The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has introduced a new mapping resource designed to enhance the protection of breeding wading birds in Northern Ireland.

The introduction of a voluntary contributions scheme for wastewater infrastructure will help unlock more residential and commercial development opportunities, Infrastructure Minister Liz Kimmins has said.

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

A 44-year-old Portadown woman, charged with offences in breach of the Human Medicines Regulations, was today fined £720 (plus offender levy).

On the second day of his visit to Belgium and the Netherlands, DAERA Minister Andrew Muir has travelled to a sustainable dairy farm and met the Dutch Director General for Rural Areas, Nature and Fisheries, Mark Roscam Abbing.