Fisheries Minister Edwin Poots has announced a substantial £1.5m support package for Northern Ireland’s fishing industry.

The First Minister Arlene Foster and deputy First Minister Michelle O’Neill with Executive Ministers Robin Swann (Health) and Conor Murphy (Finance) provide an update on actions being taken in response to the Covid-19 crisis.

The Department for the Economy (the Department) has accepted disqualification undertakings from the Directors of a furniture business.

The Health and Social Care (HSC) system has published a further element of its planning for the expected surge in increasing numbers of Covid-19 patients.

DAERA Minister Edwin Poots has urged farmers and land managers to halt all prescribed burning in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic in a bid to reduce additional pressures on Northern Ireland’s emergency services.