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Economy Minister Conor Murphy has announced that from the 2025/26 academic year students at the Graduate Entry Medical School at Ulster University’s Derry-Londonderry campus will be able to access tuition fee loans. Currently, graduate entry medical students cannot obtain a Government loan …

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Education Minister Paul Givan has announced that online applications of the targeted early years Pathway Fund for 2025/26 and 2026/27 have opened. Introduced by the Department of Education in 2016, the Pathway Fund focuses on the provision of early years education services for …

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The Police Service of Northern Ireland has launched its annual Christmas operation today, which aims to keep people safe in the run-up to and over the Christmas and New Year period. The initiative titled Operation Season’s Greetings, will see an …

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SPAR and EUROSPAR stores in Northern Ireland will continue their commitment towards their charity partners and local communities with a variety of plans to give back even more this festive season.  SPAR NI has been partnered with Marie Curie since …

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Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Minister Andrew Muir has opened the Better Beaches Forum at the Crawfordsburn Countryside Centre. The Forum is led by DAERA and is a collaboration between all of those with a role in managing our beaches …

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Education Minister Paul Givan has today announced a significant new initiative to fund and roll out Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) to all schools in Northern Ireland. A recent survey has indicated that less than half of schools in Northern Ireland currently …

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Economy Minister Conor Murphy has announced a £4.5 million investment by leading IT solutions provider, Ergo, to establish a new office in the North that will create 40 high-quality jobs over three years. Ergo’s expansion aims to attract local talent to …

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The pioneers behind Capers Pizza, a long-standing pillar of Belfast’s food scene which closed earlier this year, have been awarded the prestigious outstanding contribution to the industry honour at the inaugural NI Food to Go Awards, sponsored by Henderson Foodservice, …

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Northern Ireland has hosted the fifth UK Education Ministers’ Council (EMC) meeting. Education Minister Paul Givan welcomed Education Ministers and senior officials from across the UK to Laurelhill Community College, Lisburn for the meeting focussed on Teacher Professional Learning and …

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Infrastructure Minister John O’Dowd has confirmed that the Department’s winter service team is ready to keep people moving on our roads during the current cold snap. Around 300 staff and 130 gritters are available to salt main roads to keep …

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Overall interest in Northern Ireland’s housing market was the strongest during October in five years, the latest monthly report from PropertyPal suggests. The volume of sales enquiries rose significantly, reflecting an increase in buyer activity and strong market momentum. Traffic …

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Children from Belfast City Airport’s adopted schools have helped welcome in the start of the holiday season at the airport’s annual Christmas tree light switch on. Maci Morrow from Victoria Park PS, Dorian Jastrzebski from Mitchell House PS, Rachel Dalton-Woods …

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Hydebank Wood Secure College and Women’s Prison is a ‘model of excellence and good practice, transforming lives’, Justice Minister Naomi Long has said. The Minister was responding to the publication of two independent reports by Criminal Justice Inspection Northern Ireland …

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Debbie Mullan’s 17-year-old son Keelan was killed when he crashed into a tractor on a rural road near his home in 2013. Keelan had passed his driving test just a few weeks before he died. Christopher Sherrard lost his 60-year-old …

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Economy Minister Conor Murphy has announced a £2.1 million investment by Dublin-based Data Platform Company, Spark, to establish a Data Analytics and AI Technology and Consulting Centre in Belfast. The investment will create 12 high-quality jobs, two of which are in …

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