GP services investment is ‘truly transformational’

A newly announced £61m investment will help stabilise GP services and advance health service reform, Health Minister Mike Nesbitt has stated.




Transformation projects will deliver tangible benefits for Justice

Justice Minister Naomi Long has welcomed the allocation of an additional £23m to progress much needed reforms within the justice system.




Kimmins welcomes funding proposed for infrastructure in the Draft Budget 2025/26 as Equality Impact Consultation launches

Infrastructure Minister Liz Kimmins has welcomed the Department’s Draft 2025-26 Budget outcome which is in an increase in comparison to previous years and reflective of the historic underfunded baseline that the Department has faced for many years.




Minister announces £1.2m investment for regeneration project within Londonderry’s historic walled city

Communities Minister Gordon Lyons today announced a grant of £1.2million for the purchase of the former ‘Austins’ department store in the heart of Londonderry’s historic city centre. Austins is a landmark listed building that occupies a prime location, but which has lain vacant for the last nine years.




Ministers launch appointments competition for Language Commissioners and Office of Identity and Cultural Expression

The First Minister and deputy First Minister have announced the launch of a competition to appoint an Irish Language Commissioner and a Commissioner for the Ulster Scots and Ulster British tradition.