As Pride 2022 festivals return this summer as ‘in person’ events after two years of being delivered online due to COVID-19 restrictions, Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey has taken the opportunity to promote LGBTQI+ inclusion, visibility and equality.

Infrastructure Minister John O’Dowd today confirmed that works to implement a junction realignment and signalisation scheme at Scarva Street / Downshire Place / Commercial Road junction, Banbridge are now complete.

Minister Robin Swann has visited a youth facility in Ballymena providing information and support that young people need to navigate the challenges of adolescence and early adulthood.

The Health Minister has said he will accept the recommendations made by pay review bodies but is unable to move forward without an agreed budget.

Finance Minister Conor Murphy has joined his counterparts in Wales and Scotland to call for further action to help households and businesses ahead of another increase in energy prices.