Department for Infrastructure

Northern Ireland international and Liverpool football star Conor Bradley signs up to the Department for Infrastructure’s ‘Share the Road to Zero’ campaign, which aims to reduce road deaths by encouraging more responsibility on the road. Included are DfI Minister John O’Dowd and Conrad Kirkwood, President of the Irish Football Association, which is also supporting the campaign.

Liverpool and Northern Ireland star Conor Bradley backs road safety campaign

Campaigners celebrate the decision to quash approval for the multi-million pound expansion of an oil terminal on the shores of Belfast Lough at the High Court in Belfast.

Belfast Lough: Controversial oil terminal expansion plan is to be quashed

Northern Ireland international and Liverpool football star Conor Bradley signs up to the Department for Infrastructure’s ‘Share the Road to Zero’ campaign, which aims to reduce road deaths by encouraging more responsibility on the road. Included are DfI Minister John O’Dowd and Conrad Kirkwood, President of the Irish Football Association, which is also supporting the campaign

Liverpool and NI star Bradley backs road safety campaign

Alliance Councillor Joy Ferguson (right) and fellow A1 safety campaigner Monica Heaney, whose son Karl was killed on the A1 in May 2018, aged just 27.

Department urged to give update on A1 road safety work every six months

A bus shelter daubed with graffiti in Brownlow, Craigavon. Credit: ABC Council

Craigavon named as the graffiti capital of ABC Council area

Chief Superintendent Sam Donaldson expressed support for increasing fixed penalty notice fines

Punishments for driving offences ‘insufficient’, says senior police officer

A traffic jam

£450,000 carriageway resurfacing scheme on Creighton Road to start May 31

A Translink bus in Londonderry. Photo: George Sweeney

New Translink fare increases will hit those on low income hardest

McConnell’s Distillery and Visitor Experience officially opened its doors at Crumlin Road Gaol today. Pictured US Special Economic Envoy Joe Kennedy, First Minister Michelle O'Neill, deputy First Minister Emma Little Pengelly, John Kelly, CEO Belfast Distillery Company. Credit: PressEye

McConnell’s Irish Whisky opens new £12million home in former Belfast prison

John O'Dowd, pictured while campaigning for repairs to potholes in the Lurgan area a number of years ago.

Potholes: Almost 5,000 compensation claims in past year due to road defects

A report last month recommended a comprehensive expert review of how NI Water is funded and governed

Northern Ireland Water needs correct funding – Utility Regulator chief

Vehicles queue up for MOT tests at a Driver and Vehicle Agency (DVA) testing centre. Whistleblowers have reportedly revealed that cracks have been found in a further MOT centre 14 lifts – some four years after £1.8 million was spent in replacing almost all the equipment. It is not confirmed where the alleged lifts are located. Picture by Jonathan Porter/PressEye

MOT tests: Whistleblowers reveal 'cracks found in 14 more lifts'

Translink buses in Foyle Street, Londonderry. Photo: George Sweeney

Three-day transport workers strike suspended following pay talks with Translink

Cloghan Point. Pic: Local Democracy Reporting Service.

Campaigners seek ‘regional scrutiny’ of oil terminal proposal

Belfast’s iconic Titanic building in Belfast has been closed after the roof of the building has been damaged in over night storms Jocelyn and Isha at the start of the week,.

NI drivers issued warning as Storm Joceyln curbs repairs from Storm Isha

Gritters

Motorists warned roads 'will also remain hazardous on Friday 19 January'

Drivers have been reminded that the road network will also remain hazardous for travel on Friday 19 January with gritting only likely to recommence on a limited basis from early morning.

Gemma Murray

A gritter and snow plough. Photo: Peter Byrne/PA Wire

'Limited road gritting' set to continue into Friday following strike action

Public sector workers from Northern Ireland Public Service Alliance (NIPSA) on the picket line outside the Northern Ireland Office (NIO) at Erskine House, Belfast, as an estimated 150,000 workers take part in walkouts over pay across Northern Ireland.

Biggest strike in NI’s recent history under way as tens of thousands walk out

Staff who manage the road gritters at the DFI [Dept for infrastructure] Duncrue branch, Belfast Northern Ireland get ready to shut down ahead of strikes this Thursday.

Call to 'think about the need to travel' after -6°C temperatures last night

Monica Heaney (third from left), whose son, Karl Heaney, died in a collision on the A1 in 2018, with Alliance Party representatives David Honeyford MLA (right), the party's Infrastructure spokesperson, and Lisburn and Castlereagh Councillor Gretta Thompson (left), and Banbridge Councillor Joy Ferguson, present a petition for safety upgrades to the road to Department for Infrastructure Permanent (DfI) Secretary Dr. Denis McMahon (second from right) at the DfI Headquarters on Adelaide Street in Belfast

Mother whose son died on A1 hands over petition calling for road safety upgrade

A blanket of snow covered much of Northern Ireland on Tuesday morning. Photo: Pacemaker

Public and overstretched police 'at risk' as strike affects road gritting: PFNI

Letters to editor

Letter: Welcome campaign focuses on the terrible cost of careless driving

Snow ploughing in Northern Ireland. Photo: Press Eye

Road users warned to stay home on Thursday if conditions are dangerously icy

Roadworks.

Resurfacing scheme starts today on Silverstream Road, Belfast - delays

Members of Ards and North Down Borough Council have sent a letter of objection regarding a 'shocking' Stormont plan to raise fare prices on Strangford Ferry

Council objects to 'shocking' Stormont plan to increase Strangford Ferry prices

Some 71 people died on the roads in Northern Ireland in 2023, an increase from 54 in 2022 and 50 in 2021.

Road safety appeal after spike in annual crash death toll

The consultation, launched today, gives an overview of potential water and sewerage charging revenue raising options which could be introduced

Consultation opens on introduction of water charges in Northern Ireland

A consultation on introducing water and sewerage charges has opened in Northern Ireland.

Rebecca Black

Parts of Newry in County Down were flooded after the city's canal burst its banks.

Northern Ireland Flood Risk: Floods infrastructure ‘needs spend of £30m​​​​​’

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

Saanvi from Bangalore India dancing the the World Famous Dark Hedges today during storm Corrie. . PICTURE KEVIN MCAULEY/MCAULEY MULTIMEDIA

Tree safety work to soon start at the world-famous Dark Hedges

Maximum taxi fares in Northern Ireland will increase, the Department for Infrastructure has announced

Maximum taxi fares in Northern Ireland will increase by up to 19.5% in December

Following the inundation of businesses in Newry, Downpatrick and Portadown, as well as other individual businesses more locally, FSB has called for every layer of government to step up and respond as a matter of the highest priority – councils, Stormont Departments and the UK government. Pictured is FSB NI policy chair, Alan Lowry

FSB NI calls for three-stranded approach to flood response

Heavy flooding in Downpatrick, County Down, flooding continues to cause disruption in the town.Bus services across Downpatrick have been suspended and parts of Portadown, County Armagh, remain badly affected. Photo by Jonathan Porter / Press Eye

Calls for financial aid for businesses counting the costs after flooding

A scene from the flooded town center of Downpatrick. Photo: Colin McGrath MLA.

Businesses without insurance lose Christmas stock to floods

Water levels in Newry receded overnight but on Wednesday morning Sugar Island remained flooded. The owners of flooded businesses in south Down are facing expensive clean-up operations after Newry's canal burst its banks. Picture By: Arthur Allison: PacemakerPress.

80 businesses in Newry counting the cost after city's canal burst

People walk through flood water on Bank Parade in Newry Town, Co Down. Flooding was reported in parts of Northern Ireland, with police cautioning people against travelling due to an amber rain warning. The Met Office warning for Northern Ireland is the second highest level and covers Counties Antrim, Down and Armagh. Picture date: Tuesday October 31, 2023. PA Photo. See PA story WEATHER Rain. Photo credit should read: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

800 emergency calls made to the flooding incident line and 12,000 sandbags given

Uncertainty persists over the future of eleven trees at the Dark Hedges in Co Antrim which are consider unsafe. The scene was made famous by the Game of Thrones television series. Photo: Michael Cooper/Woodland Trust/PA Wire

Unsafe trees at Dark Hedges - Department can overrule council

Northern Ireland’s 7,700 taxi drivers need to complete HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) tax checks when renewing their operating licence, starting from today (October 2)

Northern Ireland's 7,700 taxi drivers need to act as tax checks come into force

The Department for Infrastructure said that this is the first price rise for most vehicle test fees since 2005 and for most practical driving test fees since 2009

Price of driving tests and MOT examinations to rise in October 2023

Budget cuts threat to Lagan Valley Regional Park

Stormont budget cut could mean the 'collapse' of Lagan Valley Regional Park

Letters to editor

Letter: There should be uproar over plan to cut age for free transport in NI

Transport scheme cut ‘retrograde’ step

Transport scheme cut ‘retrograde’ step as consultation responses urged

General view of Mallusk Driver and Vehicle Agency testing centre. Picture by: Jonathan Porter/PressEye

June breakdown of full vehicle tests per centre in Northern Ireland

New figures show that both local and major planning applications are taking longer to be processed

Northern Ireland planning system not fit for purpose: DUP MLA Phillip Brett

Road works set to be carried out

Resurfacing scheme to take place along busy south Belfast route for 10 weeks

DFI notice about roadworks

Resurfacing scheme on Belfast route starts on June 26 bringing lane closures

MOT and driving test fee costs could jump significantly in Northern Ireland if proposals being put forward by the Department for Infrastructure are adopted

MOT cost hike and driving test fee jump by almost £20 mooted

A public consultation will be held on whether to raise the age at which people qualify for free public transport in Northern Ireland, with the general public being asked whether they think it should stay at 60 or be raised to 65 of the state-pension age of 66

Should people have to wait until 65 for free public transport?

A Translink bus in Foyle Street, Londonderry

Public consultation on potential changes to over-60s SmartPass scheme

Men are now only ahead of women in the rate of passing their driving tests by two percentage points - how come more women are passing first time around than before?

Women now passing driving test at higher rate - how come?

Charlie and Kay Kelpie pictured at Translink's Zero Emission Foyle Metro preview event held in Guildhall Square, Londonderry on Thursday May 25

New Wrightbus all-electric bus fleet launched in Londonderry

The fixed penalty notice of £100 and three penalty points will be an additional enforcement tool for the PSNI to deal with low level offences.

New penalty for careless driving introduced in Northern Ireland

Next week (May 15-19) is Walk to School Week and the PHA is encouraging everyone to get more active by leaving the car at home and walking the school run

Time to ditch the car and do school run on foot

Alliance party leader Naomi Long speaks during the party's local government manifesto 2023 launch at CIYMS, Belfast

Northern Ireland budget will ‘decimate public services’ – Alliance Party leader

The Department of Infrastructure said it had been left with a 14% cut in its funding which would leave it facing “stark budgetary challenges”.

Streetlights could be turned off in cost-cutting measure, warns DfI