HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is reminding working families in Northern Ireland that they can use Tax-Free Childcare to help pay for their childcare costs over the summer. Tax-Free Childcare – a childcare top-up for working parents – can be used to help pay for accredited holiday clubs, childminders or sports activities – […]
Manager Barry Gray adds his second summer signing with the addition of Jonathan Leddy. Leddy most recently played at Ballinmallard FC. Before that, he represented Ipswich Town in addition to the Republic of Ireland at youth level. The player says he is delighted with the move. He said, “I […]
Health Minister Robin Swann has called on employers to show flexibility with employees over Covid-19 vaccination appointments. The Minister said it is vitally important that first and second dose appointments are kept. “We have an ongoing issue at present with people seeking to reschedule their second dose dates,” he explains. “While […]
Health Minister Robin Swann has announced additional funding of £385,000 to expand the Clinical Academic Training Programme. Funding will also facilitate a short-term increase in the General Practice Academic Research Training Scheme (GPARTS) in addition to supporting a clinical academic training pathway for General Practitioners who have achieved a Certificate of Completion Training […]
Ensuring working parents have access to statutory Parental Bereavement Leave and Pay is the right thing to do, Economy Minister Paul Frew has said. The Minister was speaking as the Parental Bereavement Leave and Pay Bill reached its second stage in the Assembly. Mr Frew said, “Working parents who experience the […]
“Illegal money lenders don’t care about their victims, they are only interested in exerting control and exploiting vulnerable people for their own gain,” Justice Minister Naomi Long has said. She was speaking as The Northern Ireland Executive Programme to Tackle Paramilitary Activity, Criminality and Organised Crime launched its latest ‘Ending the Harm’ public […]
A 55-year-old man has been charged with a number of offences including assault on police, resisting police, possessing an offensive weapon in public place and assault. The charges relate to an incident at a house in the Mountain Springs area of Newcastle on Thursday, 17 June. Two officers suffered head and […]
Sinn Féin’s Chris Hazzard MP has told Invest NI that they must ‘get serious’ about delivering economic opportunities for the people of South Down. The local MP met with senior officials from Invest NI this week to discuss job creation and the urgent need for Invest NI to promote indigenous small businesses in […]
Today, Monday 21 June 21, buildings across Northern Ireland will light up to mark Global Motor Neurone Disease Awareness Day and the 40th Anniversary of the Northern Ireland Branch of the MND Association. Ten out of eleven council areas will illuminate buildings in the charity colours of blue or orange (Mid and East […]
Age NI is urging older people here to check their eligibility for Pension Credit as it was revealed that around a third of those eligible in Northern Ireland, almost 31,000 families, are not claiming the payments. With an average payment of £32 a week, pensioners could be missing out on over £1600 a […]
