For the first time in 20 years, beef from Northern Ireland will soon be available in the USA after two local beef processors were granted access to the US market.

Finance Minister, Conor Murphy has met with the Finance Ministers from Wales and Scotland to discuss a range of fiscal matters and voice their collective concerns about the financial implications the UK Internal Market Bill will have on devolved governments.

The economic output statistics were published today by the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA).

Justice Minister Naomi Long has welcomed the publication of the first annual report of Dame Sara Thornton, who took on the role of the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner in May last year.

A £260,000 resurfacing scheme on a section of the Saintfield Road, Ballynahinch between Belfast Road and Glenview Road has commenced.