A Northern Ireland project to provide early intervention support for young children and their families affected by domestic violence has been awarded a major grant from the Big Lottery Fund.

More than 32,000 children in NI live with domestic abuse and a local support group has been awarded lottery money to try and help some of them.

Belfast’s Lord Mayor Niall O’Donnghaile has said he wants to tackle the growing problem of suicide head on before his term of office ends.

The health minister has said he feels aggrieved that no-one has been prosecuted over alleged child abuse at two former children’s hospitals.

The number of acute hospitals in Northern Ireland could be cut by half as part of the biggest ever shake up of health services north of the border.

A LEADING age charity has welcomed the health minister’s statement on the Compton review saying it will consider the proposals carefully.

The needs of some of NI’s most vulnerable people have been in focus this week with Sinn Fein MLA Jennifer McCann highlighting the need for a comprehensive strategy to tackle the abuse of vulnerable young people who are missing from care.

Government plans for 60 NHS jobs to be taken out of Londonderry have been branded “scandalous”.

Northern Ireland Audit Office says that it expected greater savings in management and administration costs after 2008 reforms

The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety (DHSSPS) was engaged in a series of meetings with the failed care homes provider Southern Cross prior to the transfer of operations of the homes to other businesses.