The results from the June 2025 Agricultural Census have been released today, Thursday 11 December 2025, by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA).

Department of Health Permanent Secretary Mike Farrar has paid tribute to Professor Ian Young, who is stepping down as the Department’s Chief Scientific Adviser.

Health Minister Mike Nesbitt has highlighted the important progress being made at Daisy Hill Hospital in helping reduce Northern Ireland’s waiting lists, noting the hospital’s growing role within the wider transformation of elective care across the region.

Junior Ministers Aisling Reilly and Joanne Bunting have reaffirmed the Executive’s commitment to growing the economy and improving the lives of all our people.

DAERA has announced the emergence of two more suspected Bluetongue cases on a third Co Down farm.