DAERA have announced that the application period for the Tier 2 tranche 2 of the Farm Business Improvement Scheme – Capital (FBIS-C) has been further extended to 4.00pm on 20 May 2022.

A scheme to help rural micro businesses to sustain, develop and recover from the Covid 19 pandemic will open on the 4 May 2022.

The Department of Health today published the next in the series of weekly results from its COVID-19 Infection Survey (CIS). The findings set out in this report relate to modelled positivity estimates for NI for the week up to the 9 April 2022. The aims of the CIS are to estimate how many people have the infection and the number of new cases that occur over a given time as well as estimating how many people have developed antibodies to COVID-19.

With Easter period approaching, the public are being reminded of the different healthcare services available in Northern Ireland – and how to access them.