In the run-up to Christmas Day, Northern Ireland animal welfare charity, the USPCA, is appealing to the public to not get young animals as Christmas gifts. During the festive season, as we plan our Christmas celebrations and gifts, it can be very tempting to welcome a pet to your family as a Christmas […]
The Department for the Economy’s Trading Standards Service (TSS) is urging consumers to know their rights and avoid being a victim of fraud this Christmas. Many Northern Ireland consumers will be out bargain hunting in their local high streets or searching online for that popular, in-demand Christmas present that may be fast selling […]
Julie Gibbons has been elected as the new President of the Newry Chamber of Commerce and Trade at the Annual General Meeting held this month. Julie is the current Managing Director of AbbeyAutoline, the largest Insurance Broker in Northern Ireland. Prior to this Julie was Operations Director of Autoline Insurance Group […]
Infrastructure Minister Nichola Mallon has welcomed plans announced by An Taoiseach, Micheál Martin TD for major green all-island projects. In his speech at the Shared Island forum, Mr Martin set out his plans for joint North-South projects including new all-island greenway routes, a network of EV charging points and plans for hydrogen buses […]
Slieve Gullion Neighbourhood Policing Team has been working alongside Newry, Mourne and Down Age-Friendly to help Fold residents show doorstep criminals the door, through a ‘No Cold Calling’ scheme. Using the ‘No Cold Calling Zone…no uninvited traders’ window stickers, developed in association with Trading Standards, cold callers can be warned away and a […]
A new campaign designed to reduce the number of patients being reported missing from Emergency Departments (ED) has been launched. The idea behind the awareness campaign is to stop patients from leaving the ED without telling a member of ED staff. Involving the Police Service of Northern Ireland and the Health & Social […]
Health Minister Robin Swann has emphasised that free Rapid Lateral Flow Tests are available online and from a network of local pharmacies. And he underlined the importance of using Rapid Lateral Flow Tests regularly to help keep family and friends safe this winter. The Minister stressed that using Lateral Flow Tests does not […]
As Christmas approaches, most of us are working through our shopping gift lists. But there’s one very special gift that we could all consider – the ‘gift of life’ through organ donation. Each year, hundreds of lives are saved and transformed by organ and tissue donation and transplantation. Last year in […]
Over the last six years, NI Water has invested a total of £15 million making improvements to over 75 miles of sewer network across Northern Ireland. £9 million has been invested in essential sewer improvement work, which is part of an ongoing programme to reduce the risk of out-of-sewer flooding and blockages, as […]
Two further suspect cases of notifiable avian influenza have been identified in a commercial poultry flock near Markethill in County Armagh and a commercial duck flock in Coagh, County Tyrone. The news follows confirmation from the National Reference Laboratory that both previous suspect cases in Aughnacloy and Broughshane were positive for Highly Pathogenic […]
