Northern Ireland’s health service is expected to face a £600 million budget shortfall. Stormont Health Minister Mike Nesbitt described financial plans being finalised which will be “unprecedented in their scale
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A domestic abuse victim who stabbed her partner multiple times with a kitchen knife while he slept has been jailed for a minimum of 12 years. Julie Anne McIlwaine 34,
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A woman whose parents died of Covid a month apart during the pandemic has told a public inquiry she believes the infection was taken into their house by carers. Hazel
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Suicide rates in Northern Ireland are three times higher in the most deprived areas compared with the least deprived, a new report has found. The report, by the Samaritans, found
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A teacher who groomed and sexually abused a teenage pupil has been described as a “cold, calculating child predator”. Judith Evans was jailed for two years at Belfast Crown Court
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A father who shook his infant son so violently that it caused severe brain injuries has been jailed for at least 20 years for the child’s murder. Craig Rowland, 29,
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A 21-year-old man described by police as a “brutal child predator” is to serve 23 years in prison after being convicted of rape, sexual abuse, blackmail, having indecent images and
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Families bereaved by Covid-19 in Northern Ireland have expressed hope they can influence public policy. Members of the Covid Bereaved Families for Justice NI group (pictured) met deputy First Minister
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Families who lost loved ones in the Covid-19 pandemic have accused Stormont’s leaders of ignoring them. Members of the Covid Bereaved Families for Justice NI group (pictured) criticised First Minister
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A final call has been made for survivors of former mother and baby home and Magdalene institutions in Northern Ireland to come forward and give testimony. It comes as part
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