Four further Covid-related deaths and more than 1,100 cases reported in 24 hours

There have been four further Covid-related deaths reported in Northern Ireland in the last 24 hours – one occurred outside the...

Sixteen further Covid-related deaths in NI since Friday but cases and hospital numbers drop

There have been 16 further Covid-related deaths reported in Northern Ireland since Friday – five in the last 24 hours. Three...

Almost three quarters of Covid ICU patients are unvaccinated

Almost three quarters of Covid patients in intensive care have not been vaccinated, figures from the Department of Health (DoH) have...

Ten further Covid-related deaths as Health Minister calls for military support to ‘alleviate’ pressure

There have been ten further Covid-related deaths reported in Northern Ireland in the last 24 hours – one of which occurred...

Calls for Racial Equality Strategy as racist hate crimes ‘outstrip’ sectarian motivated offences

Hate motivated crimes showed an increase of over 200 racist crimes in Northern Ireland compared to the same period in the...

Emergency legal action launched over Covid vaccine programme for 12 to 15-year-olds

Emergency legal action has been launched in response to the Government announcement that parental consent would not be required to enable...

Labour shortages causing ‘real and immediate stresses’ on agri-food sector

Farm labour shortages have been an issue for several years now but are thought to have become worse since Brexit has...

Five Covid-related deaths in 24 hours as case numbers drop to just above 1,000

There have been five  further Covid-related deaths reported in Northern Ireland in the last 24 hours – one of which occurred...

Seven further Covid-related deaths and almost 1,600 cases as booster programme to begin this month

There have been seven further Covid-related deaths reported in Northern Ireland in the last 24 hours. Two of those deaths occurred...

Long-awaited NI High Street Voucher Scheme to open at end of September

The long-awaited Northern Ireland High Street Scheme (HSS) will be open from September 27 with cards ceasing to be valid on...

Young people aged 12 to 15 to be offered Covid-19 vaccine

People aged 12-15 in Northern Ireland will be offered a first dose of Covid-19 vaccine shortly. This move follows the unanimous...

Seventeen Covid-related deaths over weekend as hospital numbers drop significantly

There have been 17 further Covid-related deaths reported in Northern Ireland since Friday – eight in the last 24 hours. Since...