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‘No surprise’ briefing for minister sparse on pandemic plan detail, probe told

It is not surprising that a briefing document presented to Northern Ireland’s new health minister in January 2020 contained only two paragraphs about emergency planning for a pandemic, a senior Stormont civil servant has said. Richard Pengelly, ...

11 Jul 2023 at 16:12

New NI anonymity laws ‘would have prevented reporting of Savile allegations’

New anonymity laws for sexual offences cases in Northern Ireland would have prevented reporting of allegations against Jimmy Savile in the region, the Society of Editors has warned. Dawn Alford, executive director of the society described the ...

28 Sept 2023 at 18:15

Public excluded from serious sexual offences trials in N Ireland under new laws

The public is being banned from attending serious sexual offences trials in Northern Ireland under new laws which have come into force. Lifelong anonymity for victims of sexual offending will be extended until 25 years after the victim has ...

28 Sept 2023 at 00:01

Northern Ireland

New Northern Ireland up-skirting and cyber-flashing laws ‘close legal loophole’

New sexual offences which allow police to charge people with up-skirting, down-blousing and cyber-flashing have closed legal loopholes in Northern Ireland, a senior police officer has said. PSNI Detective Superintendent Lindsay Fisher ...

27 Nov 2023 at 12:15

Local News

Education Authority chief warns budget unlikely to deliver all funding needs

The new Stormont budget will not deliver all the money needed, the new Education Authority chief has warned. The Executive is expected to agree on this year’s budget on Thursday, which comes following the re-establishment of devolved ...

24 Apr 2024 at 18:33

Northern Ireland

Budget unlikely to deliver all the funding education needs – Pengelly

24 Apr 2024 at 17:14

Visit of Wuhan tourists to Larne ‘dispelled notion Covid could be contained’

The idea that Covid presented no threat outside of China was “very clearly dispelled” when a busload of tourists from Wuhan visited Co Antrim in the early days of the virus spreading, a public inquiry has heard. The ...

07 May 2024 at 13:51

Northern Ireland

Six SEN pupils without places as schools return across Northern Ireland

Six children with special educational needs (SEN) do not currently have a school place in Northern Ireland while another 100 may not be able to attend school full-time at the beginning of the new term. The ...

27 Aug 2025 at 19:11

Education Authority chief defends handling of Lisneal pitch funding

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Education Authority chief defends handling of school pitch funding

The head of the Education Authority has defended its handling of the allocation of more than £700,000 to a school for a sports pitch. Questions have been asked over the allocation which was made to ...

26 Feb 2025 at 18:33

Northern Ireland

Education Authority chief defends handling of school pitch funding

The head of the Education Authority has defended its handling of the allocation of more than £700,000 to a school for a sports pitch. Questions have been asked over the allocation which was made ...

26 Feb 2025 at 18:20

Northern Ireland

Suggestion schools will not accommodate SEN children ‘profoundly insulting’

Any suggestion that some schools in Northern Ireland have been unwilling to accommodate children with special educational needs (SEN) is “profoundly insulting”, a union leader has said. Graham ...

15 Sept 2025 at 14:33

Northern Ireland

Schools may be instructed to set up SEN provision amid crisis over places

Some schools in Northern Ireland could be formally instructed to set up specialist provision for children with special educational needs (SEN) due to a crisis over places. Currently there is ...

25 Jun 2025 at 12:36

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