Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has met with Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs George Eustice and Minister of State, Lord Frost at the Balmoral Show to stress the importance of the agri-food sector and the impact the Northern Ireland Protocol is having on it.

The Executive arrived at a number of decisions today.

A £170,000 road improvement scheme on Old Holywood Road, Belfast will commence on Monday 27 September 2021.

Northern Ireland’s farm businesses are set to benefit from an additional £15m, Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has announced today.

The Health and Agriculture Ministers have urged any unvaccinated visitors to the Balmoral Show to use the opportunity to get jabbed.