
Environment Minister Edwin Poots MLA has encouraged households and businesses to recycle more as the Covid-19 pandemic has presented the waste sector with many challenges. During a tour of family-run business Re-Gen Waste Ltd in Newry, Co Down, Minister Poots met with Managing Director Joseph Doherty and senior management. They discussed […]
Jul 22 2020 | Posted in
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A leading Northern Ireland health charity has established the first community support service for survivors of Covid-19. The Covid-19 Recovery Service, which has been set up by NI Chest Heart & Stroke (NICHS), will help survivors deal with the physical and psychological problems caused by the illness. It will also assist them in building up […]
Jul 21 2020 | Posted in
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The Department of Health continues to publish the Covid-19 reproduction number on a weekly basis. The current estimate of R is 0.5 – 1.0. R represents the number of individuals who, on average, will be infected by a single person with the infection. Article continues below: R does not have a fixed value […]
Jul 17 2020 | Posted in
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Details on resources available to schools this summer to support children have been outlined by Education Minister, Peter Weir. Around 50 schools are running activities during July and August. Resources for schools include support for online resources to assist children going into Year 7 in the development of their literacy and numeracy […]
Jul 17 2020 | Posted in
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The Southern Health and Social Care Trust has set out the new visiting arrangements following the announcement by Health Minister, Robin Swann, that changes to visiting across all care settings would come into place. The revised arrangements support people to visit their loved ones in hospitals and care homes while balancing the ongoing risk from […]
Jul 16 2020 | Posted in
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Safety Measures Will Include ‘In-Cinema Seat Separation’. Embed from Getty Images Omniplex has announced the phased re-opening of their cinemas across Northern Ireland with five locations opening on Friday 17 July in; Newry, Craigavon, Dundonald, Kennedy Centre, and Lisburn. In order for staff and guests to enjoy a safe cinema trip, Omniplex […]

Restaurants and other establishments serving food for on-premises consumption can now sign up to a new government initiative aimed at protecting jobs in the hospitality industry and encouraging people to safely return to dining out. The Eat Out to Help Out registration page went live this week on GOV.UK, allowing businesses to join the […]

Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has praised the work of Rural Support after he met recently with new Rural Support CEO, Veronica Morris and Rural Support Chair, John Thompson. At the meeting, Minister Poots was presented with the findings of a recent survey undertaken by Rural Support into farming pressures, which saw almost 500 farm business […]
Jul 16 2020 | Posted in
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The Public Health Agency (PHA) has launched a new programme of investment that will provide support to communities in response to the impact the COVID-19 pandemic. The PHA is encouraging groups to apply to the short-term funding programme, which can be used to improve the health and wellbeing of local communities living through COVID-19. Speaking […]
Jul 14 2020 | Posted in
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For Northern Ireland travellers, recent changes to COVID-19 travel rules are causing confusion and uncertainty. Embed from Getty Images Last week the UK Government announced the end of the 14-day quarantine rule for travel from certain countries after 10 July. However, this currently only applies to England. Travellers returning to Northern […]
Jul 14 2020 | Posted in
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