Consultation on Disability and Work strategy launched by Minister Lyons

Communities Minister Gordon Lyons has outlined plans for a disability employment strategy which will see an additional 50,000 people join the workforce over the next ten years.

New funding boost to support teacher and classroom assistant development

Education Minister Paul Givan has announced a new partnership with the Chartered College of Teaching to give teachers and classroom assistants access to their evidence-informed professional learning programmes.

‘We will break down barriers to employment’ – Lyons

Communities Minister Gordon Lyons has set out his determination to get more people into work in Northern Ireland.

Suspect case of notifiable Avian Flu found in commercial poultry premises, Co Tyrone

Disease control measures have been initiated by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) following a suspect case of notifiable highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) at a commercial poultry premises near Omagh.

Kimmins thanks DfI colleagues for storm clearance work

Infrastructure Minister Liz Kimmins has paid tribute to the DfI teams who worked throughout Friday and over the weekend to clear roads and deal with flooding incidents as Storm Amy took hold.