
A hard-hitting campaign about the brutal reality of so-called paramilitary-style attacks has re-launched this month. The ‘Ending The Harm’ campaign, which is part of the NI Executive Programme for Tackling Paramilitarism, Criminality and Organised Crime, is aimed at highlighting the devastating impact of paramilitary-style attacks on victims, their families, local communities and wider […]
Jan 13 2021 | Posted in
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Electric Ireland has announced they will be increasing their prices by 3.7% from 1 February 2021. This will see the typical Electric Ireland customer needing to find up to an extra £21 per year. Michael Legg, Head of Energy Policy at The Consumer Council, said, “This news will come as a […]
Jan 12 2021 | Posted in
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Newry/Armagh MLA Liz Kimmins has condemned an arson attack on a number of cars in Derrybeg, Newry. The incident happened at around midnight last night. One of the cars was owned by a heavily pregnant woman. The Sinn Féin MLA said, “This is a disgusting attack on this close-knit community who […]
Jan 11 2021 | Posted in
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Sinn Féin MLA Conor Murphy has described as ‘deeply concerning’ the images circulating online of ambulances queued outside Daisy Hill Hospital during the night of Saturday 9 January. The South Armagh representative said, “The sight of ambulances queued up outside the Emergency Department at Daisy Hill Hospital is very concerning. “Unfortunately, […]

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 […]
Jan 11 2021 | Posted in
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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 […]
Jan 8 2021 | Posted in
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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 […]
Jan 8 2021 | Posted in
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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 […]
Jan 7 2021 | Posted in
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The flu vaccination programme in Northern Ireland is being further expanded to include those aged 50-64. The expansion of the programme will help protect more people from flu and relieve further pressure on the health service. Those who will be aged 50-64 by 31 March 2021 can avail of the jab […]
Jan 7 2021 | Posted in
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