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BBC News By Conor Macauley Published image captionThe first lorries to cross the sea border arrived in NI on 4 January. . Permanent secretary Denis McMahon gave evidence at the agriculture committee, along with NI's chief vet Robert Huey. The session was meant to have taken place in private, but was ultimately heard in public. MLAs heard that former minister Edwin Poots was central to the decision. Senior figures in Mid and East Antrim Council also had had an important role. The council decided to withdraw a dozen staff from the Larne border control post, just hours before the department susp...

    “At the recent committee, Sinn Fein’s Agricultural spokesperson, Declan McAleer MLA, asked what bids the Department had made in response to the urgent call by the Finance Minister for bids.     “He said he was astonished to learn that the Department has not identified any additional need and as such has not submitted any bids.” Councillor Magennis continued, “Farmers and rural community organisations in south Armagh were at the forefront of the response to COVID. “And many of these same organisations are carrying substantial overheads and running costs for buildings that a...

Poots backs calls for meat plant workers to get vaccine priority Northern Ireland Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has added his backing to calls for meat plant workers in the region to be given priority for the Covid-19 vaccine. Responding to a question from Sinn Féin MLA Seán Lynch Poots told the Assembly on Tuesday (January 19), that he had already raised the matter at the Executive with the Minister of Health. “At this time, his view is that vaccinations should be carried out as the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) recommends,” he said. The food sector has been...

Farmers and rural communities in the North could be left behind as the Republic moves ahead with implementing its share of the EU's CAP budget, Northern Ireland Agriculture Committee chairman Declan McAleer has warned.

Ulster Herald Advertisement Sean Donaghy working on essential repairs to one of the bridges around the lough walk in Loughmacrory. JB25 ‘Great response’ to Loughmacrory fundraising event Posted: 10:14 am January 22, 2021 By Victoria Housden   Indeed, the ‘Lough Walk Collection’, hosted by the Loughmacrory Development Association in conjunction with Loch Mhic Ruairi Noamh Treasa GAA and Loughmacrory GAA Handball, garnered a fantastic response by local people, all keen to help raise money for essential lough maintenance and repair funds.   Monies raised from the collection w...