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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 […]

While there can be doubt that the Northern Ireland Protocol is causing unnecessary difficulties, politically and economically, the solutions are not to be found in brinkmanship, political posturing or in threats to collapse the Assembly. As with most things in Northern Ireland politics, reactions to Jeffery Donaldson’s announcement have been based largely on an ‘us […]

NI Water is calling on the public to take care when using pesticides in the amenity sector – in the garden, on the golf course or other public spaces. Amenity pesticides are defined as those used in the urban environment (defined as any non-agricultural, horticultural, forestry or home or garden use), to maintain amenity and […]

Aontú Leader Peadar Tóibín TD and Aontú Deputy Leader Cllr Denise Mullen have criticised the Stormont Establishment for driving up the cost of living, increasing poverty and inequality, and with wages stagnating. Cllr Mullen: “35% spike in gas prices. 10% increase in house prices. 10% hike in electricity prices. Stagnating wages. Increasing inequality and poverty. […]

A Newry man has been sentenced to four years and two months following a horrific campaign of abuse on his partner. He appeared at Newry Court in April 2021 charged with 13 counts of common assault, two counts of threats to kill, dangerous driving, attempted criminal damage and possession of an offensive weapon with intent […]

NEWRY law firm Donnelly Neary & Donnelly this week welcomed Charlotte Neary to the family firm having completed her professional legal studies at Queens University Belfast.  Charlotte follows in the footsteps of her Great uncle PJ O’Hare and her Grandfather Kevin, parents Kevin and Jenny as well as her bother Daniel in joining the legal […]

Sinn Féin MLA for Newry, Liz Kimmins, has welcomed progress on the planned resurfacing works for the area following a site meeting today.  Liz explained: “Over the last year I have been lobbying on behalf of residents in Cloghogue Heights due to the dire state of the road surface in this area. A number of […]

Responding to a recent speech by the DUP leader Jim Allister said: “Some fine words from the DUP leader this morning, but, of course, it is actions that count. “Presenting the Prime Minister with the stark choice of saving the Protocol or saving the Stormont institutions is a long proclaimed TUV strategy, built on the […]