SDLP Leader Colum Eastwood MP has said that the waiting list crisis is having an immense and immediate impact on…
Health Service
Mayor to light Council buildings for Covid nurses
MAYOR of Derry City and Strabane District Council, Councillor Brian Tierney, says this year’s International Nurses Day is particularly poignant…
£175m to buy PPE for North’s health service
THE Stormont Executive has agreed how to allocate £226.5m in funding, including £190m which is going to the Department of…
Mullan welcomes start of Covid vaccination programme
SINN Féin’s Karen Mullan has welcomed the start of a programme of mass COVID-19 vaccination with the first vaccine being…
Eastwood: Executive must give clarity on Covid restrictions
SDLP Leader Colum Eastwood has reaffirmed that his party supports the Department of Health’s recommendation to extend the current Covid-19…
Durkan: Frontline student nurses deserve well-earned wage
THE SDLP’s Mark H Durkan has submitted an urgent question to Health Minister Robin Swann, urging him to introduce a…
Coronavirus: Derry sisters have double christening as lockdown lifts
THERE was double delight in Derry for sisters Ciara Tracey and Karen Doherty as they had their babies christened after…
Cllr Durkan calls for adequate equipment and guidance for carers in the community
SDLP Councillor Mary Durkan has called for adequate equipment and proper directive guidance in response to the Covid-19 pandemic for…
‘Big tobacco not the taxpayer should pick up health tab’ – Anderson
SINN Féin’s Martina Anderson is calling for firm action to stamp out irresponsible activity within the tobacco industry and to…