Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots MLA is encouraging Northern Ireland stakeholders to respond to a UK-wide consultation on Contractual relationships in the UK dairy industry.

This is the amount of money that may be released to the beneficiaries of a deceased person without probate.

Almost 20,000 plastic and glass bottles, 800 football, rugby and tennis balls, 120 bin bags of rubbish, 60 pieces of footwear, 22 plastic ducks, 15 traffic cones, 11 shopping trolleys and 7 bicycles, are just some of the things fished out of a local river over nine months.

Communities Minister Carál Ní Chuilín has confirmed that current restrictions on libraries will be relaxed to allow their reopening in a manner which maximises safety for the public and staff.

Economy Minister Diane Dodds has today welcomed the UK Government announcement of £33.1million funding for a local maritime project to design and build zero emissions ferries in Belfast