Covid-19 restrictions will be extended for one week in Northern Ireland, sources said. Some areas of the locked down hospitality sectors will partly reopen next Friday. The Democratic Unionists and
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Executive ministers were involved in angry exchanges after the DUP moved to block a proposal to extend Northern Ireland’s circuit-break lockdown for two more weeks. DUP Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots’
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Stormont’s First Minister has said she respectfully disagrees with a leading medical body’s assessment that new restrictions for Northern Ireland are “too little, too late”. Arlene Foster was responding to
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Northern Ireland is to enter a period of intensified coronavirus restrictions after the Stormont executive announced closures of schools, pubs and restaurants. Pubs and restaurants will close for four weeks,
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The coronavirus emergency is becoming graver by the hour, Northern Ireland’s health minister warned. A record high in the daily number of new positive cases was recorded on Friday as
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The Northern Ireland public face beefed-up coronavirus fines, with fixed penalty notices starting at £200. The list of locations where people must wear a face covering has also been extended
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A shortage of nurses in Northern Ireland presents a “major barrier” to restarting health services, surgeons said. Eight in 10 are concerned about lack of staff while patients deteriorate in
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Northern Ireland’s Health Minister Robin Swann has stressed the importance of the seasonal influenza vaccination programme for all frontline health and social care workers. Visiting Holywood Arches Wellbeing and Treatment
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Stormont’s Executive Office has been urged to act over a closed fund for recognition payments for the bereaved. Kenny Donaldson of the victims group Seff has questioned the delay in
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Health Minister Robin Swann has announced that he is calling a statutory public inquiry into the abuse at Muckamore Abbey Hospital. The inquiry follows two reports into the abuse at
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