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Lyons unveils £12.4m JobStart scheme to help benefit claimants into work
Benefits
The new scheme will be open to all benefit claimants
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Getting disabled people into work will open 'huge talent pool' says Minister
Disability
"Sometimes people say we don't do much up here but what I'm bringing forward today is truly transformative"
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Initiatives to get more people into work to be unveiled by minister
Employment
He will make announcements at the Assembly on Monday
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The new community hub that will be 'heartbeat' of 'forgotten' Belfast estate
North Belfast
The new hub is expected to be built by 2027
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Belfast 2025 Culture Night Map showcasing all 21 venues taking part
Belfast Culture Night
Most of the events will take place between 4pm - 10pm and will cater for all ages
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The new NI urban sports park for skateboarders, BMX riders and scooter users
Downpatrick
It features an 80-metre pump track with banked turns and undulations, and a 400m² skatepark with ramps, grind rails and trick features
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Newry City's £20m public park enters significant stage
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council
Councillors agreed in confidential session to seek an integrated supply team to develop the city park.
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First Minister calls for ‘full transparency’ over football club funding
Stormont
There has been widespread criticism that clubs in the north west were left out.
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West Belfast man given suspended sentence for benefit fraud of over £17,000 whilst 'living abroad'
Benefits
The fraud was uncovered after a Department for Communities investigation
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Full list of NI Football clubs to receive share of £36.2m funding
Department for Communities
A total of 20 projects will now proceed to the next stage of funding assessment.
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DUP councillors come out against controversial £1.3 million Bangor sculptures
Ards and North Down Borough Council
Colin Davidson art works to appear on city's waterfront, but one local councillor says “I don’t feel this is good value for money"
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Councillors in Northern Ireland to be balloted on possible strike action
Department for Communities
The National Association of Councillors has sent letters to all of its 460 members
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Newtownabbey woman fined £30k after six-year benefit fraud conviction
Courts
Maxine Davis falsely claimed benefits worth over £29,000 for six years
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Why were intimidation points removed from the Northern Ireland housing system?
Housing
The system, introduced in 2000, recognised the urgent need to rehouse those who had suffered serious harm, such as having their home destroyed, or who were judged to be at risk of further violence.
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Communities Minister warns of 'adverse impact' on front-line services due to budget pressures
Department for Communities
Gordon Lyons' remarks come days after he announced a new £100,000 grant scheme to fund travel for bands
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Culture Night Belfast returns this September with fresh new look after five year absence
Belfast Culture Night
Over 100 events are taking place in the Cathedral Quarter and across the city
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Co Down dad thanks Social Supermarket after feeling "guilty" he couldn't feed baby
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council
Newry, Mourne and Down Council will increase support for scheme which faces rising demand
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NI's temporary accommodation spending costs revealed
Housing
The figures were published on the Northern Ireland Assembly website, following a request from the Foyle MLA Mark H Durkan
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Full breakdown of Irish and Ulster-Scots funding set out by Stormont Minister
Stormont
The figures were released following a request from the Alliance MLA Kellie Armstrong
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Party links make DUP outrage over drag event hard to defend
DUP
"The DUP’s public stance on events like these has been consistent that drag performance is inappropriate for children, but its links to the organisers complicate that line."
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MLA hoping to reinstate 'holiday hunger' payment for more than 90,000 children
Politics
A previous payment scheme introduced during Covid was scrapped in 2023
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Belfast library drag storytelling event 'should not have taken place', Minister says
East Belfast
The event takes place each year as part of the EastSide Arts Festival
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Gambling on the decline but online gambling on the increase, says Minister
Department for Communities
Communities Minister Gordon Lyons was asked about gambling levels in Northern Ireland over the past five years
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Stormont Minister sets out what watered down welfare reform bill means for DLA and PIP in NI
Your Money
The Labour government managed to get a severely weakened form of its welfare bill through its third reading last month
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