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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A detective investigating the murder of a two-year-old said they believe the man charged with her death attacked the toddler at a house in Co Tyrone. Ali Jayden Doyle died
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Around 1,800 healthcare staff in Northern Ireland are currently off work due to Covid 19, MLAs have been told. Paul Cavanagh, the interim director of planning and commissioning with Northern
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A 29-year-old woman remains under arrest on suspicion of the murder of a baby boy at a house in north Belfast. The boy’s young sister is in intensive care after
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