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Minister launches £1m Rural Halls Refurbishment Scheme | Newry Times

Minister launches £1m Rural Halls Refurbishment Scheme - Newry Times - newry news live

Rural Affairs Minister Edwin Poots MLA has announced the opening of a £1m Rural Halls Refurbishment Scheme.     The pilot scheme will provide capacity building training and a grant to the rural community and voluntary organisations to deliver capital refurbishment works to rural halls.     It aims to keep community facilities viable and […]

Mallon outlines £1bn Budget Commitments for the year ahead | Newry Times

Mallon outlines £1bn Budget Commitments for the year ahead - Newry Times - newry newspaper

Infrastructure Minister Nichola Mallon has outlined high-level budget commitments for the new financial year.     The Department has a capital budget of £722.5m and a resource budget of £429.9m, which includes a £9.2m allocation specifically for Covid.     Outlining how she plans to spend the capital allocations this year, Nichola Mallon said, “The […]

DAERA Direct offices reopen to customers | Newry Times

DAERA Direct offices reopen to customers - Newry Times - newry news

DAERA Direct offices will open to customers again from Monday 7 June 2021, Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots MLA has announced.     Services to customers will be available on a strict appointment-only basis for the immediate future.     Minister Poots said, “In line with the NI Executive’s Pathway out of Restrictions, I have agreed […]

Poots launches initiatives to protect pollinators | Newry Times

Poots launches initiatives to protect pollinators - Newry Times - newry news today

Over one-third of Northern Ireland’s bee species are under threat of extinction, Environment Minister Edwin Poots MLA has said.     The Minister spoke as he launched two new initiatives in Northern Ireland aimed at protecting pollinators such as honeybees and hoverflies.     The UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme and All-Ireland Pollinator Plan 2021-2025 will […]

Committee calls for evidence and views on Climate Change Bill | Newry Times

Committee calls for evidence and views on Climate Change Bill - Newry Times - newry headlines

The Assembly’s Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (AERA) Committee is calling on people and organisations across all relevant sectors to give their views on the new Climate Change Bill that is currently before the Assembly.     The Climate Change Bill, proposed as a Private Member’s Bill by Clare Bailey MLA, recently passed to the […]

Take your opportunity to help shape the future of housing supply | Newry Times

Take your opportunity to help shape the future of housing supply - Newry Times - newry news co down

Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey has launched a Call for Evidence to help inform a new strategy to increase the supply of housing across all tenures.     The supply of housing across all tenures needs to increase to meet the demands of our changing population and is central to reducing housing stress, homelessness and improving […]

Weir outlines plans for exams and assessments in 2021/22 | Newry Times

Weir outlines plans for exams and assessments in 2021-2022 - Newry Times - newry news facebook

Education Minister, Peter Weir has announced a return to public examinations during the next academic year.     Young people will, however, have fewer examinations in 2022 and there will be significant reductions in assessment across the range of CCEA qualifications.     Speaking in the Assembly, Peter Weir said, “I am pleased to bring […]

Concerns voiced regarding Free Trade Agreement with Australia | Newry Times

Concerns regarding Free Trade Agreement with Australia - Newry Times - newry city news

Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has written to the Secretary of State George Eustice to express his strong opposition to the prospect of a zero tariff, zero quota Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the UK and Australia.     An FTA with Australia that allowed tariff and quota-free access for sensitive agricultural products would be damaging […]

Poots launches three decade roadmap | Newry Times

Poots launches three decade roadmap - Newry Times - newry news facebook

Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Minister Edwin Poots has launched his Department’s Plan to 2050, which sets out the long term vision to ensure Northern Ireland has a healthy environment, healthy economy and healthy population.     ‘Sustainability for Our Future – DAERA’s Plan to 2050’, outlines how the Department intends to protect and enhance […]

£10m fund will ‘provide vital support to mental health charities’ – Swann | Newry Times

£10m fund will 'provide vital support to mental health charities' - Swann - Newry Times - newry news online

Health Minister Robin Swann has given further details of a £10million mental health fund providing support to mental health charities.     The grant scheme, entitled the Mental Health Support Fund, will be administered and managed by Community Foundation NI and will be open to the community and voluntary sector organisations with charitable purposes offering […]







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