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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 […]
Chief Medical Officer, Professor Sir Michael McBride, and Chief Pharmaceutical Officer, Cathy Harrison, officially launched this year’s community pharmacy flu vaccination programme and received their flu jab in Belfast. The seasonal influenza programme officially began on 1 October 2021, this year the programme is being expanded to help protect the most vulnerable people in our […]
Practical help is being delivered in the heart of local communities thanks to the Department of Justice Assets Recovery Community Scheme, Justice Minister Naomi Long has said. The Minister was speaking at an event in Belfast hosted by the Redeeming Our Communities (ROC) project, which was granted Assets Recovery Community Scheme (ARCS) funding from January […]
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 […]
Killeavy Castle Estate has been awarded the Continent of Europe 2021 Award in the Luxury Castle Hotel category at the recent World Luxury Hotel Awards. The World Luxury Hotel Awards is a recognized global organization providing luxury hotels with recognition for their world class facilities and service excellence provided to guests. Newry, Mourne and Down […]
Aontú Deputy Leader Cllr Denise Mullen has demanded “an immediate cross-border investigation into the UVF use of British Amy weapons” as alleged by UVF killer Garfield Beattie as part of his court testimony recently. Cllr Mullen said: “The court testimony given in recent weeks by the UVF & Glenanne Gang killer who murdered my father […]
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council and The Larder, Newry have teamed up to launch ‘The Pink Present Programme’ to help combat period poverty in local secondary schools. The programme aims to provide free period products to participating schools, to improve access to sanitary products for girls in secondary schools, especially for those who are […]
Sinn Féin MLA, Liz Kimmins said that the Department of Health must act urgently to address the crisis in GP services across the north. Speaking after launching the findings of his access to GP services survey, the Newry and Armagh MLA said: “GP shortages are being felt in GP surgeries all over the north – […]
Things are about to get spooky this Halloween with getactiveabc’s frighteningly good line-up of ghoulish games and eerie events! From the spooktacular fireworks display at Craigavon Lakes to fang-tastic multi-sports camps, there is something for everyone to enjoy as darkness falls this Halloween! Spooktacular Halloween Multi-Sports Camps – Monday 25 – Friday 29 October 2021 […]
The Trust’s ‘Listening Rooms’ facility has opened at Skeagh Cottage in Dromore. The rooms offer a private and comforting space for families that have suffered baby loss, with staff available to guide and signpost those bereaved – mothers, fathers and siblings – to appropriate resources within the Trust and voluntary sector. The facility will also […]
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