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November 15, 2020 No Responses

Swann Will Ask For Further Coronavirus Restrictions In The North

Stormont’s health minister has said he is likely to ask for further coronavirus restrictions for Northern Ireland before the scheduled reopening of the hospitality sector. Robin Swann’s remarks raise the prospect of more executive discord in the near future, following...

November 13, 2020 No Responses

Northern Businesses Express Dismay Over Lockdown Extensions

Businesses have voiced their “deep dismay and distress” at the “shambolic” decision to extend lockdown restrictions on the hospitality sector in Northern Ireland. Belfast Chamber chief executive Simon Hamilton said there was “huge disappointment” a...

November 13, 2020 No Responses

John and Pat Hume Foundation Launched To Inspire Next Generation

A foundation in the name of the late Nobel Peace Prize winner, John Hume, and his wife Pat has been launched to inspire the next generation of peacemakers. The cross-community foundation has been set up to promote the peaceful legacy...

November 12, 2020 No Responses

Coronavirus Lockdown Extended In The North

Covid-19 restrictions will be extended for one week in Northern Ireland, sources said. Some areas of the locked down hospitality sectors will partly reopen next Friday. The Democratic Unionists and ministers from smaller parties in Stormont backed the proposal...

November 12, 2020 No Responses

Irish Government Helps Bring 8,000 Home During The Pandemic

The Department of Foreign Affairs has helped more than 8,000 Irish citizens return home safely from 126 countries during the Covid-19 pandemic, the minister has said. Simon Coveney said that Ireland has also allocated over €140 million to the global...

November 11, 2020 No Responses

DUP Vetoes One-Week Extension To Coronavirus Lockdowns

The DUP has vetoed a proposed one-week extension to Northern Ireland’s circuit-break lockdown. All the other executive parties had backed the proposal from health minister Robin Swann, proposed in a bid to end an executive stalemate on restrictions. Those sa...

November 10, 2020 No Responses

Angry Scenes After DUP Votes To Block Lockdown Extension

Stormont Executive ministers were involved in angry exchanges after the DUP moved to block a proposal to extend Northern Ireland’s circuit-break lockdown for two more weeks. DUP Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots’ call for the proposal to be decided using th...