Northern Ireland First Minister Paul Givan has announced his resignation from Stormont’s powersharing Executive. The move by the Lagan Valley MLA is part of the DUP’s escalating protest strategy against
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Health Minister Robin Swann has announced Professor Ray Jones is to lead a review of children’s social care services in Northern Ireland. Professor Jones (pictured) will be assisted by an
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An announcement around an official apology from Stormont to those abused in historic institutions is expected to be made on Thursday. Margaret McGuckin, of the victims group Savia, said she
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Health Minister Robin Swann has made a new request for military assistance to help relieve Covid pressures in Northern Ireland’s hospitals. Mr Swann has made an official request to the
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The family of a nine-year-old girl whose death was examined in the Hyponatraemia Inquiry have welcomed a fresh inquest into her death. Raychel Ferguson, nine, from Coshquin in Co Londonderry,
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Collapsing Stormont before the end of the Assembly term would endanger vital reforms aimed at reducing Northern Ireland’s spiralling waiting lists, the Health Minister has warned. Robin Swann (pictued) said
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A quarter of the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service are off work sparking longer waiting times even for the most ill patients. Some 221 workers are off due to Covid-19, with
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The Health Minister has urged people to get their booster vaccine after more than 30,000 cases of Covid-19 were recorded in Northern Ireland in just four days. Robin Swann said
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Long queues have continued to form at vaccine centres across Northern Ireland amid huge demand for booster doses. Healthcare staff are volunteering to come in to work on days off
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Stormont officials are scenario-planning further Covid-19 restrictions that may be needed when, as expected, the Omicron variant becomes dominant in Northern Ireland early next year. First Minister Paul Givan said
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