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.
30 Jul, 2021 Gun owners urged to be vigilant following data breach DUP South Antrim MLA and Policing Board representative Trevor Clarke has echoed calls for gun owners to be extra vigilant in relation to home security after the PSNI confirmed that 803 customers in Northern Ireland have been affected by a major data breach from online trading website GunTrader UK.
30 Jul, 2021 Poots announces £2million Covid-19 support scheme for potato growers A further Covid-19 support scheme worth up to £2million for farmers growing potatoes for the processing supply chain has been announced by Agriculture and Environment Minister Edwin Poots.
30 Jul, 2021 Progress on Protocol would see improved environment for North-South relationships Speaking ahead of Friday’s meeting of the North South Ministerial Council, DUP Leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson said, "
29 Jul, 2021 Robin Newton: Only 77 JobStart placements to date EAST Belfast MLA Robin Newton has expressed his disappointment in the roll out of the Department for Communities JobStart Scheme saying, “the low number of young people recruited to the scheme is very worrying.”
29 Jul, 2021 Statement on Executive decisions – 29 July 2021 Following careful consideration of the public health situation and wider societal context, the Executive has today agreed a number of changes to the Covid-19 restrictions.
29 Jul, 2021 Support urged to mitigate impact of cancelled surgeries DUP Upper Bann MLA Jonathan Buckley who is also a member of the Assembly’s Health Committee has said he is ‘aghast’ at Belfast Health and Social Care Trust’s decision to postpone cancer surgeries in light of evidence that the level of hospital admissions during the current surge in Covid-19 cases has been significantly lower than previous waves.