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Northern Ireland
/ 2 days ago‘No funding’ and ‘no contracts’: MLA asks Minister for clarity on Mears Group connections
The Department for Communities – or any of its ‘arms-length’ bodies – has no existing contracts with, or paid any money...
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Northern Ireland
/ 1 week agoHealth Minister pressed on action plan following suspected NI meningitis case
A Newry and Armagh MLA has asked the Department for Health for an update on their plan of action given a...
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Northern Ireland
/ 1 week agoChild marriage to be banned in Northern Ireland with minimum age to be raised to 18
Finance Minister John O’Dowd has moved to ban child marriage in Northern Ireland by introducing new laws that will raise the...
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Northern Ireland
/ 2 weeks agoNI firm fined £110,000 after death of subcontractor at quarry
Major construction firm FP McCann Ltd has been fined £110,000 following the death of a subcontractor at its Loughside Quarry in...
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Armagh
/ 2 weeks agoPatients within Southern Trust area could wait eye-watering two years for cataracts surgery
Patients within the Southern Trust area could be waiting up to two years for cataracts surgery, despite a target maximum wait...
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Northern Ireland
/ 2 weeks agoMLA pay to jump to £67,200 – but salaries face automatic cuts if Stormont stalls again
An independent body has signed off on a 26.8% pay rise for MLAs from next year – and, for the first...
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Northern Ireland
/ 2 weeks agoMinister aims to defer axing car park charges at hospitals but says he will do so ‘when time is right’
A bid to ban car park charges at Northern Ireland’s hospitals could be put back. Health Minister Mike Nesbitt has indicated...
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Northern Ireland
/ 3 weeks agoEducation Minister unveils ‘once-in-a-generation’ shake-up of GCSEs and A Levels in Northern Ireland
Education Minister Paul Givan has announced sweeping reforms to CCEA GCSE and A Level qualifications in what he has described as...
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Northern Ireland
/ 3 weeks agoSupport measures available for schools developing mainstream SEN provision in 2026
Schools which develop specialist provision in 2026 will be able to avail of a number of financial and release-based benefits, according...
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Northern Ireland
/ 3 weeks agoOil and petrol prices spike ‘fuels’ public anger as MLAs demand answers amid ‘profiteering’ claims
Political representatives have expressed dismay and demanded action after a spike in the costs of home heating oil and petrol and...
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Armagh
/ 1 month agoBooze blamed for over 105,000 crimes in past five years as MLA flags ‘drain on public finances’
Booze has been blamed for being behind 105,000 crimes committed in Northern Ireland over the past five years – a “devastating”...
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Northern Ireland
/ 2 months agoRaft of school closures expected as Minister sharpens axe for unprecedented cuts
A raft of schools are expected to be recommended for closure under plans to bridge a funding crisis within education in...
