Department for Communities

Belfast City Council is hosting a free JobStart 50+ Jobs Fair, in partnership with Department for Communities, this Thursday at 2 Royal Avenue

Free NI Job Fair for 50-64 year-olds to get back into work

The Irish Football Association has said it stands against all formers of discrimination after video emerged which appeared to show sectarian singing in the social club of Coleraine FC. Photo: Google.

Coleraine FC investigating sectarian singing video

The Carnbrooke Meats outlet is adjacent to Dromore Cathedral

Objections raised to plans for an illuminated sign overlooking Co Down graveyard

Stadiums like Windsor Park have been revamped but many Irish League clubs are still waiting for funding (picture via Holmes Miller Architects)

Irish League clubs have lost out on £15m-worth of government funding

Universal credit has been in place since September 2017

Next phase of universal credit implementation starts

Progressive Building Society has partnered with not-for-profit organisation Co-Ownership to broaden its range of mortgage products to include a no deposit option. Pictured are Glynis Hobson, director of customer services at Co-Ownership and Jane Millar, head of lending and savings at Progressive Building Society

Progressive joins Co-Ownership to offer no deposit mortgage in Northern Ireland

Letters to editor

Letter: The government should only provide finance to IFA to host Euros matches

Woven aims to address rising waiting list figures with further investment over the next five years. Pictured are Jason Hardy, head of development, Peter O’Reilly, head of IT, Katrina Smyth, director of development, Paula Ewart, interim executive, Ruth Mulholland, head of HR, Judith McNamee, head of housing, Derek Johnston, director of finance and corporate services

NI housing association to address rising waiting list figures with £150m boost

Clearance work Casement Park got under way last month

Estimated costs of Casement Park rebuild hit over £300m

The redevelopment of GAA stadium Casement Park in west Belfast has been hit by rising costs. The original cost of the Casement Park redevelopment was £77.5m, but that was a decade ago.

Tony Dignan: We residents deserve to be told what the GAA plan at Casement

A delegation from the organisers of the Euro 2028 football tournament on site at Casement Park on Wednesday afternoon for an early inspection of the venue. Pic: Pacemaker

Casement Park rebuilding project is in 'good shape', MLAs told

Content creator Steph Duke and family with, centre, Deputy Chairperson of Newry, Mourne and Down District Council community chair, Councillor Valerie Harte.

Council encourages residents Shop Local and support local retailers

UK government spending on Northern Ireland's welfare system tops 7 billion pounds per year.

£7 billion benefits bill gives 'context' to NI finances - DUP

The taxpayer has spent at least £12 million so far on plans to redevelop Casement Park GAA grounds in west Belfast, which has not been used in ten years. The proposed Casement Park stadium which would have a capacity of 34,500. Pic Colm Lenaghan/Pacemaker

UEFA to arrive in NI and visit Casement Park amid funding debate

JMK Solicitors are celebrating a decade as Northern Ireland’s 'number one' personal Injury Firm. Pictured are Maurece Hutchinson, managing director, Jonathan McKeown, chairman and Olivia Meehan, legal services director

NI solicitors celebrates a decade as 'number one' personal injury law firm

Members of The Verve Healthy Living Network who held a celebration event to mark the ten year partnership.

Verve Healthy Living Network celebrates 10 years of supporting their community
A ten-year partnership between the Southern Health and Social Care Trust and Community and Voluntary organisations has improved the health and wellbeing of thousands of people.
Louise McDowell

The taxpayer has spent at least £12 million so far on plans to redevelop Casement Park GAA grounds in west Belfast. The proposed Casement Park stadium which would have a capacity of 34,500. Pic Colm Lenaghan/Pacemaker

NI fans demand answers as preparation work begins on Casement Park

An artists impression of the how the historic town might look once the work is completed. Credit: Mid and East Antrim Borough Council

NI design team appointed for £42m regeneration of historic town

The rent increase equates to an average additional £5.72 per week

Housing Executive rents to increase by 7.7% in April

Over 200 delegates attended Ulster University’s Belfast campus for Belfast City Council’s conference in partnership with NICVA

Belfast Council and NICVA explore inclusive employment welcoming 200 delegates

Councillor John Laverty BEM, Chair of Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council's Regeneration and Growth Committee, urges local businesses to sign up to the job fair. Pic credit: McAuley Multimedia

Employers encouraged to sign up to local job fair in Lisburn

Comber Brass Band performing at the Ulster Folk Museum, they one of the groups to receive funding through the Arts Council of Northern Ireland Musical Instruments Scheme.

Musicians and bands to receive £395,000 to replace worn-out instruments

The taxpayer has spent almost £12 million so far on plans to redevelop Casement Park GAA grounds in west Belfast. The proposed Casement Park stadium which would have a capacity of 34,500.
Pic Colm Lenaghan/Pacemaker

Department given £12m to GAA so far for Casement Park

Letters to editor

Letter: 50 years of mixed marriage charity - and there is still much to do

Deputy Mayor of Causeway Coast and Glens, Councillor Margaret-Anne McKillop with Kathleen Doherty, owner of Body and Mind Garvagh; Rhonda Williamson, Department for Communities; Garry Cardwell, Council’s Funding Support Officer; Ian McQuitty, Department for Communities, contractor Seamus McGilligan and Town and Village Manager, Julienne Elliot. Credit Causeway Coast and Glens Council

New lease of life for former Garvagh butcher's store

Libraries in Northern Ireland receive funding from the Department for Communities.

Libraries in Northern Ireland cannot afford to buy any new books

On Tuesday, October 10 from 11am to 3pm, Belfast’s historic St George’s Market will be buzzing with activity as employers from bakery and business services to education, energy providers and facilities management to security, social care, leisure, construction, transport and logistics, recruitment, retail, hospitality, tech and more set out their stalls

Over 1,500 employment options on offer at free Belfast jobs fair
Hunting for a new job in Belfast...then meet over 65 employers and support organisations under one roof from bakery and business services to education, energy providers and facilities management to security, social care, leisure, construction, transport and logistics, recruitment, retail, hospitality, tech and more
Claire Cartmill

Some of the stalls and exhibitors at a previous Jobs Fair at the Millennium Forum

Job hunters to have opportunity to speak directly with employers at job fair

Mayor of Causeway Coast and Glens, Councillor Steven Callaghan pictured with Aaron Boreland from Ramore Restaurants at the launch of the Chef Academy. Credit Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council

Want to be part of the Chef Academy in Portrush?

On October 10, the Belfast Jobs Fair will bring a host of employers and support organisations under one roof, at the city’s historic St George’s Market as part of its employability and skills programme, #TakeTheNextStep

Calling firms...Belfast Jobs Fair offers employers free recruitment opportunity

Newry could be set for a new city centre park

Over £16m in Stormont cash to be released for Newry's city centre park

The Casement Park site has not been in use since 2013

Casement Park redevelopment cost soars to almost £170 million

Bankmore Square has officially reopened following a rejuvenation project delivered by Linen Quarter Business Improvement District (LQ BID) with support from the Department for Communities (DfC). Adjacent to Trademarket on the Dublin Road, the square has been reimagined with a £95,000 investment and will be managed by LQ BID. The lease is currently in place until 2025. The newly sown wildflower meadow at Bankmore Square is expected to blossom in the coming weeks. Pictured are Patrick Anderson, acting director for Belfast Regeneration, Naomi Wilson from Clayton Hotel and Chris McCracken, LQ BID

Linen Quarter BID unveils £95,000 transformation of Bankmore Square

There has been no executive or assembly in operation at Stormont for more than a year

NI budget can cover all statutory services, insists Secretary of State

The Casement Park site has not been in use since 2013. Pacemaker Press

How can UK Government find money to rebuild Casement Park, asks MLA

Habiteg Girona Close, Portrush

Record year for new social housing in Northern Ireland

Frederick Douglass

Kate Hoey hits out at publicly-funded £150k statue to abolitionist in Belfast

General view of a holiday caravan park

Static caravan owners vow to keep pressure on over 'lack of protections'

A static caravan

'Caravan owners will be disappointed with panel's review of park protocols'

Housing Executive workers have agreed pay offer after striking since September last year.

NIHE strike ends after pay deal agreed with workers

There has been an alarmingly sharp increase in the number of children in NI who are living in temporary accommodation - homelessness here is on the rise due to the ongoing cost-of-living crisis

Sharp increase in number of NI children living in temporary accommodation

Ulster Unionist Party's Andy Allen wants the Housing Executive to give tenants value for money. Photo by Kelvin Boyes / Press Eye.

Housing Executive's 7% rent increase is 'body-blow' for low-income households

Housing Executive rents are set to increase by 7%

Northern Ireland Housing Executive rents are set to increase by 7% from April 4

Sinéad Campbell, Advice NI

Challenging year ahead amid cost of living crisis for NI's business community

Councillor Ryan Murphy, chair of Belfast City Council’s City Growth and Regeneration Committee joins Trudy Scrumptious and Tzvetelina Bogoina, chairperson of the Cathedral Quarter Business Improvement District (BID) to launch the pedestrianisation of Union Street, part of a Cathedral Quarter revitalisation scheme

Belfast's Union Street is pedestrianisation from this Sunday

Snow Patrol frontman Gary Lightbody was enthused by the research and said: I’m excited by the potential and power that music has for our nation - it is there to uplift and connect communities, especially during challenging moments like these, but it is also there to provide jobs, support livelihoods and strengthen our economic credentials."

Gary Lightbody among those to laud major economic impact of music scene

Joanna McArdle, director at Barclays Corporate Banking, Greg Bell, executive director of finance at Clanmil and Carol McTaggart, Clanmil Group chief executive, on site in Carrickfergus where Clanmil is developing 48 apartments for active older people

Clanmil deal for over 5,600 social and affordable homes throughout NI

Jobs and Careers Fair at the award winning Valley Leisure Centre on Thursday

Jobs and Careers Fair in Antrim tomorrow

The south west side view

Exciting development for Bushmills Courthouse

Minister John O'Dowd is addressing flooding concerns in Strabane.

Work on ‘interim’ flood plan to start says Minister John O'Dowd

Strabane BID welcomes £135k improvement works in town centre

Jim Frame, Pietro Amarello, Simon Dobson, John Lyttle, Beth Hagan and Courtney Wilson. The new attraction has created 15 new jobs for people with disabilities

Refurbishment of historic windmill creates 15 new jobs for people with disabilit...

Jenny Moore, Danske Bank, Ciara Brennan, marketing and communications manager, Stepping Stones NI and Sean Hanna, programme manager, NOW Group

‘Disability inclusion is good for colleagues and good for business’: Danske Bank

The Bangor Marina area of Bangor in Northern Ireland. Bangor in Co Down has been awarded city status as part of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations.
Picture By: Arthur Allison/Pacemaker Press.

Bangor: Council affirms ambitious development plans for new city

£10 note burning on a gas hob

‘Reminder’ delivered to NI energy suppliers