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Swann pledges to deliver infected blood compensation at same time as rest of UK

Robin Swann has pledged to ensure that victims of the infected blood scandal in Northern Ireland will receive compensation at the same time as the rest of the UK. Speaking in the Stormont Assembly, the Health Minister said victims had already been ...

21 May 2024 at 17:23

Northern Ireland

All-Ireland forum would have been ‘extremely helpful’ during Covid – union boss

A civic forum between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland would have been “extremely helpful” in preparing for the Covid pandemic, a trade union leader has said. Gerry Murphy, the assistant general secretary of Irish Congress of Trade ...

17 Jul 2023 at 21:32

Northern Ireland

I wish I had been told about information flow concern, Swann tells Covid inquiry

Health Minister Robin Swann has said he wishes he had been approached about concerns around the information coming from his department at the start of the coronavirus pandemic. He said he only became aware of the concerns of former first ...

13 May 2024 at 16:07

Northern Ireland

Swann welcomes announcement of interim payments in infected blood scandal

Stormont Health Minister Robin Swann has welcomed confirmation that £210,000 interim payments will be made to victims of the infected blood scandal. The UK government announced the payment will be paid to living, infected beneficiaries ...

22 May 2024 at 11:50

County Derry Post

The UK Government has been ordered to hold a public inquiry into the murder of GAA official Sean Brown by a judge in NI

The UK Government has been ordered to hold a public inquiry into the murder of GAA official Sean Brown by a judge in Northern Ireland. It comes months after the Government said it will not order a public inquiry into the abduction and ...

17 Dec 2024 at 11:27

Northern Ireland

Storey funeral had potential to undermine public health message – McBride

Northern Ireland’s top doctor has told the Covid-19 Inquiry of his concern that scenes of a large number of people attending the funeral of republican Bobby Storey during the pandemic had the potential to undermine confidence in ...

10 May 2024 at 17:14

Parliament

First infected blood payouts before the end of the year – Government

The first full compensation payments to victims of the infected blood scandal will be made before the end of the year, ministers have confirmed. Cabinet Office Minister John Glen said he recognised that “time is of the essence” ...

21 May 2024 at 13:33

Northern Ireland

Those who lost loved ones will be at ‘heart’ of Covid inquiry – chairwoman

People who have lost loved ones in the Covid-19 pandemic and those who have suffered will be at the “heart” of the public inquiry, its chairwoman has said. Former Court of Appeal judge Baroness Heather Hallett opened the ...

04 Oct 2022 at 11:30

Northern Ireland

Investigation into ‘missing’ notes from key Executive meeting

An investigation has been ordered after it emerged there were “missing” notes from a key meeting of the Stormont Executive. The handwritten notes related to a meeting of the Executive on July 2 2020, which was the first ...

03 May 2024 at 17:32

Northern Ireland

Bereaved family members call for accountability for NI Covid response

Families of people who died of Covid-19 have called for accountability for decisions made in Northern Ireland in response to the pandemic. On Thursday, former health minister Robin Swann and Dr Denis McMahon, permanent ...

06 Jul 2023 at 19:01

Northern Ireland

Activating emergency response to Covid in NI few days earlier ‘probably prudent’

The former head of Northern Ireland’s Civil Service has said it “probably would have been prudent” to have established the emergency response to the coronavirus pandemic days earlier. The UK Government initiated COBR ...

01 May 2024 at 17:01

Northern Ireland

Michelle O’Neill ‘accepts’ she should have kept WhatsApp data for Covid inquiry

Stormont First Minister Michelle O’Neill has said she accepts she should have kept WhatsApp exchanges for the Covid-19 Inquiry rather than wiping her phone. The inquiry previously heard that a number of ...

14 May 2024 at 17:01

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