Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey recently met with members of the Housing Council to discuss the future of social housing and other housing issues. The Housing Council is a statutory advisory and consultative body made up of local council members. The Housing Council is consulted by the Housing Executive and the Department for Communities […]
Health Minister Robin Swann has re-iterated his commitment to the development of community perinatal services within Northern Ireland. Delivering the opening address to Northern Ireland’s third Maternal Mental Health Conference to mark Maternal Mental Health Week, the Minister said, “Earlier this year I approved funding for the development of community perinatal services with […]
Economy Minister Diane Dodds has opened Southern Regional College’s new £15million campus in Banbridge. This state-of-the-art 4,500 sq m campus provides a strengthened range of further and higher education courses, skills improvement and training opportunities, including apprenticeships, across a range of specialist subject areas. Speaking after performing the official opening, the […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
