The Ulster Unionist Party Leader Steve Aiken OBE MLA said: “75 years ago today British and Allied forces liberated the Bergen Belsen concentration camp in northern Germany as they pursued the Nazi armies eastward to their...
Health Minister Robin Swann and Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Minister Edwin Pootshave approved the use of the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) laboratories to test up to 1,000 samples a day from suspect COVID-19...
Health Minister Robin Swann has welcomed the commitment by NISRA to publish statistics on deaths and suspected deaths in care homes related to Covid-19. The Minister said: “Currently, the reporting of Covid-19 deaths falls into two...
The Department of Health has published updated guidance for domiciliary care providers in Northern Ireland. The guidance provides clear direction to trusts and independent providers on supply of PPE and staffing arrangements. This includes the provision...
The Minister of Health, Mr Robin Swann MLA, has welcomed the high uptake of the Coronavirus Financial Support Scheme for General Dental Practitioners. There have been 1,170 applications made to the support scheme which provides additional...
Health Minister Robin Swann has pleaded with the general public to stay at home over the Easter holiday weekend. And he stressed that those flouting public health advice have no right joining in the weekly applause for...
The former economy Minister, Lord Empey, has described the news that BA is to pull out of the route between Belfast City and Heathrow as a very significant development in terms of Northern Ireland’s connectivity...
The Ulster Unionist Party’s Justice Spokesperson, Doug Beattie MC MLA, said: “The glossy 50 page report compiled by several Queen’s academics and members of the self-styled – ‘Committee for the Administration of Justice’ is the latest...
The Department of Health is today launching Version Two of the Covid-19 NI mobile app, giving the public up-to-date advice at their fingertips. The app was launched on March 27 and includes an interactive Covid-19 symptom...
New proposals to help support vulnerable children and the children of key workers have been announced today. Around £12 million has been provided for Emergency Childcare provision for key workers. Health Minister, Robin Swann and Education Minister,...