Drop in rural school's numbers reflective of recent trends
Dunseverick Primary School has 94 pupils, a healthy number for a sparsely populated rural area, but its declining numbers is ...
Stormont to ‘work out implications for Northern Ireland’ of benefits shake-up
Communities Minister Gordon Lyons said he had concerns but warned Stormont does not have the resources to mitigate all the changes.
NI’s early school drop-out rates present long-term challenges for our society and economy
The economic inactivity rate in Northern Ireland is over 5% higher than in the UK as a whole — 26.6% compared to 21.5%. The ...
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Support for refugees and asylum seekers among young people in Northern Ireland has fallen, says new report
In 2024, just over one-half (51%) of respondents agreed that asylum seekers should have the same access to employment as the rest of the Northern Ireland population. Last year’s findings also ...
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Sustainable growth to feed the nation discussed at industry conference
Continued investment and innovation will power sustainable growth for Northern Ireland food and drink and meet the nutritional needs of a growing population, delegates heard at the second Northern ...