JCVI updates vaccination guidelines

The Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine will be offered to some children and young people aged 12 years and over with specific underlying health conditions that put them at risk of serious COVID-19.




Waste Management Application Services go Digital

Environment Minister Edwin Poots MLA has launched a new digital online service for waste management application services which includes provision for Waste Management Licenses, Waste Management Exemptions and Greenfield Soil Registrations.




Fully vaccinated arrivals from France to Northern Ireland must continue to quarantine 

From 5pm today, anyone arriving from France into Northern Ireland must continue to quarantine for ten days at home or in other accommodation, even if they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19.




Road improvement scheme for A29 Main Street, B78 Collegelands Road and Church View, Charlemont

A £400,000 carriageway resurfacing scheme will commence in Charlemont, Armagh on 26 July 2021.




Farmer convicted at Newry Court

Mr Patrick McVerry, Tullyah Road, Belleeks, Newry was convicted at Newry Magistrates Court on 19/07/2021 of one charge of using an ear tag to identify an animal that had already been used to identify another animal, 24 charges of failure to notify the movement of animals onto his holding or the birth of said animals, 21 charges of failure to notify the movement of animals off his holding and nine charges of providing false information to the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs.