
Finance Minister Conor Murphy has announced a special ‘Quiet Hour’ at the Mo Mowlam Playpark on the Stormont Estate, making the facilities more inclusive for all. The play park is designed for children of all abilities and includes a dedicated sensory area. It will now be opened one hour earlier each […]
Jul 26 2021 | Posted in
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The Open University (OU) has been ranked no.1 university for Overall Student Satisfaction in Northern Ireland for the seventeenth year in a row in the National Student Survey (NSS) results. The NSS is an annual survey of nearly half a million final year students across the UK. It is their opportunity […]

Research shows Northern Ireland is the land of motorhomes with the highest UK demand for motorhome insurance premiums and Newry has seen a 60% surge for motorhomes. Although demand for motorhome insurance was down by 21% in Northern Ireland across the pandemic, the first five months of 2021 have bucked the trend, with […]
Jul 23 2021 | Posted in
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Almost 500 mums-to-be and their birthing partners have spent the past 12 months learning about birth education via video link. When the pandemic first stuck last year, our maternity team in the Southern Trust had to consider alternative ways of how they could run their antenatal and parenting education classes. The […]
Jul 23 2021 | Posted in
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The Health and Social Care (HSC) system together with GPs, pharmacists and dentists are working to ensure that the Northern Ireland public can access important health and care services this summer. A summer Stay Well campaign has been launched, encouraging the public to choose services appropriately to help ease current challenges. As part […]
Jul 22 2021 | Posted in
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Tom Harty graduates from Ulster University this summer with first-class honours in Business Economics and Accountancy. Furloughed during his placement year, Tom was initially glad of the extra free time but after seeing the rest of his family working tirelessly in the healthcare sector throughout the pandemic he was motivated to find something […]

Dear Editor, At NSPCC NI, we know it has been a challenging year, particularly for parents trying to juggle all the responsibilities that life has thrown at them during the pandemic. With all of the lockdowns, home-schooling and closures of childcare facilities, many parents have had to bridge the childcare gap by taking […]

Detectives are appealing for information following reports of six burglaries in Armagh and Newtownhamilton on the afternoon of Wednesday 30 June 2021. Detective Sergeant Stewart said, “We received five reports of burglaries in the Newtownhamilton Road area of Armagh, and one in the Dundalk Road area of Newtownhamilton. “All happened around […]
Jul 21 2021 | Posted in
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A new project aimed at supporting the health and wellbeing and professional development needs of Southern Trust staff and students has been launched. ‘Wellbeing at the Library’ was developed by the Promoting Wellbeing team in partnership with staff in the Health Care Library and with the support of the Trust’s Psychology Department. […]

arc21, the umbrella waste management group made up of the six councils in the east of Northern Ireland, including Newry, Mourne & Down, has published a series of new leaflets and launched a mini-website to help explain why the councils urgently need to develop modern waste infrastructure. The new facilities, as proposed in […]
Jul 21 2021 | Posted in
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