CLANRYE NEWS

Sinn Féin MLA for Newry and Armagh Liz Kimmins has slammed the DUP economy minister for his continued failure to get the High Street Voucher Scheme up and running.  Liz Kimmins said:  “This £100 scheme has been talked about for a year now and three consecutive DUP ministers have so far failed to get the High […]

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Speaking at a TUV event in South Antrim on Saturday Jim Allister said:- “Organised Unionism has overall moved forward in opposing the Union-dismantling Protocol, though, sadly, the UUP has lost its way and slipped backwards. “From a ill-considered start of speaking of “opportunities” within the Protocol and despising those who wished to keep fighting it, […]

The new Regional Suicide Prevention Care Pathway has been launched in the South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust. The pathway has been developed as part of the Towards Zero Suicide (TZS) initiative. Speaking at the launch, Chief Medical Officer, Professor Sir Michael McBride said: “Today is World Suicide Prevention Day and this year’s theme is ‘Creating […]

Speaking on the 46 th Anniversary of her father’s murder by the Glenanne Gang, Aontú Deputy Leader and Councillor for Mid Ulster, Denise Mullen, has spoken about the continued pain and trauma that victims of the Glenanne Gang and their families are forced to endure – still fighting for justice and truth for their loved […]

Education settings will no longer be asked to carry out contact tracing of pupils following an agreement between the departments of Education and Health. Starting tomorrow, contact tracing in schools will be taken forward primarily by the Public Health Agency’s (PHA) Contact Tracing Service, which brings Northern Ireland into line with that of England, Scotland […]

Following a recent external recruitment process, Health Minister Robin Swann has appointed Professor Siobhan O’Neill as the Mental Health Champion for Northern Ireland. Professor O’Neill is the current Interim Mental Health Champion and Professor of Mental Health Sciences at Ulster University. She is one of Northern Ireland’s leading experts in the field of mental health, […]

Health Minister Robin Swann has announced the allocation of the first tranche of grants to organisations providing vital support for carers.  Almost £600,000 of the £4.4m Support for Carers Fund has been awarded to groups across Northern Ireland. It’s part of a £24m package of funding made available in response to the COVID-19 pandemic to […]

Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey has urged students to check if they could be entitled to benefits by using the Department for Communities’ Make the Call Wraparound service. Minister Hargey was speaking as students began returning to college and university at the start of the academic year. The Make the Call service aims to connect people […]

A Newry man who is accused of burgling a house and robbing a set of house and car keys will face Crown Court proceedings next month. The 36-year-old appeared at the city’s Magistrates’ Court for the purposes of a preliminary enquiry (PE), the legal process during which a case is referred to the higher court. Daryll […]

East Belfast Ulster Unionist MLA Andy Allen MBE has called on the Department for the Economy to clearly set out  clarity on the timetable and what contingency plans it has in place should there be any further delays in rolling out the High Street Voucher scheme. Mr Allen said: “The High Street Voucher (stimulus) scheme was […]

Responding to comments by European Commission Vice President Maros Sefcovic in Queen’s University recently Jim Allister said: “While Sir Jeffery Donaldson said he was “encouraged” by his meeting with Mr Sefcovic yesterday, comments by the EU Commission’s Vice President in QUB will be of no comfort to Unionists. He explicitly claimed that the Protocol was […]