Investment Fund key to supporting tourism and boosting regional economic growth – O’Dowd

Finance Minister John O’Dowd has visited a new 24-bed aparthotel in Derry which is set to open this spring.




All schools now equipped with life-saving defibrillators

Education Minister Paul Givan has announced that every school in Northern Ireland now has a life-saving defibrillator on site.




Lyons welcomes appointment of contractor for £2m Environmental Improvement Scheme in Rathfriland, Gilford and Markethill

Communities Minister Gordon Lyons has welcomed the appointment of Northstone to deliver the construction phase of a major £2 million Environmental Improvement Scheme across the rural towns of Rathfriland, Gilford and Markethill.




Ballymena man convicted for unlawful possession of weight-loss medicines

A 59-year-old Ballymena man charged with an offence in breach of the Human Medicines Regulations was today fined £1000 (plus offender levy).




Northern Ireland Health and Social Care Active Recruitment Statistics & Northern Ireland Health and Social Care Quarterly Workforce Statistics 31 December 2025

The Department of Health today released details of NI Health and Social Care (HSC) vacancies actively being recruited and HSC staff in post as at 31 December 2025.