A raft of allegations of physical abuse and mental cruelty to patients at the Co Antrim facility are being investigated by police.

Muckamore: Health Trust chief 'profoundly regrets' leadership failings

Face coverings will be mandatory in all public enclosed spaces from Monday, the Northern Ireland Executive has agreed. Stormont ministers also decided that all children should be back at school by September, but to delay the reopening of wet pubs.

Face coverings to become compulsory in all enclosed public spaces

Of the 23 pinpointed in the region since May 25 when the test and trace programme went live, 11 clusters remain open, according to the Public Health Agency (PHA).

23 clusters of coronavirus identified in Northern Ireland since May

Thanks to an anonymous donation of £40,000, Emily Scott may be able to travel abroad to get the operation next month. 

Carrickfergus schoolgirl's joy after anonymous donation funds scoliosis surgery

It is the latest investigation into allegations of physical and mental abuse of some of the most vulnerable at the facility.

Muckamore relatives briefed on independent review findings

At least three businesses in the Newcastle area of county Down have been forced to temporarily close after a small number of employees tested positive for Covid-19. 

Newcastle businesses forced to close amid Covid-19 spike

Ten more people have tested positive for Covid-19 in Northern Ireland, but no new deaths related to the virus have been recorded.

Ten more positive coronavirus cases in NI

Stop Covid NI, Northern Ireland's contact-tracing app, has launched.

Almost 20% of the adult population in Northern Ireland has downloaded a smartphone app to track the spread of coronavirus.

Stop Covid NI app downloaded 170,000 times

No new deaths related to Covid-19 have been reported for 22 days in a row now, leaving the official total at 556.

Eight new coronavirus cases recorded in Northern Ireland

The Barbican SuperValu in Newcastle posted the information in a message on their Facebook page on Monday.

Co Down shop closed for a day after staff test positive for coronavirus

There have been 40 new cases of coronavirus detected in Northern Ireland since Friday, according to the latest Department of Health figures.

40 new coronavirus cases in Northern Ireland

With 80,000 vulnerable people who had been shielding in Northern Ireland now able to venture outside, others are being asked to “play their part in assuring them”.

People urged to ‘play their part’ as shielding ends in NI

Different travel restrictions in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland in response to Covid-19 will be on the agenda at this week’s meeting of the North South Ministerial Council.

NI and Republic’s different travel restrictions to be discussed

Northern Ireland's Covid-19 contact-tracing mobile phone app, Stop Covid NI, has become the first in the UK to launch. 

Coronavirus contact-tracing mobile app launches in NI

Nine more people have tested positive for Covid-19, according to the latest Department of Health figures.

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