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Lyons criticises handling of programmes supposed to replace lost EU funding

Stormont’s Economy Minister has criticised the Government’s handling of funding programmes that are supposed to replace lost EU support for Northern Ireland. Gordon Lyons told the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee that the Government had done ...

22 Mar 2022 at 12:55

Northern Ireland

Minister confident obstacles to NI involvement in Euro 2028 bid can be overcome

Northern Ireland’s Economy Minister has said he is confident that obstacles to taking part in a joint UK and Ireland bid to host the 2028 Euros can be overcome. However, Gordon Lyons said a new Stormont Executive will have to formally agree ...

25 Mar 2022 at 17:55

Northern Ireland

Stormont’s Spend Local cards used in 3.7m transactions

Stormont’s high-street vouchers were used in 3.7 million transactions in Northern Ireland, injecting almost £137 million into the economy, new figures show. Economy Minister Gordon Lyons said around 1.4 million of the £100 Spend Local ...

28 Feb 2022 at 14:25

Local News

County Derry among lowest areas for Spend Local transactions and income

County Derry was among the areas to benefit least from the Department for the Economy (DfE)'s High Street Scheme last autumn. The scheme was introduced as part of a range of measures introduced by DfE to stimulate economic recovery ...

10 Mar 2022 at 13:33

Northern Ireland

RHI to continue as DUP and Sinn Fein clash over future of scheme

Stormont’s controversial renewable heat incentive (RHI) scheme is to continue operating into the coming financial year, the Economy Minister has said. Gordon Lyons said the Executive had failed to reach an agreed position on the ...

03 Mar 2022 at 18:55

Cllr Farell slams Invest NI as working for Belfast and failing Derry

Derry News

Cllr Farell slams Invest NI as working for Belfast and failing for Derry

SDLP Councillor, Rory Farell, launched a blistering attack on Invest NI saying the development agency “works for Belfast and fails miserably for Derry”. The outburst came during a debate on a motion put forward by Cllr John ...

28 Jan 2022 at 19:33

National News

Economy Minister outlines Spend Local Card compensation plan

People who missed out on Stormont’s high street vouchers through no fault of their own are to get the money through a direct payment to their bank. Economy Minister Gordon Lyons has outlined the plan to compensate those ...

26 Jan 2022 at 19:33

News

Independent review of Invest NI announced

An independent review of the work of Stormont’s business support agency Invest NI has been ordered. Economy Minister Gordon Lyons said the move was required to ensure the operations of Invest NI align with his ...

26 Jan 2022 at 01:25

News

People who missed out on spend local cards to get money in direct bank payment

26 Jan 2022 at 12:25

Derry News

Brexit idiocy from the DUP is at the expense of young people's education, says Durkan

SDLP Foyle MLA, Mark H Durkan, has insisted that “young people are paying the price for the DUP's Brexit idiocy”. Mr Durkan stated that routes into university education were now less attractive to ...

31 Jan 2022 at 18:33

News

Lyons set to announce ‘remedies’ for those unable to spend high street vouchers

The Economy Minister is to outline “remedies” for those people who were unable to spent Stormont’s high street vouchers through no fault of their own. Householders across Northern Ireland were ...

24 Jan 2022 at 19:55

Northern Ireland

Lifting student cap would require higher tuition fees or budget cuts, MPs told

Increasing the number of university places in Northern Ireland would require introducing higher tuition fees or taking money from another Stormont department, economy minister Gordon Lyons ...

06 Jul 2022 at 15:09

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