
Sinn Féin MLA Sinéad Ennis has welcomed the announcement of the £500,000 hardship fund by Minister Deirdre Hargey to support local sports clubs affected by Covid-19. Embed from Getty Images The party spokesperson on Culture, Arts and Sport told Newry Times, “Everyone in society is feeling the impacts of Covid-19 and our sporting […]
Apr 15 2020 | Posted in
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All care home residents and social care staff with COVID-19 symptoms will be tested as capacity is built up, the government has announced. Embed from Getty Images Currently the first five symptomatic residents in a care home setting are tested to provide confirmation of whether if there is an outbreak. However, as lab […]
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Health Minister Robin Swann has welcomed a new volunteer-led service delivering medicines to patients during the current pandemic. Embed from Getty Images Speaking to Newry Times, Minister Swann said, “It is important that individuals who are self-isolating or unable to leave their home because of Covid-19 continue to have access to their medicines. […]
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Another six people who tested positive for Covid-19 in Northern Ireland have died in the last 24 hours. The total of deaths in the country has now risen to 140. Newry, Mourne and Down now has 127 confirmed Covid-19 cases. In the last 24 hours, the Public Health Agency said 577 tests have […]
Apr 15 2020 | Posted in
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Another ten people who tested positive for Covid-19 in Northern Ireland have died in the last 24 hours. Embed from Getty Images The total of deaths in the country has now risen to 134. In the last 24 hours, the Public Health Agency said 462 tests have been carried out. Out […]
Apr 14 2020 | Posted in
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DAERA’s Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) will assist the health service in testing up to 1,000 samples a day from suspect COVID-19 cases, Minister Edwin Poots has confirmed. Embed from Getty Images AFBI will deliver this service via a newly established consortium with Queen’s University Belfast and Ulster University, to support the health service […]
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Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey MLA has today launched a £500,000 Hardship Fund for the sports sector. Embed from Getty Images Sports clubs and sporting organisations from the voluntary and community sector, which are unable to receive support from other Government Covid-19 Mitigation Funds, will be able to apply to Sport NI for a small […]
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Another six people who tested positive for Covid-19 in Northern Ireland have died in the last 24 hours. The total of deaths in the country has now risen to 124. In the last 24 hours, the Public Health Agency said 434 tests have been carried out. Out of those 434 people tested, 76 […]
Apr 13 2020 | Posted in
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Newry based sandwich, salad and snack maker, Around Noon has completed a £1.5 million loan. The company, which employs 330 people at its headquarters in Newry County Down and a manufacturing site in Slough in the South of England, supplies customers across the UK and Ireland, including airports, event companies and coffee shop chains, […]

As the lockdown enters its third week, a community organisation from Belfast has come up with an innovative solution to help older people who are finding isolation a very difficult challenge. Thanks to funding from The National Lottery Community Fund, Kaleidoscope has developed a new social media site exclusively for older people called Greysnet. […]
Apr 11 2020 | Posted in
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