
The wearing of face coverings on all dedicated school buses and public transport will be mandatory for all post-primary children in Northern Ireland when schools reopen next week. Embed from Getty Images Currently, it is mandatory for passengers aged over 13 to wear a face-covering on public transport. Department of Education […]

Latest figures published today by NISRA show that forty-two more deaths involving Covid-19 occurred in the last week. The sad total was from 17 to 23 October 2020. The total Covid-19 related deaths figure stands at 979. Of this total, 547 (55.9%) took place in a hospital, 363 (37.1%) in care […]

Councillor Roisin Mulgrew has said that reports of fireworks being placed in the letterboxes of Newry homes was a great cause of concern and she has appealed for the activities to cease. The Sinn Féin Councillor said she was contacted by “a number of distressed residents”. She said the Chanellors Road, […]
Oct 28 2020 | Posted in
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Newry police are appealing for information following the report of a series of burglaries at a number of premises overnight. Two garages on the Forkhill Road and one on the Dublin Road were targeted. In addition, an office building at Edward Street, Newry was also targeted. The incidents happened sometime between […]
Oct 27 2020 | Posted in
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Education Minister Peter Weir has welcomed the Executive’s decision to extend Free School Meal payments to cover the Halloween break. The Executive decided that support was vital for families struggling financially due to Covid19. Welcoming the Executive’s decision the Minister said, “I welcome the decision taken by the Executive to extend […]

Latest figures published today by NISRA show that twenty-seven deaths involving Covid-19 occurred in the last week, from 10 to 16 October. The total Covid-19 related deaths figure stands at 942. Of this total, 519 (55.1%) took place in a hospital, 357 (37.9%) in care homes, eight (0.8%) in hospices and 58 (6.2%) […]

Health Minister Robin Swann says he is deeply disturbed that cancer procedures are being postponed and is seeking assurances they will be rescheduled urgently. The Minister says he will be looking to the Trusts to reschedule cancelled appointments “as soon as they feasibly can” and to ensure that patients are kept fully informed. […]

Two men have been jailed after an underground cigarette factory was discovered in County Armagh by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC). Reinolds Kondrats, 30, and Germans Solovjovs, 26, were arrested at a house on the Ballynaclosha Road in Silverbridge in November 2019. Searches of an outhouse revealed industrial-scale cigarette manufacturing machinery, […]
Oct 20 2020 | Posted in
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Health Minister Robin Swann has urged people across Northern Ireland to “dig in and get through winter together”. Today’s Covid-19 dashboard figures show 820 individuals have tested positive. The Minister said, “I know the people of Northern Ireland will join with me in expressing my deepest condolences to the families and friends of […]

Daisy Hill Hospital’s Emergency Department has now reopened on a 24/7 basis. All patients needing immediate acute care should go to the main ED entrance. All adults attending Craigavon Hospital for emergency care should go to the main ED. Children should be brought to Paediatric ED beside maternity. Non-Respiratory ED at […]
Oct 19 2020 | Posted in
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