We utterly condemn the violent and racist scenes we have once again witnessed on our streets in recent days.

A Department for Infrastructure depot has been broken into and a vehicle set alight at Sandyknowes outside Belfast.

The Health and Social Care’s Business Services Organisation (BSO) has today published its Family Practitioner Services General Ophthalmic Statistics for Northern Ireland 2025/26. This Accredited Official Statistics report contains high level summary information on activity and payments in relation to General Ophthalmic Services. Information is provided at Northern Ireland level with further breakdowns presented at both Local Commissioning Group (LCG) and Local Government District (LGD) level.

Health Minister Mike Nesbitt thanked Fire and Ambulance crews for their bravery and hard work during Tuesday’s and Wednesday’s public disorder. Crews dealt with multiple incidents over the course of the evening and into the night during the violence and disorder on streets across Northern Ireland.

First Minister Michelle O’Neill and deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly have appointed Dr Geraldine O’Hare and Mr Peter Osborne as Lay Members to the NI Judicial Appointments Commission (NIJAC).