
A 48-year-old man and a 42-year-old woman charged with Controlling Prostitution for Gain will appear today at Newry Magistrates Court. It is believed that the charges are in relation to a proactive policing operation in the Monaghan Street in Newry on Sunday 18 October. A 35-year-old man has also been charged […]
Oct 19 2020 | Posted in
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Latest figures published today by NISRA show that seven deaths involving Covid-19 occurred in the last week, from 3 to 9 October. The total Covid-19 related deaths figure stands at 915. Of this total, 495 (54.1%) took place in a hospital, 356 (38.9%) in care homes, eight (0.9%) in hospices and 56 (6.1%) […]

The Executive has today agreed on a range of significant time-bound interventions to curb the spread of Covid-19 in Northern Ireland. In addition to current household restrictions, the following measures will come into regulatory effect on Friday 16 October and will be in place for a period of four weeks. Bubbling is to […]

Daisy Hill Hospital’s Emergency Department (ED) will reopen next Monday 19 October at 8.00 am. In March, the Department temporarily closed and staff transferred to Craigavon to run a second (Non-Respiratory) Emergency Department as part of the Southern Trust response to COVID-19. The Non-Respiratory ED, based in the Ramone building at Craigavon Hospital […]
Oct 12 2020 | Posted in
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Health Minister Robin Swann has welcomed the relaunch of the Department’s Workforce Appeal to boost staff numbers to assist in the battle against Covid-19. The initial appeal in March saw 1,702 doctors, nurses and other ancillary staff successful in their application to work for the health service. Speaking to Newry Times, […]

Police have made two arrests following an incident in Warrenpoint during the early hours of this morning, Wednesday, 7 October. Police received a report at 2:35 am of a suspicious vehicle in the Oakland Grove area. Police responded and when travelling along Bridle Loanan, officers activated their blue lights, signalling a silver-coloured Volkswagen Passat […]
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The total number of patients connected to the Male Medical Ward at Daisy Hill Hospital in Newry who have tested positive remains at thirteen. According to the Southern Trust, a further patient trendat.net connected to the ward, and who had a positive test for COVID-19, has passed away. This brings the total of […]

The Southern Health and Social Care Trust is reminding the public how to use the COVID-19 Primary Care Centres in Dungannon and Banbridge. The centres are for clinical assessment following a referral from your own GP. They operate on an appointment-only system and do not offer testing for COVID-19. The Centres, […]

Health Minister Robin Swann has announced that Northern Ireland has been chosen as one of the regions to take part in a major UK trial of a potential vaccine to help in the fight against COVID-19. It is hoped that up to 350 volunteers from Northern Ireland will participate in the trial, which […]
Sep 28 2020 | Posted in
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The Executive yesterday agreed that current restrictions to combat the spread of COVID-19 should be extended across Northern Ireland. Previously the restrictions, which focus on domestic settings, were applied in postcodes with the highest rates of Coronavirus. Yesterday’s Executive decision comes after a weekend in which 222 new Coronavirus cases were reported […]