HOUSE prices across the North of Ireland had their biggest annual increase since 2007 during the third quarter of 2021.…
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Ferguson: Electricity price hikes another blow to families
SINN Féin’s Ciara Ferguson has said news that Budget Energey is to increase its prices by 29 per cent and…
Derry hotelier says skills shortage remains in hospitality
A DERRY hotelier says there remains a skills shortage in the hospitality industry. Ciaran O’Neill, who owns the award winnig…
McLaughlin: Gas price increase latest blow to consumers
THE SDLP’s Economy Spokesperson Sinéad McLaughlin has said an increase in gas prices is the latest blow to consumers in…
Derry council ends year with £1.3m surplus
DERRY City and Strabane District Council has ended the financial year with a surplus of £1.3 million after initially projecting…
Durkan calls for tailored scheme for older jobseekers
SDLP Social Justice spokesperson Mark H Durkan MLA has called on the Minister for Communities and the Minister for the…
Durkan: Unforgivable 1 in 4 Derry children living in poverty
SDLP social justice spokesperson Mark H Durkan said the growing levels of child poverty across the North are a damning…
Budget 2021: UC and furlough scheme extended
BRITISH Chancellor Rishi Sunak has extended Universal Credit and the furlough scheme for a further six months. That means the…
Coronavirus: North’s unemployment rate rises to 3.6%
THE rate of unemployment in the North of Ireland rose to 3.6% in the three months to December, official figures…
Coronavirus: Firms get new grants to survive lockdown
BUSINESSES in retail, hospitality and leisure will receive new grants to help them keep afloat until spring, BrItish Chancellor Rishi…