
Junior Minister Megan Fearon was among thousands of people celebrating diversity at the Newry Pride Parade and Festival. Junior Minister Fearon said, “I’m honoured to be part of celebrations in Newry. Events like these are extremely important in promoting equality and inclusion of the LGBT community in our society. “Diversity should not just be respected, […]
Sep 5 2016 | Posted in
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A proposal to enable teachers aged 55 years and over to be released from the teaching profession, and be replaced by recently qualified teachers has been officially launched today. The Investing in the Teaching Workforce Scheme will enable up to 120 teachers aged 55 years and over to be released from the teaching profession at […]

First Minister Arlene Foster today welcomed the progress of Northern Ireland Partnering for Growth, the regional ten-year strategy for the aerospace, defence, security and space industry in Northern Ireland. The strategy, which launched in 2014, set a target to increase annual turnover in the sector from £1billion to £2billion and to increase employment from 8,000 […]
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Sinn Féin MLA Megan Fearon has urged young people who received GCSE and Junior Cert results to follow their passion when it comes to taking the next steps in their education or career. Fearon was speaking as GCSE results came out with Junior Cert results due out in the coming weeks. “I want to wish […]
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Minister for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Michelle McIlveen has welcomed the latest figures which show a sustained reduction in the number of carrier bags sent to landfill. Statistics published show that 199 million fewer carrier bags are in circulation in Northern Ireland today than when the levy was introduced in April 2013. Miss McIlveen […]
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Infrastructure Minister Chris Hazzard has announced the appointment of a Newry, Mourne and Down District Councillor to the Board of Warrenpoint Harbour Authority. The Minister has appointed Councillor Glyn Hanna to serve a first term. The councillor was nominated by Newry, Mourne and Down District Council and appointed following a selection process. The appointment follows […]

SDLP MP for South Down, Margaret Ritchie, has called on the Minister for Communities, Paul Givan, to meet with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions to make the case for the WASPI women in Northern Ireland. WASPI have been campaigning for transitional arrangements to be put in place before changes to their pensions […]
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Staff from the Department for Communities’ Jobs & Benefits Office (JBO), in Newry, in partnership with LibrariesNI, have announced that they will once again be hosting a Job Club every Tuesday and Thursday from 6th September between 9.30am – 12.30pm at Newry Library. The Job Club aims to help participants develop strong job search techniques […]

Brendan J. Byrne’s critically acclaimed documentary Bobby Sands 66 Days has become one of the biggest Northern Irish films ever at the Northern Ireland Box Office, surpassing recent hits Steve McQueen’s Hunger which starred Michael Fassbender and the Terri Hooley bio-pic Good Vibrations. While Hunger took £109k and Good Vibrations took £103k in total at […]

Finance Minister Máirtín Ó Muilleoir has said he is doing everything in his power to ensure the timely release of vital EU INTERREG funds as a key date for bids to be considered looms. The Chancellor recently announced that the Treasury will only guarantee funding for those projects that are signed off before his Autumn […]
Sep 2 2016 | Posted in
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