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There have been no deaths of patients with Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, the latest Department of Health dashboard has revealed.
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Two pieces of good news have emerged today in the path to recovery. There have been no deaths of patients with Covid-19 in the last 24 hours and Northern Ireland's Covid-19 vaccination programme has been officially extended to people in the 45-49 age bracket.
* Arlene Foster claimed public adherence to ongoing lockdown restrictions was at risk due to damaged confidence in law and order caused by a failure to prosecute Sinn Fein leaders who attended a huge republican funeral during the pandemic.
* As the PPS was announcing its decision in Belfast, IRA victim Julie Hambleton was in court in Birmingham attempting to defend herself against charges that she broke pandemic restrictions at an event to remember her sister who was slain in the Birmingham pub bombings.
Northern Ireland's Covid-19 vaccination programme has been officially extended to people in the 45-49 age bracket, the Department of Health has announced.
The Director General of the World Health Organisation has called for further investigation into the possibility that Covid-19 came from a lab in China.
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* 'Confusing and inconsistent' COVID-19 laws prevented Bobby Storey funeral prosecution. Northern Ireland's Chief Constable Simon Byrne has contended the "ambiguity" of the coronavirus regulations is to blame for prosecutions not being brought against 24 people who were charged over their attendance at the funeral of senior republican Bobby Storey last year.
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Northern Ireland's Covid-19 vaccination programme has been officially extended to people in the 45-49 age bracket, the Department of Health has announced.
Edwin Poots, who was forced to bury his father under intense lockdown restrictions, says the failure to prosecute even one person over the Bobby Storey funeral extravaganza has left him "hurt, offended, and disgusted".
Floating wind turbines are set to provide one of the best long-term options for generating renewable energy for Northern Ireland, a new strategy has proposed.
Ian Baraclough said his Northern Ireland side do not need anybody to remind them of the stakes in Wednesday's World Cup qualifier against Bulgaria as they put plenty of pressure on themselves.
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