NI business leaders welcome £300m cash lifeline but warn: It must be paid quickly, we’re in survival mode

Public inquiry ordered into practice of NI hospital consultant - Health Minister Robin Swann describes details as 'of gravest concern'

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Subscribe              Nov 24, 2020           Good morning. Welcome to your daily update from the News Letter. The Health Minister Robin Swann has just announced a public inquiry into the practice of an NI hospital consultant. The decision, announced in a statement to the Assembly, relates to the work of a urology consultant who earlier this year retired from the Southern Trust. NI business leaders have welcomed a £300m cash lifeline but warn: It must be paid quickly, we're in survival mode.  And Sickness levels in NI councils 'highest in the UK'. The findings come from a joint report by Northern Ireland's two public sector auditors. Teachers in Northern Ireland also take more sick days than other parts of the UK, according to the report. You can read all of the stories in this round-up and many more at www.newsletter.co.uk Digital subscriptions are available for only £1 per month for the first three months. Doing so means you will see fewer ads while you read our stories,  and access four free puzzle games every day - made just for subscribers. Thank you for reading this newsletter Michael Cousins Deputy digital editor           NI business leaders welcome £300m cash lifeline but warn: It must be paid quickly, we're in survival mode           A cash boost worth hundreds of millions announced yesterday must be delivered to businesses "as soon as possible".                 SF publicised details of Bobby Storey's 'public' wake by both email and via Facebook   Sinn Fein not only passed details of Bobby Storey's wake to its own members, telling them via email that it was open to the public, but party branches also circulated those details on Facebook for the whole world to see.           Sickness levels in NI councils 'highest in the UK'   Sickness absence levels in Northern Ireland councils are the highest in the UK, auditors have found.           Ian Milne: New book tells story of undertaker's secret double life as Drumcree mediator   A new book by author and broadcaster Ivan Little lifts the lid on how a Portadown undertaker led a secret double life as a mediator during the Drumcree dispute.           NI mouth cancer spike – sexually transmitted HPV virus linked to tonsil problems   Hospital admissions for mouth cancer in Northern Ireland have risen faster than any other UK nation over the past five years, figures reveal.           Thousands of NI's elderly 'facing loneliness epidemic at Christmas'   Thousands of older people in Northern Ireland face a loneliness epidemic this Christmas, a charity said.               Through the archives: Lisburn cathedral is reopens after much needed repairs   From the News Letter, November 24, 1884       Aaron's whiskey from Ballynahinch draws from US Scotch-Irish heritage   Bourbon oak casks from a Kentucky distillery with historic links to 18 th century Londonderry are being used to mature a new Irish whiskey at Ballynahinch in Co. Down.                             Stephen Fallon off the mark but turns focus to Linfield team gains going into derby day           Linfield's start to the season has been a model of consistency but Stephen Fallon heads into the 'Big Two' derby tonight aiming to build on a rarity in blue.                   FLASHBACK: Test your sporting knowledge   Try our daily sports quiz:       Know your sport? Test your knowledge with our fun quiz   Test your knowledge with our regular quiz.       Ruhan Pretorius 'upset' after shock departure from North Down   Ruhan Pretorius says he is "angry and upset" after North Down told him that he had been released from his contract for the 2020/21 season.                   View more news

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