Tougher Covid rules a case of ‘when’ rather than ‘if’, NHS boss says + Stormont ministers to decide on ‘additional asks’ to stem latest Covid wave

Dec 21, 2021

Michael Cousins

Acting Managing Editor

Good afternoon from the News Letter.

This is your Coronavirus and general news email update.

In Coronavirus news today:

* Tougher Covid rules a case of ‘when’ rather than ‘if’, NHS boss says

* DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has tested positive for Covid-19

* The majority of classes at Queen’s University Belfast in January will be delivered remotely due to the deteriorating Covid-19 situation

* Stormont ministers to decide on ‘additional asks’ to stem latest Covid wave

In other news:

* DUP minister facing legal action for not securing the wider approval of the Stormont Executive for port checks required by the Northern Ireland Protocol

* ‘Clapping ministers in shackles and sending them to prison may not be in the public interest’ says High Court judge in stinging findings against DUP

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	DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has tweeted that he had received a positive result from a PCR test.

The Stormont Executive is to decide what “level of asks” will be made of the public to curb the latest surge in Covid-19

The Stormont Executive is to decide what “level of asks” will be made of the public to curb the latest surge in Covid-19.

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Minister facing legal action for not securing wider approval of Executive for port checks required by the NI Protocol

A DUP minister is facing legal action for not securing the wider approval of the Stormont Executive for port checks required by the Northern Ireland Protocol.

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A west Belfast man jailed for murdering a senior prison officer failed today in a legal bid to overturn his conviction.

Court proceedings start against eight people charged in relation to allegations of abuse at Muckamore Abbey Hospital

Court proceedings have commenced against eight people charged in relation to allegations of abuse at Muckamore Abbey Hospital.

‘Clapping ministers in shackles and sending them to prison may not be in the public interest’ says High Court judge in stinging findings against DUP

Mr Justice Scoffield, the High Court judge who handed down the findings against the DUP’s Protocol protests, has stressed that he is wary about judges straying into politics.



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