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Finance Minister, Conor Murphy has set out the Executive’s 2021/22 Budget. Over half a billion of Covid funding will support economic recovery. Support for children and young people is also a focus of the budget. Commenting on the 2021-2022 Budget which includes £13 billion of Resource funding and £1.78 billion of Capital funding, Conor Murphy said: “Covid has […]
Newry 2020 have announced that they will be hosting a major public meeting on Wednesday 14th April to discuss the council’s proposed Newry City Centre Regeneration Programme, which is currently out for public consultation. The group, which was formed over seven years ago to promote urban regeneration, stated “This consultation on the future of our […]
Sinn Féin Councillor Declan Murphy has appealed for calm after a Sign encouraging support for a United Ireland was vandalised in what many locals viewed as a sinister action. The Councillor said, “A sign situated at Highstreet corner on the Camlough Road has been vandalised in what many see as a sinister sectarian attack. Sinn […]
Thousands more employees and employers across Northern Ireland will be able to benefit from regular workforce testing for Covid-19. Health Minister Robin Swann has today announced important plans to expand the current asymptomatic testing programme for workforces. At present, the programme is available to employers in designated sectors with more than 50 employees who cannot […]
Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots MLA has announced a financial support package worth up to £2M for pig farmers who have been impacted by the collapse in prices for cull sows in the last year due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The Minister announced the £2M cull sow support scheme, explaining that: “I met recently with representatives of pig […]
Payments totalling £16.5million to participants in the Environmental Farming Scheme (EFS) have commenced, Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots MLA has announced. The payments for over 60% of EFS Wider and Higher 2020 claims, worth £9.5million, will appear in farmers’ bank accounts within 10 working days. The Department will continue to release the remaining payments as quickly as […]
Sinn Féin councillor for Markethill, Bróna Haughey, has said images and video footage of masked loyalists parading through the streets in the town this evening echoes “shows of strength” in other places across the North and appears to be a deliberate attempt to stir tension rather than a band parade. Bróna Haughey said: “Irresponsible and […]
A man in his 20s was sitting in his vehicle in the Ard Aveen Park area at around 4.40pm Monday 5th April when he was attacked through the open window by another man armed with a knife. The victim was taken to hospital for treatment to his injuries which are thought to be serious but […]
Health Minister Robin Swann has announced an additional £1.3million for Northern Ireland Hospices. The funding, which is non-recurrent, is in recognition of the impact of Covid-19 on the services delivered by the four hospices. Health Minister Robin Swann said: “I am delighted to announce this additional funding for hospices in recognition of the significant pressures brought […]
First Minister Arlene Foster and deputy First Minister Michelle O’Neill have announced the extension and reopening of the Bereaved Self-Directed Assistance Payments Scheme. The scheme, which will be open to bereaved victims and survivors who are not already in receipt of payments from the Victims and Survivors Service (VSS), will reopen from 1 April 2021. […]
Health Minister Robin Swann received his first Astra Zeneca vaccine at a community pharmacy in Ballymena. Speaking after receiving his jab at Ballee Pharmacy, Minister Swann said: “This has been a significant week for vaccine roll-out in Northern Ireland with the opening of the regional vaccination centre at The SSE Arena, the launch of our community pharmacy […]
Justice Minister Naomi Long has announced the launch of a pilot scheme to provide publicly funded independent legal advice to victims of sexual offences. The provision of this additional support and legal advice for victims was identified as a key priority in the Gillen Review into the Law and Procedures in Serious Sexual Offences. The […]
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