Economy Minister Diane Dodds has announced an amendment to the criteria for the Newly Self-Employed Support Scheme (NSESS) and an extension to the closing date. The NSESS, which opened on 3 December, was due to close on 7 January 2021. The closing date has now been extended to Friday 5 February […]
Over 94,000 people took the opportunity to learn skills to help support them in dealing with the effects of the pandemic on their mental and emotional wellbeing between June and December last year. The Public Health Agency (PHA) has now announced three further courses, which will be available from 11 January through to […]
Nineteen-year-old Caitlin Wilson is studying social and behavioural sciences at Belfast Met, with a view to progressing to a degree in Social Work. She lives in Belfast with her family but describes how she has met a “new family” at the Childline base in Belfast where she started to volunteer in August this […]
Economy Minister Diane Dodds has announced further details in regards to the Wet Pubs Business Support Scheme. The Minister said, “Our hospitality industry has been hugely impacted as a result of Covid Health Regulations and amongst those hardest hit are those traditional pubs only serving alcohol. “These establishments have been required […]
Police have said they are aware of a new phishing Covid-19 text message scam circulating. According to police, the message tells people that they are ‘eligible’ for the Covid 19 vaccination. The scam message reads: “We have identified that you are eligible to apply for your vaccine” and links to a […]
Economy Minister Diane Dodds has launched the Northern Ireland Apprenticeship Awards 2021. The Northern Ireland Apprenticeship Awards 2021 will recognise excellence in apprenticeships and culminate in a special ‘virtual’ awards ceremony on Wednesday 28 April 2021 – one of the highlight events during Northern Ireland Apprenticeship Week 2021, which will run from 26 […]
Couples are waiting on average seven years longer to tie the knot in 2019 compared to 30 years ago, according to the latest statistics in the 2019 Registrar General’s Annual Report. Whilst the number of marriages taking place annually has fallen over the last 30 years from over 10,000 in 1989 to 7,255 […]
This week Northern Ireland has begun a new phase in its Covid-19 vaccination programme with GPs starting to administer the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine to patients aged 80 and over. Early indications show that yesterday 397 doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine were deployed in 13 GP surgeries on the first day of the Primary Care […]
Sinn Féin MLA Liz Kimmins has said the move to cancel this year’s GCSE, AS and A-Level exams is “the right decision”. The Newry and Armagh MLA said, “This decision not to go ahead with this year’s GCSE, AS and A-Levels because of the pandemic and the disruption to young people’s education is […]
Northern Ireland’s Chief Veterinary Officer, Dr Robert Huey, has confirmed that Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), subtype H5N8 has been found in a poultry flock at a commercial holding in Clough and a second suspect case is under investigation at a commercial holding in Lisburn. Confirming the finding, Chief Veterinary Officer for Northern […]
