THE Department of Education (DE) will pay for free school meals for eligible children during all school holidays until April…
NORTH OF IRELAND
Eastwood welcomes intervention to save Derry airport
SDLP Leader Colum Eastwood has welcomed an intervention from Minister Nichola Mallon that will keep City of Derry Airport open…
Coronavirus: Cash support scheme for taxi drivers opens
A financial support scheme for taxi drivers affected by Covid-19 restrictions in the North of Ireland has opened for applications.…
Coronavirus: Charities to be offered extra £6.2m support
An additional £6.2 million in funding for charities in the North of Ireland will be made available before the end…
Students in England can travel home for Christmas
Thousands of North of Ireland students at English universities can travel home for Christmas in early December. That is according…
Cancel next summer’s school exams, urges children’s commissioner
NEXT summer’s school exams should be cancelled, the North of Ireland’s children’s commissioner has said. Koulla Yiasouma said that the…
North ‘could receive 570,000 doses of Covid vaccine’
THE North of Ireland is likely to receive about 570,000 doses of the new coronavirus vaccine if it passes the…
Conern over restructuring of Sainbury’s – Anderson
SINN Féin’s Martina Anderson had called on Sainsbury’s to provide clarity to workers over their restructuring plans. Sainsbury’s says it…
Furlough scheme extended to end of March 2021
BRITISH Chancellor Rishi Sunak has confirmed that he will extend the furlough scheme until the end of March 2021. Mr…
WEEKLY earnings for full-time employees in the North of Ireland fell by 1% over the past year. It means typical…