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Coronavirus Northern Ireland: Ennis welcomes £500k support for sports clubs

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 […]

Coronavirus: Government to offer testing for “everyone who needs one” in social care settings

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 […]

Coronavirus Northern Ireland: Volunteer drivers to deliver medicines during Covid-19

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. […]

Coronavirus Northern Ireland: 6 more deaths takes NI total to 140

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 […]

Coronavirus Northern Ireland: 10 more deaths takes NI total to 134

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 […]

Coronavirus Northern Ireland: DAERA to test up to 1,000 samples a day

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 […]

Coronavirus Northern Ireland: £500,000 for sports clubs and sporting organisations announced

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 […]

Coronavirus Northern Ireland: 6 more deaths takes grim NI total to 124

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 […]

Coronavirus Northern Ireland: Newry business Around Noon completes £1.5m Coronavirus loan

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, […]

Coronavirus Northern Ireland: Newry Man creates Social Media site to help older people

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.   […]







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