
Six Northern Ireland businesses have completed carbon literacy training as part of a new programme designed to help companies understand their environmental impact and work towards implementing more sustainable business strategies. The Climate Action Programme with Danske Bank – a partnership between Danske Bank and Business in the Community NI – is the […]
May 12 2021 | Posted in
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Rural Affairs Minister, Edwin Poots MLA, recently visited two County Down businesses that received grant funding totalling almost £50,000 from DAERA’s pilot Rural Micro Business Growth Scheme. The Growth Scheme provided micro-businesses with grant support to allow for investment in innovation and new technologies so as to improve efficiency and productivity, create growth […]
May 12 2021 | Posted in
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Earlier this year, Dairy brand Dale Farm unveiled a new look, which takes it back to its roots, a farmer-owned, local company, founded on goodness. To celebrate, the company is on a mission to start “a ripple effect of goodness” with a six-week kindness reward campaign. Dale Farm has teamed up […]

Economy Minister Diane Dodds announced the winners of the Northern Ireland Apprenticeship Awards 2021 recently at a virtual ceremony. This year’s ceremony, compered by local presenter Sarah Travers, was the highlight of a week of special events held during Northern Ireland Apprenticeship Week 2021 which recognised the excellence in apprenticeships across the region. […]
May 11 2021 | Posted in
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Rural Affairs Minister Edwin Poots MLA recently visited Castlewellan Forest Park to view the progress of work underway in the Bothy Yard and Arboretum with grant funding of £500,000, awarded to Newry, Mourne and Down District Council (NMDDC), from the Rural Tourism Scheme of DAERA’s Rural Development Programme 2014-2020. Steeped in history and […]
May 11 2021 | Posted in
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Slieve Gullion area Sinn Fein Councillors Aoife Finnegan and Barra O Muirí have said that an assault on two local men in the Crossmaglen Square vicinity had caused great anger within the community. Local Councillor Aoife Finnegan said, “Myself and my colleague Cllr Barra Ó Muirí share the anger and distress of the […]
May 10 2021 | Posted in
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The region’s fastest-growing supermarket retailer, Lidl Northern Ireland, has confirmed the launch of its brand new instant customer rewards app Lidl Plus which will deliver even more savings and benefits to shoppers across the retailer’s network of 41 stores. The announcement comes after a successful trial and roll out of the Lidl Plus […]
May 10 2021 | Posted in
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Northern Ireland Water is undertaking a number of exciting projects to look after our environment and reduce the impact of climate change. Investing in hydrogen, restoring peatlands and exploring other new renewable energy opportunities alongside ambitious tree planting on our lands. To celebrate the start of their mission to plant 1 […]
May 10 2021 | Posted in
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Detectives investigating a report of an assault on two men in Crossmaglen at the weekend are appealing for witnesses and information. Police received a report at around 12:10 am on Sunday 2 May that two men, aged in their twenties and fifties, had been assaulted in the village approximately 10 minutes earlier in […]
May 7 2021 | Posted in
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The world’s largest cargo plane has left Belfast flying three 18-tonne oxygen generators and 1,000 ventilators as part of the UK’s latest response to India’s COVID-19 crisis. Staff at Belfast International Airport worked through the night to load 60 tonnes of life-saving kit, funded by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, aboard the […]
May 7 2021 | Posted in
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