Chief Medical Officer Dr Michael McBride has emphasised that the threat from Covid-19 remains very real in Northern Ireland, and called on everyone to remain vigilant and to continue following government guidance on social distancing and hand...
Mike Nesbitt MLA, Vice-Chair of the ad-hoc Committee on a Bill of Rights, has objected to five experts who will advise the Committee receiving a fee of £500 per day. Mike Nesbitt MLA said: “I...
The Ulster Unionist Party’s Policing Spokesperson Alan Chambers MLA said: “The Ulster Unionist Party will take time to study today's ruling, which is complex and deserves thorough analysis. “It is highly significant that the Lord Chief...
The Ulster Unionist Party’s Justice Spokesperson, Doug Beattie MC MLA, has welcomed moves to ensure that Northern Ireland finally catches up with the rest of the United Kingdom, following a formal request that provisions to...
The Health Minister has thanked Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service (NIFRS) staff who have been on the frontline during Covid-19. Speaking today, the Health Minister said: “Our fire and rescue service have a long and...
Greater nursing support for care homes must form part of a new future for the sector, Health Minister Robin Swann has stated. The Minister has made clear his determination to secure investment and reform in social...
Ulster Unionist Economy spokesperson, John Stewart MLA, has asked the Economy Minister to set out creative solutions to support Northern Ireland`s young people and help prevent them becoming a forgotten generation in the fallout from...
Following on from the call for free school meals to be continued over the summer period, Rosemary Barton, Fermanagh and South Tyrone MLA and member of the Assembly’s Agricultural, Environment & Rural Affairs Committee, has...
UUP MLA and The Executive Office Committee Vice-Chair, Doug Beattie MC, has again called on the Secretary of State to step in on the Victims’ Payment Scheme and hand it over to the Northern Ireland...
Belfast-based researchers are playing their part in groundbreaking research on the DNA make-up of the Covid-19 virus. The work involving Queen’s University and Belfast Health and Social Care Trust is part of the Covid-19 Genomics UK...