Hargey announces £500,000 for sports clubs and sporting organisations

Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey MLA has today launched a £500,000 Hardship Fund for the sports sector.

DAERA to test up to 1,000 samples a day in fight against COVID-19

DAERA’s Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) will assist the health service in testing up to 1,000 samples a day from suspect COVID-19 cases, Minister Edwin Poots has confirmed.

Health Minister welcomes commitment on care home statistics

Health Minister Robin Swann has welcomed the commitment by NISRA to publish statistics on deaths and suspected deaths in care homes related to Covid-19.

Executive committed to securing PPE for frontline workers

Health Minister, Robin Swann and Finance Minister, Conor Murphy today visited Huhtamaki in West Belfast who are in partnership with Bloc Blinds which is producing 13million face shields for frontline health workers.

Update on Covid-19 school clusters

Education Minister Peter Weir has said that 14 clusters involving 56 schools have been formally registered with the Department.