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Increasing dairy intake could prevent 1,600 care home falls a year, expert claims
Australian nutritionist Dr Sandra Iuliano, who is visiting Belfast on Wednesday, said the often fatal impact of falls and hip fractures in older people can be avoided with simple diet changes
Woman hospitalised after Ballymena petrol bomb attack
The woman in her 40s suffered burns to her left leg after the attack in the Chichester Park area on Tuesday night.
Stormont ministers accused of ‘sitting on their hands’
12 weeks since the institutions were restored there’s a growing frustration with the lack of action
MLA with stillborn siblings in unmarked graves calls for halt of Milltown Cemetery works
Alliance MLA Nuala McAllister said three siblings who did not survive pregnancy are buried at Milltown Cemetery
Powersharing in Northern Ireland is not under threat, Michelle O’Neill says
The First Minister said the parties in the devolved administration are focusing on cohesion in the wake of Sir Jeffrey Donaldson’s shock resignation.
Stormont stability key to unlocking economic opportunities, says Hilary Benn
The shadow Northern Ireland Secretary was at Parliament Buildings on Monday as part of a cross-party delegation of MPs on a fact-finding visit.
Ministers pledge to support owners of Victoria Square apartments
Gordon Lyons, Caoimhe Archibald and Andrew Muir met on Tuesday to discuss issues affecting the apartments in Belfast.
Finance Minister ‘open to bid’ for further funding for NI Children’s Hospice
The facility recently announced it is considering cutting bed places due to pressures on its funding.
Civil servants to be offered 5% pay increase and one-off £1,500 payment
Stormont Finance Minister Caoimhe Archibald put forward the offer following industrial action by public sector workers, including civil servants.
Michelle O’Neill says whole-of-society approach needed for ‘epidemic of violence against women’
First Minister Michelle O’Neill said one of the first acts of the new Executive must be to introduce a new framework on violence against women.