Infrastructure Minister Liz Kimmins has confirmed that a £180,000 carriageway resurfacing scheme will start on Monday 10 November 2025 in Lack, Co Fermanagh. The works cover a 500-metre stretch of Main Street (B4) between Tedd Road and Kilsmullan Road and include additional patching to shore up weaker sections of the […]
The Department for Infrastructure (DfI) says it has found a way to get Kilrea Bridge on the B64 Bann Road open to cars and light vans before Christmas. Working with a recently appointed specialist contractor, engineers now intend to fit temporary tie-bars to stabilise the bridge while longer-term structural work
Justice Minister Naomi Long has led tributes to the 32 Northern Ireland Prison Service (NIPS) officers who have lost their lives in the line of duty. At a wreath-laying ceremony in the Memorial Garden at Hydebank Wood, the Minister and Director General Beverley Wall paid their respects alongside bereaved families,
Economy Minister Dr Caoimhe Archibald has confirmed the appointment of 56 new non-legal panel members to the Industrial Tribunals and Fair Employment Tribunal (ITFET). The fresh intake, selected through an open competition, will begin sitting on 3 November 2025 and is intended to bolster the capacity of Northern Ireland’s main
Health Minister Mike Nesbitt has confirmed that Northern Ireland’s Executive has authorised an immediate move to restore pay parity for all Health and Social Care (HSC) staff. The Minister says the uplift will match the percentage increases recommended by the independent pay review bodies across the UK, back-dated in full
Economy Minister Dr Caoimhe Archibald has confirmed that Northern Ireland Apprenticeship Week 2026 will run from 2 to 6 February next year. The annual showcase is intended to celebrate successes across the apprenticeship system while connecting school leavers, career changers and employers with training providers. In a short statement the
Today the Department for the Economy (DfE) has released headline figures from the Northern Ireland Employer Skills Survey 2024, a major study that captures the views of 3,388 employers on vacancies, skills gaps and training. Economy Minister Dr Caoimhe Archibald is hailing the results as evidence that labour-market pressures are
Education Minister Paul Givan has issued a last call for views on sweeping changes to GCSE, AS and A-level qualifications in Northern Ireland. With just over a week before the 13 November deadline, more than 2,200 people have already responded to the Department of Education’s consultation. The outcome could reshape
Environment Minister Andrew Muir MLA has confirmed that three existing members of the Council for Nature Conservation and the Countryside (CNCC) will serve a further one-year term. John Martin, Noel Rice and Rosemary Thomas will remain on the statutory advisory body until 31 May 2026, continuing to advise the Department
All poultry and captive birds across Northern Ireland must be housed or kept separate from wild birds from 00:01 on Thursday 6 November 2025. The legal requirement, announced today by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA), follows two suspect cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) at
