PENSIONERS in Northern Ireland who are no longer eligible for a winter fuel payment will get a one-off fuel support payment this month. Northern Ireland’s Communities minister Gordon Lyons has confirmed the payment date for the £100 fuel support payment for pensioner households. The payment, which will be made to those who previously received the winter fuel payment but are now … [Read more...] about Date confirmed for fuel support payment for pensioners in Northern Ireland
Date confirmed for fuel support payment for pensioners in Northern Ireland
Over 200 Ukrainian refugees asked to relocate
THE Department of Children and Integration have issued over 200 letters to Ukrainian refugees living in emergency accommodation asking them to move. This comes in the wake of a request made in February by this same group of asylum seekers to stay in their current accommodation until their children finish the academic school year in summer. The department initially seemed … [Read more...] about Over 200 Ukrainian refugees asked to relocate
Farmer fined for polluting waterway in Northern Ireland
A FARMER in County Fermanagh has been fined for polluting roughly 600 metres of waterway. William Graham, 65, of Drumgoon Manor, in Maguiresbridge, pleaded guilty to the charge at Enniskillen Magistrates Court this week. He was fined £300 plus £15 offenders levy. The court heard that Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) Water Quality Inspectors became aware of the … [Read more...] about Farmer fined for polluting waterway in Northern Ireland
Domestic abuser sentenced for subjecting partner to ‘horrific ordeal’
A MAN has been jailed for subjecting his partner to an ‘horrific ordeal’. Wojciech Lubinski was sentenced at Antrim Crown Court yesterday (March 12). The 39-year-old was sentenced to five-and-a-half years – three-and-a-half years to be served behind bars and two years on licence. The offences, which took place in Ballymena in Co. Antrim in 2023, were grievous bodily harm … [Read more...] about Domestic abuser sentenced for subjecting partner to ‘horrific ordeal’
Witness appeal after house set alight in arson attack
POLICE have issued a witness appeal after a home was set alight in broad daylight in Lisburn. PSNI officers were called to a property in the Huguenot Drive area in the afternoon on March 11. “Police received a report at approximately 2.50pm, on Tuesday 11th March, that the rear wall of a house in the Huguenot Drive area had been set alight,” the PSNI’s Detective Inspector Bell … [Read more...] about Witness appeal after house set alight in arson attack