
Northern Ireland stands prepared to welcome back tourists from across the globe when the time is right. That was the message from Economy Minister Diane Dodds as she paid a visit to Titanic Belfast recently. The Minister met with Titanic Belfast’s Chief Executive Officer, Judith Owens, to hear how the leading […]
Apr 26 2021 | Posted in
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Health Minister Robin Swann has launched a 16-week consultation on draft policy proposals for the statutory Duty of Candour and a Being Open Framework. The proposals have been developed following the recommendations from the Inquiry into Hyponatraemia-Related Deaths and are part of the Department of Health’s Hyponatraemia Implementation Programme. The Minister […]
Apr 26 2021 | Posted in
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Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has announced a £100,000 poverty payment package for further and higher education students at the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) to address digital poverty. Almost 1,700 students will each receive a £60 Digital Poverty payment to help address data costs incurred through remote learning during the […]
Apr 23 2021 | Posted in
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Sinn Féin MP Mickey has said that British soldiers cannot be placed above the law through immunity from prosecution for the killings of Irish citizens. The Newry and Armagh MP said, “Any attempt to put current or former British soldiers above the law is unacceptable. “It is also ludicrous to suggest […]
Apr 23 2021 | Posted in
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Newry Business Improvement District (BID) along with Retail NI and Lisburn Chamber has jointly called upon the Infrastructure Minister to review on-street car parking charges in the two city centres. The business groups are calling for the same one-hour free on-street car parking schemes which other local towns and cities successfully operate. […]
Apr 23 2021 | Posted in
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Sinn Féin MLA Cathal Boylan has said the driving test backlog needs to be tackled once services resume. The Newry and Armagh MLA was commenting on the Driver and Vehicle Agency’s plan for when Driving tests and lessons resume on 23 April following a meeting at the Infrastructure Committee this week. […]
Apr 22 2021 | Posted in
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Slieve Gullion area Sinn Féin Councillor Mickey Larkin has said that an effective public awareness campaign highlighting the dangers of quads and scramblers is needed. The local Councillor made his comments after an incident involving speeding quads at the Longfield road junction caused vehicles to swerve and narrowly avoided crashing. The […]
Apr 20 2021 | Posted in
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Infrastructure Minister Nichola Mallon and the Minister for Transport, Eamon Ryan T.D. have announced the launch of an all-island Strategic Rail Review. This Strategic Rail Review will consider how the rail network on the island of Ireland can improve sustainable connectivity between major cities, enhance regional accessibility including to the North West and […]
Apr 15 2021 | Posted in
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Sinn Féin MLA Liz Kimmins is calling for the new road safety strategy to have ambitious targets in order to seriously reduce tragic accidents occurring on the road network. The Newry and Armagh MLA stated, “2020 saw 56 people lose their lives on the roads, the same number of people as the year […]
Apr 13 2021 | Posted in
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Compulsory housing measures for poultry and captive birds are set to be lifted in Northern Ireland at midnight on Tuesday 13 April, Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has announced. The housing measures, which were introduced across Northern Ireland on 23 December 2020 as one of a range of measures to stop the spread of […]
Apr 12 2021 | Posted in
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