A NEW online safety course will be made freely available to pupils and parents across Northern Ireland. The Digital Proficiency Course launched this week via the region’s Safer Schools NI platform and has been made free for all education settings, pupils and parents to access. “Our children and young people are engaging daily with technology, social media, and digital platforms … [Read more...] about Free ‘digital proficiency course’ will teach online safety to pupils and parents across Northern Ireland
Independence party politicians set to debate ‘exiting the Union’ in Westminster
REPRESENTATIVES from independence parties in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales are set to debate exiting the United Kingdom. Pat Cullen, the Sinn Fein MP for Fermanagh and South Tyrone, Seamus Logan, the SNP MP for Aberdeenshire North and Moray East and Baroness Carmen Smith of Plaid Cymru will take part in the discussion, which is titled The Union isn’t working: How do we … [Read more...] about Independence party politicians set to debate ‘exiting the Union’ in Westminster
Drugs worth €2.1m hidden in boxes labelled ‘linen bedding’
DRUGS worth more than €2m were seized at Dublin Airport. Revenue officers discovered 107kg of herbal cannabis worth over €2.1m during a routine operation at the airport on February 6. The drugs were destined for an address in Northern Ireland “The cannabis was vacuum packed and concealed in boxes labelled “Linen Bedding”,” a Revenue spokesperson confirmed. “The cannabis, valued … [Read more...] about Drugs worth €2.1m hidden in boxes labelled ‘linen bedding’
Twenty football clubs across Northern Ireland offered development grants worth £400k
TWENTY local football clubs in Northern Ireland have received offers of financial support to help develop their offerings worth up to £400k in total. Communities Minister Gordon Lyons confirmed the first offers of financial support which have been issued to football clubs this month through the Northern Ireland Football Fund. The funding offer is to allow the clubs to prepare … [Read more...] about Twenty football clubs across Northern Ireland offered development grants worth £400k
Palestinian children brought from Gaza to Ireland for medical treatment
SEVEN Palestinian children have been brought to Ireland from Gaza for medical treatment. The children, who were accompanied by family members, first travelled overland to Jordan in a WHO medevac convoy before being accompanied from Jordan to Ireland by an Irish medical team on a plane provided by the Norwegian Government. Described as “complex”, the operation marks the fifth … [Read more...] about Palestinian children brought from Gaza to Ireland for medical treatment