O’Dowd launches Civil Service recruitment for 200 jobs in the North West

Finance Minister John O’Dowd has launched a new approach to recruitment for around 200 Administrative Officers, for vacancies in the North West.




Language Commissioners and Director of the Office of Identity and Cultural Expression appointed

The First Minister and deputy First Minister have announced the appointment of Dr Katy Radford as the Director of the Office of Identity and Cultural Expression (OICE), Pól Deeds as the Irish Language Commissioner, and Lee Reynolds as the Commissioner for the Ulster Scots and the Ulster British tradition.




Health Minister opens 2026/2027 Core Grant funding scheme

The Health Minister today launched the Department of Health’s Core Grant funding scheme for 2026/2027.




Communities Minister announces changes to funding for new social homes

Communities Minister Gordon Lyons today announced a number of changes to increase the delivery of new social homes across Northern Ireland.




Ex-post Evaluation of the Northern Ireland Rural Development Programme 2014-2020

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs has published the ex-post evaluation of the Northern Ireland Rural Development Programme (NIRDP) 2014-2020.