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Health Minister Robin Swann has announced additional funding of £1.65million for hospices in Northern Ireland. The funding, which is non-recurrent, is part of additional Covid-19 funding for 2020/21. This is in recognition of the impact of Covid-19 and the additional costs that hospices face as they continue to provide palliative and end of life […]
The labour market statistics have been published by the Northern Ireland Statistics & Research Agency. Almost 10,500 redundancies proposed since March 11,000 collective redundancies were proposed in the twelve months to the end of December, more than double the number recorded in the previous twelve months. Almost 10,500 were proposed in the ten months since […]
Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey has announced a further £13m funding to Co-Ownership to provide assistance to first time buyers struggling to raise a deposit to purchase their own home. The Minister is allocating this funding in response to an increase in demand for Co-Ownership’s shared ownership product. Co-Ownership is seeing an increase in applications as […]
SDLP Newry City Councillor Gary Stokes to bring a motion to Newry, Mourne and Down District Council calling on support for third level students during the Covid 19 Pandemic. Cllr Stokes will be proposing the below motion calling for adequate support for our students at February’s full council meeting. “The Covid-19 Pandemic has affected all […]
Latest figures published by NISRA show that 156 deaths involving Covid-19 occurred in the week 9th to 15th January 2021, the highest weekly number since the pandemic began. The total number of Covid-19 related deaths that occurred up to 15th January 2021 has now reached 2,186. Two days, the 11th and 7th January 2021, saw […]
The once world-famous Whiskey brand, D’Arcy’s Old Irish Whiskey, has enjoyed a spectacular return after a century with launch retail sales topping £100,000 in the Christmas trading period. Matt D’Arcy and Co was first established in 1817 in Newry, gaining a global reputation, before closing in 1918. The brand has now been revived by local […]
Active collaboration and the sharing of information and knowledge will be crucial in addressing the needs of mother and baby home survivors, the First Minister and deputy First Minister have said. They were speaking following a meeting with Roderic O’Gorman, Irish Government Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth. They discussed the report published […]
The Department of Health (DoH) published statistics relating to medical abortions and terminations of pregnancy during 2019/20. The statistical bulletin presents information on the number of medical abortions and terminations of pregnancy during 2019/20. The information release is published on the Department of Health’s website. Key points There were 22 terminations of pregnancy in HSC hospitals […]
Infrastructure Minister Nichola Mallon announced that customers with theory test pass certificates due to expire will be given priority access to the booking system by the Driver & Vehicle Agency (DVA) when practical driving tests are able to resume. Minister Mallon said: “Practical driving tests have been disrupted due to the Executive regulations introduced to help […]
Chief Medical Officers in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland have voiced their concerns about the high levels of Covid-19 and are urging everyone to stay home. Chief Medical Officers Dr Michael McBride and Dr Tony Holohan said: “As CMOs, we are gravely concerned about the unsustainably high level of Covid-19 infection we are […]
Health Minister Robin Swann and Justice Minister Naomi Long have welcomed a new scheme launched by the UK Government for victims of domestic abuse to discretely seek help through pharmacies. The scheme will initially be available in Boots pharmacies, as well as a number of other independent pharmacies. Participating pharmacies will have promotional material on […]
The ‘DVA Monthly Tests Conducted Statistics – December 2020’ report, containing statistics up to December 2020, is now available. The publication is produced by the DVA Statistics Branch of the Department for Infrastructure (DfI), and contains summary volumes on the vehicle, driver, and theory tests conducted by the DfI’s Driver and Vehicle Agency (DVA). […]
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