Family, friends and ex-colleagues of the late Joe Breen OBE, met at Belfast Marina in Abercorn Basin for the renaming of the Department’s new survey vessel to the ‘Joe Breen’. 

The Departments of Justice and Health have awarded funding to 11 organisations to enable them to deliver programmes aimed at reducing domestic and sexual abuse.

The labour market statistics were published today by the Northern Ireland Statistics & Research Agency.

Eight organisations will receive a share of £1.2million as part of a Regional Change Fund initiative aimed at tackling violence against women and girls.

A legacy interface structure that has been standing for 27 years has been successfully removed by the Department of Justice with local agreement.