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    First Minister and deputy First Minister publish Programme for Government Annual Report 2025-26

    27 May 2026
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    First Minister & deputy First Minister visited Kids Korner in Belfast & On Track Technicians, a Lisburn engineering firm

    Communities Minister Gordon Lyons pictured with Veterans Commissioner David Johnstone at the Royal Ulster Rifles Regimental Museum in Belfast during the launch of the Veterans Support Line NI.

    Minister launches Veterans Support Line NI

    26 May 2026
    Department for Communities

    Communities Minister Gordon Lyons has launched the first ever dedicated Government support line in Northern Ireland for...

    Pictured are L-R Cathy Harrison, Chief Pharmaceutical Officer DoH, Jacinta Linden, Co-Director of Together for Families, Health Minister Mike Nesbitt, Paul Sweeney, Chair of the Northern Ireland Committee, The National Lottery Community Fund and Peter Toogood, Deputy Secretary, Social Care and Public Health Policy Group DoH.

    Health Minister welcomes additional £100m Transformation and National Lottery funding

    26 May 2026
    Department for Health

    Health Minister welcomes additional £100m Transformation and National Lottery funding

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    • FOI DOF/2026-0132 DP competition IRC313542 - vacancies in Ballymena, Ballymoney, Coleraine, Limavady & Ballykelly

      Department of Finance Published 27 May 2026
    • FOI DOF/2026-0142 Competition IRC320236 - Integr8 Director - number of applications; numbers interviewed; numbers passed interview

      Department of Finance Published 27 May 2026
    • Northern Ireland Apprenticeship Week 2026 - Highlight report

      Department for the Economy Published 27 May 2026
    • Wellbeing Framework Annual Report 2025 - 2026

      The Northern Ireland Executive Published 27 May 2026
    • FOI DOF/2026-0140 Written criteria and guidelines used by doctors in the ill health retirement process

      Department of Finance Published 27 May 2026
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    • The Parking and Waiting Restrictions (Belfast) (Amendment No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2026

      Department for Infrastructure Closes 18 June 2026
    • The Loading Bays on Roads (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2026

      Department for Infrastructure Closes 18 June 2026
    • Traffic Calming - Belfast

      Department for Infrastructure Closes 29 June 2026
    • The One-Way Traffic (Belfast) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2026

      Department for Infrastructure Closes 18 June 2026
    • Consultation on the Warm Healthy Homes Fund

      Department for Communities Closes 19 August 2026
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