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Environment Minister Edwin Poots MLA has announced that the Carrier Bag Levy charge in Northern Ireland will increase from 5 pence to 25 pence from 1st April 2022. The Minister made the announcement during an Oral Statement to the Assembly on Northern Ireland’s first overarching Environment Strategy. In addition to the rise in the Levy, […]

UNISON Northern Ireland is soon to launch a consultation with their members in the HSC. Following a report back from recent meetings with the Health Minister and Department of Health Workforce Directorate officials, their health committee has decided to inform and consult members. Speaking from their Facebook page: “Without an opportunity for collective bargaining denied […]

Police are investigating the theft of a distinctive mountain bike from private property in Lurgan. The bespoke bike (pictured) was hand-built using a Giant Trance frame and has been finished with a bright orange and black coating as well as non-standard accessories.Police believe the unique nature of this bike could prove key. Constable John Anderson said: “This bike will […]

Detectives from the Police Service of Northern Ireland’s Major Investigation Team, investigating the murder of Stephen Barriskill in the Whiteside Hill area of Portadown on 27 October, have charged a 53-year-old man with murder. Connor Lawrence McNeill, 53, of Whitesides Hill in Portadown has been charged with the murder at a residential property in the […]

SDLP Deputy Leader Nichola Mallon MLA has hit out at Sinn Féin’s Conor Murphy “fake news” claims after the SDLP exposed Sinn Féin’s failure to protect families from Universal Credit cuts. Ms Mallon said: “Sinn Féin have spent the evening spinning fake news to cover for their own failure to protect the most disadvantaged in […]

Robin Swann has welcomed the £200million monitoring round allocation for the health service. Minister Swann said: “The vast majority of this funding was available to the Executive as a result of the increased health spending announcements by the UK Government.. The fact that the Executive allocated more than the funding received from this source, with […]

Finance Minister, Conor Murphy has announced an additional £200 million for the health service to meet Covid pressures on hospitals, tackle waiting lists and fund a pay award for health workers. The money comes from the £250 million October monitoring round allocations agreed by the Executive which also sees funding provided for Special Educational Needs, roads […]

Newry, Mourne and Down District Council’s ‘Collaborative Action for the Natura Network’ (CANN) project is a finalist at this year’s prestigious Innovations in Politics Awards. This Europe-wide competition, now in its fifth year, asks politicians from all over Europe to submit their most outstanding political initiatives. The Council’s CANN project was nominated as an exceptional […]