The Health and Social Care’s Business Services Organisation (BSO) has today published its Family Practitioner Services General Ophthalmic Statistics for Northern Ireland 2019/20. The report contains high level summary information on activity and payments in relation to General Ophthalmic Services. Information is provided at NI level with further breakdowns presented at both Local Commissioning Group (LCG) and Local Government District (LGD) level.

Justice Minister Naomi Long has expressed her shock following the fatal shooting of a 48 year old garda officer.

Unexplained wealth orders, account freezing and forfeiture powers, and the ability to seize criminal assets are just three of the measures that could soon be available here to tackle organised crime.

Significant changes for families, children, young people and some of the most vulnerable in society have been agreed today by the Executive.

The Department of Health has published the current Covid-19 reproduction number (R).