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Former Stormont first minister and education minister to join House of Lords

Northern Ireland’s former first minister Dame Arlene Foster and former education minister Peter Weir are set to join the House of Lords. Dame Arlene left Stormont politics last year after resigning as leader of the DUP. Mr Weir lost his seat in the ...

14 Oct 2022 at 17:48

Northern Ireland

I shouldn’t have attended Storey funeral in lockdown, ex-Sinn Fein minister says

A former Sinn Fein minister has accepted she should not have attended the funeral of senior republican Bobby Storey in Belfast while lockdown restrictions were in place. Caral Ni Chuilin, who was Stormont’s communities minister in June 2020, ...

08 May 2024 at 17:19

Local News

Department of Education approve closure plan for County Derry school

The Department of Education have confirmed a County Derry primary school that had been the subject of a potential multi-faith merger will close next year. Desertmartin Primary School and nearby Knocknagin Primary School had been at the ...

06 Oct 2020 at 20:09

Local News

NI examination schedule to be refined

Speaking and Listening elements of the GCSE English course are to be omitted from examinations this academic year as part of efforts to streamline the process to cope with Covid-19 disruption. The Department of Education have said the ...

09 Oct 2020 at 15:25

Local News

Education Minister writes to Derry schools to reiterate that schools will not close early for Christmas

The Education Minister has written to schools in Derry to reiterate his stance on schools not closing early for the Christmas holidays. There have calls for schools to close early for Christmas in a bid to limit the spread of the ...

12 Dec 2020 at 14:00

Local News

78,000 food parcels the tip of the iceberg, says local councillor

Mid Ulster District Council are to write to the Education Minister in support of a Private Member's Bill aimed at reducing the impact of 'holiday hunger'. Council agreed to pen the letter to Minister Weir to support the need for ...

12 May 2021 at 06:00

Local News

Education Minister announces the dates on which A-Level and GSCE results will be sent to students this year

Education Minister Peter Weir has announced the dates for results of CCEA 2021 examinations. The exams have been cancelled this year because of the pandemic. The pupils' results will be based on school assessment. The Minister ...

25 Feb 2021 at 20:58

Northern Ireland

Sinn Fein ‘ignored role of 3,000 deaths in damaging community relations’

Sinn Fein was accused of “ignoring” the role 3,000 Troubles deaths had in damaging community relations in Northern Ireland in a memo sent to a direct rule minister in 2003. Declassified files show the note to former MP John ...

30 Dec 2024 at 00:01

Northern Ireland

Storey funeral ‘undermined confidence in lockdown more than minister disputes’

The attendance of Sinn Fein politicians at a funeral in Belfast in 2020 had a greater impact in undermining public confidence in lockdown restrictions than disputes between Stormont ministers, the UK Covid-19 Inquiry has ...

08 May 2024 at 14:12

Local News

Education Minister says schools to remain closed until January 11 at the earliest

Education Minister Peter Weir has announced revised plans for schools reopening after the Christmas break. This follows recent advice on the current situation of the epidemic, levels of transmission and numbers of cases....

31 Dec 2020 at 10:10

Local News

HOW DARE HE: Education Minister Peter Weir criticised by Derry principals for transfer test comments

Principals of non-grammar schools in Derry have criticised comments made by the Education Minister following the decision to scrap the transfer test this year. It was announced last night that the AQE transfer test for ...

14 Jan 2021 at 09:15

Derry Covid rate still well above NI figure

Local News

Derry Covid rate still well above NI average

County Derry's Covid rate per 100,000 of population remains well above the overall figure for NI, despite falling for the fifth consecutive week. The county's current figure, calculated using the postcode data ...

01 Dec 2020 at 15:51

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