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New unit at Causeway Hospital to help reduce admissions and attendances at Emergency Departments
Jennifer Welsh, Chief Executive of the Northern Trust pictured with Health Minister Robin Swann at the newly opened Causeway Hospital...
Mar 28, 2024


Plans for free car parking at hospitals look set to be put on hold
Car park entrance at Antrim Area Hospital Health Minister Robin Swann is seeking a deferral to legislation that would remove all hospital...
Mar 26, 2024


Business Forum outlines concerns over MEA Council ‘failings’ as it calls on Minister to intervene
(Inset): Brian McRandal Chair of the Business Forum Larne Business Forum has confirmed key details of its letter to Gordon Lyons MLA...
Mar 25, 2024


Business Forum writes to Minister on ‘strategic weaknesses’ of MEA Council’s rate setting process
Larne Business Forum has confirmed it has asked Gordon Lyons MLA Minister for Communities to consider reforms of the rate setting process...
Mar 24, 2024


Health Minister unveils £70m support package for social care providers and hospices
The Health Minister Robin Swann pictured with Ruth Crawford (aged 86) at her home in Belfast alongside her carer Julie-Anne Hosick from...
Mar 22, 2024


Health Minister praises Mater Hospital’s innovative elective care teams
From left: Aidan Armstrong, Clinical Director, Belfast Trust; Sharon Adamson, Lead Nurse, EOSC; Karen Johnston, Service Manager for...
Mar 21, 2024


Business Forum requests extraordinary audit of Mid and East Antrim Borough Council’s finances
Brian McRandal, chair, Larne Business Forum Larne Business Forum has written to Communities Minister Gordon Lyons requesting an...
Mar 20, 2024


Minister announces new £5m programme for entrepreneurs and high growth start-ups in NI
Pictured are (L-R) Kieran Donoghue, CEO, Invest Northern Ireland, Conor Murphy, Minister for the Economy, Claire Halliday, Ormeau...
Mar 20, 2024


US visit unique opportunity for attracting investment into Northern Ireland
First Minister Michelle O’Neill and deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly met with U.S. President Joe Biden in Washington DC...
Mar 17, 2024


Time to build a better future for everyone – O’Neill and Little-Pengelly
First Minister Michelle O’Neill delivering her keynote speech at the NI Bureau breakfast event in Washington. Delivering a better shared...
Mar 14, 2024


“I am looking down the barrel of an inadequate budget” – Health Minister Robin Swann
Health Minister Robin Swann has told MLAs that health and social care services can be turned around “with the right combination of...
Mar 14, 2024


Patients benefit from £600,000 investment in Toome Surgery
Health Minister Robin Swann pictured at the opening of the newly renovated Toome Surgery with Dr Amanda Watterson and Dr Adrian Johnston....
Mar 14, 2024


£550,000 road improvement scheme set to get underway on A2 Coast Road in Cushendall
Infrastructure Minister John O’Dowd has announced that a £550,000 carriageway resurfacing scheme on the A2 Coast Road, Cushendall will...
Mar 12, 2024


O’Dowd outlines measures to cut MOT waiting times
Infrastructure Minister John O’Dowd Infrastructure Minister John O’Dowd has outlined a number of measures to tackle MOT waiting lists and...
Mar 11, 2024


Education Minister welcomes progress on teachers’ pay negotiations
Education Minister Paul Givan A formal offer on teachers’ pay for 2021, 2022 and 2023 has been made to the five main teaching unions. The...
Mar 11, 2024


Northern Ireland bereavement support website launched
From left: Professor Sir Michael McBride, Chief Medical Officer; Robin Swann, Health Minister, and Dr Patricia Donnelly OBE, Chair of the...
Mar 11, 2024


O’Dowd rules out privatisation of MOT services
Speaking ahead of Monday’s Assembly debate on waiting times for MOTs, Infrastructure Minister John O’Dowd has emphatically ruled out the...
Mar 10, 2024


O’Dowd announces £500,000 road improvement scheme for Fenaghy Road, Ballymena
Fenaghy Road in Galgorm. Infrastructure Minister John O’Dowd has announced that a £500,000 carriageway and footway resurfacing scheme on...
Mar 8, 2024


O’Dowd announces next steps in development of £70M A29 Cookstown Bypass scheme
Cookstown Infrastructure Minister John O’Dowd has outlined his commitment to the A29 Cookstown Bypass scheme with confirmation that the...
Mar 7, 2024


Minister pledges to act on affordability of school uniforms
Education Minister Paul Givan has said that he will act to ensure school uniforms are not a barrier to education for children and young...
Mar 5, 2024
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