Nightclubs In The North To Face Curfew From Boxing Day
December 22, 2021 No Responses

Nightclubs In The North To Face Curfew From Boxing Day

Stormont ministers have agreed that nightclubs in the North will close from 8pm on December 26th. It comes on the same day that the region recorded its highest daily increase in case numbers of the virus. The PA news agency...
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Holohan Urges Young People To Minimize Contacts Before Christmas
December 21, 2021 No Responses

Holohan Urges Young People To Minimize Contacts Before Christmas

The chief medial officer has urged people to meet only those they plan to spend Christmas Day with in the coming days in a bid to cut social contacts. Dr Tony Holohan also made a plea to young people to...
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Jeffrey Donaldson Tests Positive For Covid-19
December 21, 2021 No Responses

Jeffrey Donaldson Tests Positive For Covid-19

DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson has tested positive for Covid-19. Mr Donaldson tweeted on Tuesday that he had received a positive result from a PCR test. “When I returned from London on Friday evening I felt a cold coming on, but...
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Government Announces New Pandemic Supports For Businesses
December 21, 2021 No Responses

Government Announces New Pandemic Supports For Businesses

The Government has announced a range of new supports for businesses following the introduction of tightened Covid-19 restrictions for the coming weeks. As a result of the new measures, designed to prevent the spread of the Omicron variant, the Government...
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Judge Rules That DUP Brexit Boycott Is ‘Breach Of Their Solemn Pledge’
December 20, 2021 No Responses

Judge Rules That DUP Brexit Boycott Is ‘Breach Of Their Solemn Pledge’

DUP ministers who are boycotting cross-Border political meetings as part of a protest against Brexit’s Northern Ireland Protocol are in “abject breach of their solemn pledge”, a High Court judge has said. However, Mr Justice Scoffield declined to make an...
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Three Men To Be Sentenced In Kevin Lunney Kidnapping Trial
December 20, 2021 No Responses

Three Men To Be Sentenced In Kevin Lunney Kidnapping Trial

Three men found guilty of the kidnap and assault of businessman Kevin Lunney are set to be sentenced later. Mr Lunney, 51, was kidnapped close to his home in Co Fermanagh on the evening of September 17th, 2019. The Quinn...
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O’Neill: New Brexit Minister Needs To ‘Find Solutions’ To Make NI Protocol Work
December 19, 2021 No Responses

O’Neill: New Brexit Minister Needs To ‘Find Solutions’ To Make NI Protocol Work

Lord Frost’s replacement as Brexit minister will “need to find solutions” to make the Northern Ireland Protocol work, Stormont’s deputy First Minister Michelle O’Neill has said. She said businesses have been left “high and dry” by Brexit uncertai...
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Reports: Brexit Minister Lord Frost Resigns From Johnson’s Cabinet
December 18, 2021 No Responses

Reports: Brexit Minister Lord Frost Resigns From Johnson’s Cabinet

UK Brexit minister Lord Frost has resigned from Boris Johnson’s cabinet, the Mail on Sunday has reported. Lord Frost, who has led negotiations with the EU, is reported to have handed in his resignation letter to Mr Johnson last week....
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Hospitality Venues To Face 8pm Curfew From Monday
December 17, 2021 No Responses

Hospitality Venues To Face 8pm Curfew From Monday

Hospitality chiefs have warned new Covid measures will “decimate” their trade and lead to job losses. The Cabinet has agreed hospitality venues, cinemas and theatres will be required to close at 8pm from Monday to deal with the threat from...
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Coveney Welcomes Brexit Agreement On Supply Of Medicines To The North
December 17, 2021 No Responses

Coveney Welcomes Brexit Agreement On Supply Of Medicines To The North

Simon Coveney has welcomed an agreement between the EU and the UK to secure the supply of medicines into Northern Ireland. The EU has announced proposed laws to assist the free flow of medicines from Britain into the North, in...
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