Peter Weir

A further, significant easing of Covid-19 restrictions in Northern Ireland is expected to be agreed by ministers on Thursday. It comes after all pupi(...)

Northern Ireland reported no Covid-19 deaths for a third successive day on Friday, with four people having died with the disease in the last seven day(...)

The DUP has said it remains committed to the New Decade, New Approach (NDNA) agreement which restored the North’s powersharing Executive after it was (...)

Only a small number of people from the Republic of Ireland who are ineligible for vaccination in the North have attempted to cross the Border for the (...)

The Northern Ireland Executive has agreed the easing of some lockdown restrictions and has announced a timetable for the reopening of all schools in (...)

The first cases of the South African variant of Covid-19 have been detected in Northern Ireland. The North’s Department of Health said on Tuesday th(...)

Schools in Northern Ireland will not reopen until the end of the first week in March at the earliest, First Minister Arlene Foster and Deputy First M(...)

More than 100,000 Covid-19 vaccine jabs have been issued in Northern Ireland so far, the North’s Minister of Health has said. Robin Swann said 109,25(...)

There were 1,895 Covid-19 related deaths in Northern Ireland in 2020, according to the latest figures from the Northern Ireland Research and Statistic(...)

All A-level and GCSE exams will not go ahead this year, the North’s minister for Education Peter Weir confirmed on Wednesday as Northern Ireland faced(...)