
The Department of Health has published its latest detailed breakdown of Northern Ireland’s vaccination numbers. The programme continues to make excellent progress, with the addition of a number of new cohorts in recent weeks. Patricia Donnelly, head of NI’s vaccination programme, says, “We are significantly ahead of our original schedule and our Trust […]
Mar 4 2021 | Posted in
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Police have charged a 28-year-old man with endangering the safety of an aircraft. The charge follows an incident in Newry on 1 March. It is believed a laser was shone at a police helicopter. As is normal procedure, the charge will be reviewed by the Public Prosecution Service. He […]
Mar 4 2021 | Posted in
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Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey has announced that the first funding awards from the £25million Sports Sustainability Fund have issued. The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has caused significant financial hardship for the sports sector and this fund was co-designed with the Sporting Codes to help mitigate against the net losses that the sector has suffered. […]
Mar 4 2021 | Posted in
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Economy Minister Diane Dodds has announced that a skills development support scheme will remain free for businesses until the end of March 2022. Skills Focus is a post-employment training programme that is open to small and medium enterprises (SMEs), including social enterprises, with fewer than 250 employees. Last May the Minister […]
Mar 4 2021 | Posted in
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A disabled children’s charity has issued a plea for donations following an influx of applications for support from parents in Newry. Caudwell Children has pledged to provide thousands of families across the UK with essential sensory equipment for children to use at home during the Covid-19 pandemic – with each family receiving a […]
Mar 4 2021 | Posted in
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Health Minister Robin Swann and Education Minister Peter Weir have launched a new joint strategy for care-experienced children and young people. The ‘A Life Deserved: “Caring” for Children and Young People in Northern Ireland’ strategy aims to improve the well-being of children and young people, who are already in care, at risk of […]
Mar 3 2021 | Posted in
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A local woman is urging others to consider volunteering for the NSPCC-run service after she decided to dedicate her spare time to helping children and young people during the lockdown. Iris Brennan, 54, originally from Israel, lives in Lisburn with her partner and says lockdown helped her take the plunge and finally swap […]
Mar 3 2021 | Posted in
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A new Text-a-Nurse service has been launched to provide young people with a secure and confidential text messaging service to a school nurse for advice and support. The service is aimed at 11 to 19-year-olds and will be delivered by the School Nursing Teams. Welcoming the new initiative Education Minister, Peter […]
Mar 3 2021 | Posted in
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A new online system to register a complaint about public authorities failing to implement environmental law has gone live, Environment Minister Gordon Lyons MLA has announced. A new body, the Interim Environmental Governance Secretariat (IEGS), has been established on a temporary basis now that the European Commission no longer has an environmental oversight […]
Mar 2 2021 | Posted in
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Health Minister Robin Swann has launched a new campaign to help promote distance awareness. The campaign uses a consistent and instantly recognisable symbol, the Distance Aware Shield to help remind people to maintain a social distance. Organisations and individuals can support the campaign by wearing a badge or displaying a poster with the […]
Mar 2 2021 | Posted in
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