Reappointment to the Board of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland

Communities Minister, Gordon Lyons MLA, has reappointed Ray Hall MBE as a Member to the Arts Council of Northern Ireland Board from 1 September 2025 until 31 August 2029. He has served on the Board from 1 September 2021.




Organised Crime Task Force results welcomed

Work to disrupt organised crime groups has ‘delivered another year of excellent results’.




Release of Northern Ireland Inpatient, Day Case and Outpatient Hospital Statistics for 2024/25

The Department of Health today published the 2024/25 Inpatient, Day Case and Outpatient Hospital Statistics for Northern Ireland.




Department warns the public on fake weight-loss medication

The Department’s Medicines Regulatory Group (MRG) is warning the public not to fall victim to criminals selling fake weight-loss medication.




Antrim Pharmacist receives 200 hours Community Service Order for unlawful possession and theft of controlled prescription medicines

A 40-year-old County Antrim man was today sentenced at Ballymena Magistrates Court for unlawfully possessing the controlled prescription medicine diazepam and for theft of the same drug.