Schools should be ready to reopen on Monday March 8 if the Executive agrees

Feb 10, 2021

Good morning

In the news today:

* The Education Minister, Peter Weir, has told the Stormont Education Committee that schools should be ready to reopen if the Northern Ireland Executive agrees they can start to reopen on Monday March 8, 2021.

* A warning from the chief medical officer that Covid restrictions will be with us throughout 2021 has prompted calls for a clear strategy to urgently “kickstart the economy”.

* Retail distributor blames 12% drop in turnover on uncertainty over NI Protocol.

* A PSNI officer involved in a controversial arrest at a victims commemoration last week is a Catholic from the Republic of Ireland who wished to see better representation of nationalists in the service, it has been reported.

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Michael Cousins

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