Schools and educators in the Newry area are being encouraged to register for the 2021 NI Science Festival, which has programmed an extensive range of free online events for primary and post-primary schools across Northern Ireland. Next month, the NI Science Festival returns for a fortnight of wonder and intrigue from Monday 15 […]
Starting this month, anyone who submits a report online to the PSNI will receive a follow-up email providing details about how it was handled. Chief Inspector Gerard Pollock from Police Service of Northern Ireland’s Contact Management Centre says the public often ring ‘101’ to get in touch with an officer about an incident […]
Three of Co. Down’s homegrown artisan food producers are set to receive a business boost from Lidl. The trio were selected by the retailer as three of 26 artisan producers from Lidl’s 2020 Kick Start Supplier Development Programme to have their locally crafted products stocked in 208 Lidl stores across the island of […]
It is vital that higher education institutions do everything possible to support students, Economy Minister Diane Dodds has said. The Minister met Queen’s University Belfast and Ulster University and has written to all the local higher education institutions, to remind them of their responsibilities regarding student welfare and to ask them to take […]
Lidl Northern Ireland is calling budding young artists across the region to unleash their inner Picasso and create an eye-catching design to feature on the retailer’s brand new heavy-duty plastic shopping bags, due to hit stores later this year. Lidl is set to introduce durable, reusable shopping bags, made from 100% recycled plastic, […]
Sinn Féin MLA Liz Kimmins has said the Education Minister must provide guidance on the current COVID restrictions for special schools and childcare settings. The Newry/Armagh MLA said, “It is unacceptable that special schools and other childcare settings who have been asked to open have not been provided with up-to-date guidance on the […]
Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey has announced a further £13m funding to Co-Ownership to provide assistance to first-time buyers struggling to raise a deposit to purchase their own home. The Minister is allocating this funding in response to an increase in demand for Co-Ownership’s shared ownership product. Co-Ownership is seeing an increase […]
Following the end of the EU-UK transition period on 31 December 2020, new rules now apply when importing consignments of hay and straw from Great Britain (GB) to Northern Ireland (NI), the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has advised. Under the requirements of the Northern Ireland Protocol, and associated UK […]
SDLP Sports Spokesperson Justin McNulty has said that Sinn Fein must provide ‘urgent clarity on the entire funding package’ available for the redevelopment of Casement Park. The Newry and Armagh MLA commented, “Casement Park is a key project and has been more than a decade in the making. “Planning approval was recommended months […]
The Department of Health and Public Health Agency has published a new action plan to eliminate hepatitis C in Northern Ireland by 2025. Hepatitis C is a virus that can infect the liver and, if left untreated, cause serious and potentially life-threatening damage over many years. The virus is usually spread through blood-to-blood […]
