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Community and Voluntary groups across Northern Ireland, including those from the environment sector, have received almost £4million in support from DAERA during the Covid-19 pandemic, Minister Edwin Poots MLA has said. Minister Poots confirmed that the financial support provided by his Department was increased due to the additional and ongoing pressure on the Community and […]

Education Minister Peter weir has welcomed the Executive’s decision to allow schools to resume a range of activities. The Minister has announced that schools will be permitted to resume extra-curricular activities, inter-schools sports and day educational visits from 24 May, subject to the Executive’s confirmation on 20 May. Welcoming the decision the Minister said: “The Executive […]

Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey welcomed the planned return of spectators to sports events and further reopening of sports activities. Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey said: “I am pleased that as a first step, 500 spectators will be permitted to watch sport whether at an underage game or a professional event.  This is a good sign of progress […]

With more than 130 killed in the past five days Workers Party President, Ted Tynan, has condemned the “…ongoing murderous Israeli aggression against Gaza and police collusion with mobs attacking Arab homes in Israel”. “The grossly disproportionate military force used by Israeli armed forces by air, land and sea, which has already killed 119 Palestinians in […]

Sinn Féin MLA Cathal Boylan has said the network of electric car charging points needs to be improved.  The Newry and Armagh MLA said: “The Chargepoint network needs urgent improvement. Many drivers of electric vehicles have found that many charge points are often out of order across the north. The Electricity Supply Board (ESB) owns the e-car […]

Education Minister Peter Weir has launched a fleet of new high specification school buses at Lagan College. The investment of £13million will see 116 new school buses on the road this month which will transport 3,500 pupils to mainstream and special schools across Northern Ireland. A further £18million will be invested over the coming year. […]

Economy Minister Diane Dodds has announced a one-year pilot project with Northern Ireland’s higher education institutions to tackle the issue of period poverty. Minister Dodds said: “A survey by Plan International UK found that one in 10 young women aged between 14 and 21 in the UK cannot afford to buy sanitary products and one […]

Northern Ireland needs the right, rather than any climate change bill, DAERA Minister Edwin Poots MLA has said. The Minister has expressed his disappointment about the outcome of the recent Private Members Bill, which he says will impact negatively on the agri-food sector and the environment. He said: “The Private Members’ Bill has passed its second […]

After seeing how difficult it was for parents of children with disabilities to get a little time to themselves, Angela Litter thought she could do something to help. After speaking with her husband Vincent, the Portadown couple decided that they could provide support to families and young people and decided to become Short Breaks carers […]

Police have responded to an incident at Daisy Hill Hospital this morning following an attack on staff. A spokesperson for the PSNI said: “A 57-year-old man has been arrested following an incident at Daisy Hill Hospital in Newry at approximately 5.40am this morning, Saturday May 15th. A nurse suffered a cut to her neck/chin area […]

A musician based in South Co. Down has come up with an inventive way to bring live music back to pubs and bars.Ryan McCann, 30, living in Warrenpoint, teamed up with YouTuber Mark Hughes, 35 from Rostrevor, to form Elk Creative Media, a multi platform production company specialising in digital content creation, live streaming and […]

SDLP Assembly Member for Newry and Armagh Justin McNulty MLA has hailed the launch of the SDLP’s New Ireland Commission as the vehicle for a deep and meaningful conversation on what a New Ireland will look like and will involve challenging discussions around the practicalities of how we can get their whilst bring everyone with […]