of the Delta variant of the virus. While the number of confirmed Delta cases remain relatively low in NI, experience […]

Last week saw local residents, businesses, council staff and councillors run, cycle and paddle to help raise vital funds for the Oxfam India Covid-19 Appeal – with donations still open! Led by Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council, the calorie busting fundraiser got into gear on Tuesday 8 June at South Lake Leisure Centre […]

Finance Minister Conor Murphy today (Monday 14 June) launched an expansion of the student placement scheme across the civil service. More than 100 placements will be available across a range of areas including accountancy, architecture, civil engineering, communications, law and policy. Launching the scheme, Minister Murphy said: “I am delighted that we are able to offer […]

Sinn Féin Newry Mourne & Down Councillor Aoife Finnegan  has welcomed the expansion of the Affordable Warmth Scheme to help cut the cost of energy bills for even more families in a new plan announced by Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey. The Slieve Gullion area Councillor who recently raised her concerns about  the issue of eligibility […]

Within the past week Saoradh have forced a total of three Crown Force events to be cancelled in the South Armagh and South Down area. These events have been organised by the Policing and Community Safety Partnership in conjunction with the forces of occupation, namely the “PSNI”.  Speaking from Saoradh’s Newry office local party member Cliodhna […]

A progress update on the implementation of the Northern Ireland Mental Health Action Plan has been published today. The Action Plan was first published in May 2020 and contains 38 actions which will improve mental health services going forward. It also includes a plan on dealing with the mental health response to the Covid-19 crisis. […]

The interval between doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca and Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines is to be reduced to a maximum of eight weeks. This will accelerate the vaccination programme as it moves into its final phase and will ensure that people across Northern Ireland have the strongest possible protection from variants of the Covid-19 virus.   The Chief […]

Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council will introduce 300 new car parking spaces at Gosford Forest Park ahead of the busy summer season. The additional parking spaces will be available week commencing 21 June 2021, located opposite the existing car park in the main arena field. This new parking facility, developed using an Eco […]

Liz Kimmins is commenting on the flood alleviation measures planned for Newry.  The Newry and Armagh MLA stated:   “I welcome the investment for flooding prevention measures in Newry this year by the Department for Infrastructure.  The first phase is expected to start soon with contractor awards given out later this year.  “Phase one is […]

Environment Minister Edwin Poots MLA has announced a £200,000 Water Quality Improvement strand (WQIS) of the Environmental Challenge Fund Competition for 2021/2022, to support water quality projects across Northern Ireland. The Minister made his announcement during a visit to a farm in the Faughan Valley, which received almost £7,000 under the 2020/21 Scheme to assist […]