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£500,000 fund to reopen for community groups building links between Northern Ireland and Great Britain
Minister for Northern Ireland Sarah Owen is pictured with representatives of Connect Fund partner organisations Bbeyond and Belfast School of Art during a visit to Bbeyond's Belfast headquarters. L-R: Artist Programme Manager at Bbeyond Bronagh Lawson; Lecturer at Belfast School of Art Dr Sandra Johnston, Minister for Northern Ireland Sarah Owen and Artist Administrator at Bbeyond Zara Lyness. Friday 02 October 2026 Community and voluntary groups in Northern Ireland and Great
Oct 2
Paper prescriptions set for major overhaul as part of £102m NI funding package
Northern Ireland Secretary of State Hilary Benn Northern Ireland’s struggling public services are set for a major shake-up after the UK Government released a further £102.6 million to fund wide-ranging reforms across healthcare, employment support, digital services and agriculture. The funding package includes a landmark £42 million project to replace Northern Ireland’s paper prescription system with a fully digital process — ending the manual handling of more than 45 million
May 26
NI could lose out on prostate cancer wonder drug
Minister of State Steve Baker MP Prostate cancer patients in Northern Ireland are likely to be the only UK region to miss out on a...
Jan 5, 2024
Unite warns Secretary of State over hospital car parking charges and other ‘punitive measures’
Unite the union has issued a warning today, Thursday 16th November, to Secretary of State Chris Heaton-Harris, after the Minister issued...
Nov 16, 2023
“Scandalous” – Allister slams Secretary of State’s “meddling” in NI’s education system
TUV Leader Jim Allister has slammed the intervention by Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris in Northern Ireland's education system. It comes...
Jun 7, 2023
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