Speak to your family about organ donation

Everyone is being encouraged to sit down with their loved ones and talk about their organ donation wishes. A family will always have to agree to donation, whether or not their loved one is on the Organ Donor Register. You can sign up to the register online.

Organ Donor Register

The organ donation system in Northern Ireland is based on opting in to being a donor, and donors’ families giving consent for their organs to be used.

Some families do not consent to the donation of their loved one’s organs, when faced with this choice. A common reason for refusing is that the potential donor’s family was not aware of their loved one’s wishes. So everyone is encouraged to make their organ donation intentions clear.

When you sign up to the Organ Donor Register you will be able to register to:

  • be a donor
  • not be a donor
  • record the details of up to two representatives, if you feel you would want someone to make that decision for you after death

How to register

By signing the register and talking to your family about your wishes, you could help save the lives of up to seven people. Organ donation really is the gift of life.

You can find out more, including how to join the register, on the page below:

Age isn’t a barrier to being an organ or tissue donor, and neither are most medical conditions.

People in their 50s and over are encouraged to join, and people in their 70s and 80s have become donors and saved many lives.

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Jury notice form of return online

Members of the public will be receiving jury notices in the post. If you get one, you must fill in the Form of Return. You can do this online.

Jury service

Each year people are randomly selected from the Electoral Register to potentially be called for jury service. 

If you get a jury notice, this means that you may be called for jury service at any time during a 12-month period from the beginning of July 2019 until the end of June 2020.

You must fill in a Form of Return within 14 days of receiving your jury notice. The most straightforward way to do this online at the following link:

If you fail to make a return within 14 days, or make a false statement, you will be liable on conviction of a Magistrates’ Court to a fine of up to £1,000.

You should fully read the documents attached to the notice.

Jury summons

If you are selected at random for jury service, you will receive a jury summons.

This will have further information, including where and when you are required to attend to meet your legal obligations as a juror.

The jury summons will give you at least 10 days’ notice to enable you to make arrangements to attend. However, longer notice will try to be given where possible.

You can find more information in the jury service section. 

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Remember to put clocks forward this weekend

Date published: 29 March 2019

Make sure you remember to put your clocks forward this weekend, as British Summer Time begins on Sunday (31 March). While you may get an hour’s less sleep, on the plus side evenings will now be lighter for longer.

Reset clocks on Saturday night

At the moment we are on Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). At 1.00 am on Sunday (31 March) the clocks will go forward an hour as we move to British Summer Time, meaning it will be 2.00 am.

You should reset your household clocks, watches and time-based equipment on Saturday night, so you don’t spend Sunday trying to figure why you’re late. The equipment you may need to reset includes:

  • clocks – especially alarm clocks
  • central heating and hot water timers
  • your mobile device and computer (if their time zone settings do not instruct them to automatically take the correct local time from the internet)

British Summer Time ends on the last Sunday in October, at 1.00 am Greenwich Mean Time.

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