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Hiking up the slopes of Slemish Mountain on St Patrick's Day.

Pictures: Thousands took part in the traditional trek up Slemish on March 17

Northern Ireland family cater Mount Charles Group has launched its Leadership Academy and Mentoring Programme, further cementing its commitment to investing in its people.. Pictured is Gavin Annon, chief strategy officer and Barry Byrne, CEO, Mount Charles Group

NI family caterer champions future leaders with £500,000 investment

Winners of the NI School's Business Challenge 2025, St Mary's Grammar School, Magherafelt

Students shine in innovative real-world skills competition

LMC staff hosting Red Meat Skill Workshop for teachers

LMC launches innovative red meat skills workshops for teachers

The 4 Corners Knitters

Weaving Connections at the 4 Corners Festival

The Peacemakers Loom

Weaving Connections at the 4 Corners Festival

Wonderful Wander

Wonderful wander to explore Belfast’s rich history and evolving landscape as par...

The IGF was held under the theme of “Building Our Multistakeholder Digital Future”

Ad Feature 19th Internet Governance Forum calls for an inclusive digital future

A Tartan Day flyer produced by the Ulster Scots Agency.

Ulster Scots Tartan Day debuts with city centre parade

Denise Curran and her husband Michael and their two children, Reece (aged 1) and Sienna (aged 2).

AIB NI calling on communities to ‘Step Up’ for the 2024 GOAL Mile

Pictures attached: from left Kieran Harding, Managing Director, BITC; Aine Murray Agriculture Sustainability Manager ABP and member of the BITC NI Business Action on Climate Steering Group; Grainne Long Chair of BITC Environmental Leadership Team and Aoibhin Cody, ABP Food Group.

ABP recognised in Northern Ireland environmental action report

Darragh Andrew William Martin from Slemish College and Ellen Thompson from Ballymena Academy, Aoife Doherty and Ava Norris from Thornhill College, George Stone and Sebastian Steele from Rainey Endowed School, Emilie Kelso from Cookstown High School, Jennifer North and Lewis Watters from Hazelwood Integrated College, Maeve Claire Roche, Lily Barlow and Luke Watson from Our Lady and St Patrick’s College, Knock, Rianna van der Hart, and Matvej Jesipenko from Methodist College, Belfast and Marcus Stewart Cahoon and Jordan Cooper Belfast Boys’ Model, Daniel Rowan, Adil Mohammed, Ben Thomas Vaughan, Zach Hagan Bangor Grammar Afsari Taieba Binte Moazzem South Eastern Regional College.

NI Water Empowers students with Real-World Industry Experience

Traffic & Travel

Traffic and travel advice issued ahead of UEFA Nations League football match

Portrush Santa Splash returns this December

Portrush Santa Splash is back

Oxford Medical Products announces positive results in weight-loss clinical trial

Ad Feature Company announces positive results in weight-loss clinical trial

Some of the Eden Girls First Portadown participants who took part in the Global Handwashing Day event organised by NI Water in partnership with WaterAid.

Global Handwashing Day explores why clean hands are still important
Participants at the recent NI Water and WaterAid Global Handwashing Day events are pictured getting to grips with a tippy tap, one low tech and low cost example of how water is supplied in countries where they don’t have household water taps.
Lindsay Beacom

Forest Story Walk with storyteller Janice Witherspoon

The Glens Storytelling Festival 2024 Celebrates 12th Year with an exciting line-...

Play-based school-age childcare services offer important play-based developmental opportunities for children whilst enabling parents to remain economically active

Letter: Views sought on childcare services

Lynsey’s daughter Amy, who lost father, David, to cancer in 2022. Amy took part in Cancer Fund for Children’s Bog Run last year.

Cancer Fund for Children has announced the return of its famous Bog Run

Cookstown shoppers fund healthy eating programme for families in their cancer jo...

Pictured is Gary Wilson, Joanna Jones with guide dog Emba and Emma Meehan

Charity Partner announced for inaugural Dog Royal festival

Aflac Northern Ireland is set to put the ‘tech crowd’ to the test at the inaugural Tech Crowd Quiz Night in support of The Children's Cancer Unit Charity (CCUC) on September 26 from 7-10pm at the Black Box in Belfast. Pictured is Sarah Milliken, head of talent and culture, Aflac NI, joined Jane Hoare, chief executive, CCUC to launch the initiative

NI firm calls ‘tech crowd’ to test their wits at charity quiz night

Damian Devlin, of Ballycastle Runners, pictured after completing the Great North Run

Ballycastle runner highlights unforgettable Great North Run experience

SERC's Emma Tate, launches a programme of free courses designed to boost confidence in maths

Free courses offer digital marketing metric skills to local companies

Economy Minister Conor Murphy hs announced 20 high quality training places on a Digital Engineering Academy with EY Northern Ireland

Murphy reveals Assured Skills Academy with 20 quality training places at EY NI

American Golf.

Free kids golf sessions in Belfast

Farming Life news

Exciting work exchange scheme for British and Irish dairy farmers to New Zealand
New Zealand Dairy Careers (NZDC) has announced a fantastic opportunity for young dairy farmers from the UK and Ireland.
Darryl Armitage

Traffic

Northern Ireland traffic: PSNI warn motorists about traffic delays on July 12

The Moy Park Belfast City Women’s 10K is set to take place this Sunday (June 23)

2,000 ladies set to run the Moy Park Belfast City Women’s 10K

NOW Group celebrates the graduation of over 210 young adult participants from its range of bespoke academies, at a ceremony held at the City Hall, Belfast. Pictured are broadcaster, Barra Best, with Maeve Monaghan, CEO At NOW Group and NOW Group participants, Harry Murray, Claudia Beatty and Matthew Gray

Celebrating success as over 200 NOW Group superstars from across NI graduate

Jackie is feeling uneasy about what our phones might become capable of

Jackie McGregor ponders if her mobile phone is playing mind games with her

Bronagh Duffin of Bakehouse NI Cookery School in Bellaghy is passionate about local food and the environment

Caravan treat for tourists as former nurse offers Bellaghy cookery school

The £6 million initiative streamlines the connection process for businesses, a significant number of which are unaware of their access to higher-speed broadband

Collaboration to connect 50,000 NI businesses to high speed broadband for free

Co Armagh man Ian Young is taking part in the Octopus Multiple Sclerosis (MS) trial in Northern Ireland

Multiple sclerosis (MS): mega-trial opens site in Northern Ireland

ReStore volunteers and staff at Habitat’s International Women’s Day event.

Inclusion builds community at Habitat ReStore

More women are being encouraged to pursue careers in manufacturing thanks to a partnership between Ballymena zero-emission bus maker Wrightbus and a Northern Ireland college

Wrightbus joins forces with college to help women build manufacturing careers

Kathleen Lindsay from Lisburn, Shirley O’Hara from Newtownabbey and Donna McIlwaine from Lisburn.

The Dalai Lama Trek commences in Dharamsala, the home of the Dalai Lama

Matt (1389) and Andrew Mallon (1388) ready for the 10K

17 pictures: Centra Run Together smashes fundraising milestone for Action Cancer

Claire O’Hanlon, chair of Muscular Dystrophy UK Northern Ireland Council, which is holding an information day in Lisburn on October 5

Muscular Dystrophy UK is hosting a charity information day in Lisburn

There are eight species of bats in Northern Ireland

RSPB NI: There are eight species of bats in Northern Ireland

In order to take part, you’ll need to have a smart meter installed and your energy supplier must be signed up.

Millions will be paid to cut energy to avoid blackouts in winter 2023

Next month's 'Come and Try Days' will be located in Armagh, Omagh and Ballymena Fire Stations and in the NIFRS Learning & Development Centre, Boucher Road, Belfast

NIFRS hosting four 'Come and Try Days' - list of dates, times and venues

A tender moment

Jonny McCambridge column: I don’t want to feel embarrassed by how I look

The Consumer Council has revealed that people with food allergies and intolerances are impacted by high costs and lack of availability when buying free-from food and drink

Consumer Council reveals that availability of free-from products is an issue

X Factor star Rebecca Ferguson has called for an independent inquiry into reality shows

Rebecca Ferguson calls for independent inquiry into reality shows

Free events to support Belfast businesses this summer

Big Brother is returning for its twentieth series to its new home of ITV.

Big Brother producers looking for participants to apply for new series

Niall McIver, U Hire general manager and Conor Brennan, Action Cancer are calling on people to join the 7 Peaks Challenge

Action Cancer: Mourne Mountains 7 Peaks Challenge

Eurovision fans suffered a voting mishap through the official app

Eurovision app frustrates users in voting mishap

Tourism business speed networking in Ballycastle

AbbeyAutoline, Northern Ireland's leading insurance broker, is celebrating its 50th anniversary with the launch of its companywide challenge to walk, run, bike or hike 50km in May in aid of AWARE NI. Pictured is Lynsey Otter, senior branch support Manager at AbbeyAutoline, Josh Clarke, trainee insurance technician at AbbeyAutoline and Lisa Abell-Farrelly, corporate partnership officer at AWARE

AbbeyAutoline launches 50k in May Challenge to mark 50th year in business

The survey found that a majority across all parties were open to at least small reforms on how Stormont operates

Changes to Stormont structures backed by majority across all NI parties: survey

Join artist Sam Barnett and create your own drawing of the King which will become part of The Royally Big Portrait, a digital portrait made up of 5,000 individual entries and help raise funds for Children in Need as well as becoming a part of living history

Fancy drawing King Charles III and becoming part of digital art history?

Tweet from Stephen Murney hailing the Antifa contingent

French Antifa group shows up at Irish republican Easter march

BuskFest compere Ralph McLean, one promising young performer and Lord Mayor of Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council, Paul Greenfield. Register to take part of April 17 for the popular event to be held in the town on Saturday June 24

Singers and musicians urged to take part in BuskFest 2023

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