05 Aug, 2021 McIlveen confirms funding for Bookstart Baby programme A programme to encourage a love of reading in children from a young age is to be part-funded by the Department of Education.
04 Aug, 2021 Make sure your business is Good to Go – Lyons Economy Minister Gordon Lyons has encouraged Northern Ireland tourism providers to become accredited with the ‘We’re Good to Go’ industry standard mark.
03 Aug, 2021 Gregory Campbell - Moving quickly on vaccination has saved lives East Londonderry MP Gregory Campbell has encouraged people in Northern Ireland eligible to receive Covid vaccination to protect themselves against the virus. He said that moving quickly to introduce the vaccination programme had contributed to the prevention of many deaths across the UK and comparisons with other countries demonstrated this.
03 Aug, 2021 Prepare now for the re-opening of EFS Wider DAERA Minister, Edwin Poots MLA, has announced that Tranche 5 of the Wider Level of the Environmental Farming Scheme (EFS) will open for applications on 16 August 2021.
02 Aug, 2021 Is the Cancer Recovery Plan being enacted? DUP MP Carla Lockhart has called on Health Minister Robin Swann to ensure the Cancer Recovery Plan is acted upon and cancer services continue to be delivered for those in clinical need.
02 Aug, 2021 Net zero carbon and affordable energy key to Energy Strategy 2050 – Lyons Economy Minister Gordon Lyons has visited Kilroot Power Station to hear about plans to enhance security of supply and produce electricity in a sustainable and environmentally friendly manner.
02 Aug, 2021 Lyons announces new Deloitte Cloud Engineering Assured Skills Academy Economy Minister Gordon Lyons today launched an Assured Skills Academy in Cloud Engineering with Deloitte, offering 20 high quality training places for people with degrees.
01 Aug, 2021 Anniversary of Claudy massacre marked At the weekend a short commemorative event was held at the Claudy bomb memorial site in the village, where on 31 st July 1972 the Provisional IRA carried out a bomb attack which resulted in nine innocent people being murdered and over a hundred injured. No one has been made amenable for the atrocity in the forty nine years since.
30 Jul, 2021 DoH must redouble efforts to resolve Covid certification problems DUP South Antrim MLA and Vice-Chair of the Assembly’s Health Committee Pam Cameron has urged the Department of Health to redouble efforts to find a lasting solution to disruption facing travellers as a result of problems with Northern Ireland’s COVID Certification Service.
30 Jul, 2021 Storey hails ‘major milestone’ for Dunloy Accordion Band North Antrim DUP MLA Mervyn Storey has congratulated Dunloy Accordion Band on another major milestone as it celebrates 65 years since its formation.