Health Minister Robin Swann has welcomed an easing of care home visiting restrictions, taking effect from today. The Health Minister (pictured) said: “Following the latest review, the restrictions on visiting
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The Secretary of State can compel Stormont to act to implement abortion legislation due to the supremacy of Parliament, the high court has heard. Peter Coll QC, acting for Brandon
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Deputy First Minister Michelle O’Neill has said she will make the case for a full public inquiry into institutions for unmarried mothers in Northern Ireland, stating that women were treated
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The “great scandal” of mother and baby homes, Magdalene laundries and workhouses in Northern Ireland must be investigated by a public inquiry, an independent panel has recommended. The Stormont-commissioned experts
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Stormont ministers have made no changes to current Covid rules in Northern Ireland but have agreed a date when some regulations could be eased. Following a marathon meeting of the
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Northern Ireland’s Health Minister Robin Swann has launched a new Workforce Appeal to help maintain important surgery this winter. As the health service struggles to cope with some of the
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Government immigration policy must be changed within days if the UK is to prevent food shortages due to a lack of labour in processing plants, a Stormont minister has warned.
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Northern Ireland’s deputy First Minister has urged a cautious approach to further lockdown relaxations amid high Covid rates and pressures on the health service. Michelle O’Neill returned to Stormont on
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Following a recent external recruitment process, Health Minister Robin Swann has appointed Professor Siobhan O’Neill as the Mental Health Champion for Northern Ireland. Professor O’Neill (pictured) is the current Interim
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Rules on self-isolation in Northern Ireland are to be relaxed, Stormont ministers have agreed. People who are close contacts of positive cases will no longer have to isolate for 10
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