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Darren Rice
Committee Member for Northern Ireland
Olive Hill OBE
Committee Member for Northern Ireland
Digital "lifeline" for Belfast's Clifton House
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From "unsettlement" to a new future
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Northern Ireland: delegated decisions May 2020
Schedule of Decisions under delegated powers to Head of Investment, Northern Ireland on 26 May 2020
Northern Ireland: Committee decisions March 2020
Minutes of the meeting of the Committee for Northern Ireland on 3 March 2020 at 10.00am, East Belfast Network Centre, Belfast
"Huge" investment for Northern Ireland's heritage
Northern Ireland’s beautiful landscapes are to receive a boost as 11 heritage projects across the country are set to benefit from £5million National Lottery investment.