Fisheries Minister Edwin Poots has announced a substantial £1.5m support package for Northern Ireland’s fishing industry.

The First Minister Arlene Foster and deputy First Minister Michelle O’Neill with Executive Ministers Robin Swann (Health) and Conor Murphy (Finance) provide an update on actions being taken in response to the Covid-19 crisis.

DAERA Minister Edwin Poots has urged farmers and land managers to halt all prescribed burning in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic in a bid to reduce additional pressures on Northern Ireland’s emergency services.

The Department of Health will be designating Belfast City Hospital’s tower block as Northern Ireland’s first Nightingale Hospital – for the anticipated surge of Covid-19 patients requiring intensive care in the weeks ahead.

Advice from CAFRE Dairying advisers