Robin Swann

UFU President William Irwin, NIAC Chair Tonia Antoniazzi MP, Robin Swann MP

Northern Ireland voices support Back British Farming Day

Jim Allister MP. (Pic: Freelance)

Allister highlights challenges faced by sheep farmers in Westminster Hall debate

The three joint choirs of Farmers’ Choir Ni, Just Sing and The 85ers who performed at Stormont

Farmers’ Choir NI charity concert at Stormont is a great success

The joint choirs of Farmers’ Choir Ni, Just Sing and The 85ers who performed at Stormont on Saturday.

Farmers' Choir NI charity concert at Stormont a great success

UUP MLA Robin Swann. (Pic: Freelance)

Swann urges DAERA Minister to reverse decision to axe animal welfare funding

Robin Swann MLA

Swann highlights concern over ongoing bTB crisis

The Farmers’ Choir NI are delighted to announce their ‘Sing to Change Lives’ charity concert which will be held in the Great Hall at Stormont Castle on Saturday 27th July from 7pm - 9pm

How to watch farmers who performed at King's Coronation sing at charity concert

The Farmers’ Choir NI are delighted to announce their ‘Sing to Change Lives’ charity concert which will be held in the Great Hall at Stormont Castle on Saturday 27th July from 7pm - 9pm

How to watch farmers who performed at King's Coronation sing at charity concert

Christine Faulkner (Farm Families Regional Co-ordinator), Health Minister Robin Swann MLA, 10,000th Farm Families client James Reilly, and Laura Taylor (Health Improvement Senior Officer from the Public Health Agency) at the Balmoral Show. (Pic: Freelance)

Farm Families celebrates 25,000 milestone

Geraldine Lawless, chair of TADA Rural Support Network, Health minister Robin Swann and Cllr Kyle Savage, vice chair TADA

Minister hears of the work of TADA in rural communities

Councillor Kyle Savage welcomes Minister Robin Swann to Donaghcloney Surgery.

Concerns raised over rural GP practices

Conference speakers, Sharon Adams, Dr Suzanne Johnston, Dr Rebecca Orr, Martin Seager and Christina Faulkner along with Yvonne Carson, Northern Trust rural health and well-being manager, and Hugh Nelson, Northern Trust head of community wellbeing. Picture: Submitted

Successful rural health and well-being conference held in Ballymena

Chair Ivan Johnston with the newly elected Office bearers of the Farmers’ Choir Northern Ireland with Former Minister of Health for Northern Ireland, Robin Swann, their newly elected President. Pic: Farmers Choir

Robin Swann is elected chairman of choir

Garvagh YFC members preparing for their 85th anniversary dinner on Saturday 11th March

Garvagh Young Farmers’ Club look forward to anniversary

Dr Aoibeann Walsh, Head of Social Farming and Innovation, and Robin Swann, Minister of Health

Rural Support celebrate 20 years with new mental health project launch at the Ba...

DAERA Minister Edwin Poots and Health Minister Robin Swann announce the delivery of new Farm Family Health Check Programme vehicle at Balmoral Show. Also pictured are Farm Family Health Check staff - Front Christina Faulkner and back L-R Helen McCauley, Moyra McMaster and Eileen Irwin.

Watch as Farm Families Health Checks team launch their brand new unit at Balmora...
The Farm Families Health Checks Programme launched a brand new unit at Balmoral Show on Thursday afternoon.
Joanne Knox

Chief Fire & Rescue Office Peter O’Reilly, along with Health Minister Robin Swann and NIAS Chief Executive Michael Bloomfield met with Sheenagh and Brian, parents of Maggie Black, this morning. Today marks the beginning of a phased rollout of firefighters being trained to co-respond to incidents in rural areas, beginning with On-Call Firefighters from Carnlough Fire Station.

Roll-out of Maggie’s Call in rural areas suspended over legal concerns

Chief Fire & Rescue Office Peter O’Reilly, along with Health Minister Robin Swann and NIAS Chief Executive Michael Bloomfield met with Sheenagh and Brian, parents of Maggie Black, this morning. Today marks the beginning of a phased rollout of firefighters being trained to co-respond to incidents in rural areas, beginning with On-Call Firefighters from Carnlough Fire Station.

Maggie’s Call: Firefighters will co-respond to cardiac arrests in rural areas

Professor Siobhan O’Neill was appointed in September 2021, as Northern Ireland’s first permanent Mental Health Champion

Ad Feature Introducing NI’s Mental Health Champion focussed on improving rural support

Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots, Health Minister Robin Swann and Deputy Chief Veterinary Officer Dr Perpetua McNamee are supporting World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (WAAW) and say it is vital to provide important advice on the responsible use of antimicrobials.

Agriculture Minister pleased to support World Antimicrobial Awareness Week

Environment Minister Edwin Poots MLA and Health Minister Robin Swann MLA launch DAERA’s updated Air Quality Alert system

Improved Air Quality Alert system revealed

Health minister Robin Swann at the Farming Life stand with advertising manager Diane Burke and Gillian Devaney, promotions.

Health Minister hails success of Balmoral Show

Danielle McElroy (aged 17) who was the last person to receive the vaccine at the SSE Arena.

NI Student "Jabbathon": Where can students get a Covid vaccine in Northern Irela...

Sign Self Help Africa Northern Ireland’s petition to stop vaccine stockpiling. Please visit: www.selfhelpafrica.org/ie/vaccine-stockpiling

Charity appeals to people to lend support to stop vaccine stockpiling

Hugo Guedes (right) and Rafael Oliveira (left) are two of over 500 Moy Park employees grateful to have received their Covid-19 vaccination at work, and are looking forward to receiving their second dose this month

Workplace vaccine pilot hailed a success

Press Eye - Belfast - Northern Ireland - 11th January 2021

Photo by Jonathan Porter / Press Eye

General view of Craigavon Area Hospital, Co. Armagh, which in the last number of days has seen a sharp increase in the number of inpatients due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

‘Old’ NI hospital needs urgent investment as patients struggle for space in Emer...

Carla Lockhart MP.

MP calls for a ‘fair pay settlement for health care workers
Health workers should receive a fair pay rise, reflective of their value, Upper Bann MP Carla Lockhart says.
Carmel Robinson

Christine Smith.

Chair appointed to public inquiry on retired urology consultant

Irwin raises garden centre reopening

Mr Aidan O'Brien, consultant urologist.

Widower praises ‘kind and professional’ consultant who is subject of public inqu...

Craigavon Area Hospital

Campaigners for O’Brien call for inquiry into Southern Trust

Craigavon Hospital.

No chair appointed to public inquiry into retired consultant

Mr Aidan O'Brien, consultant urologist.

More patients may be contacted as Minister announces inquiry into consultant

Portadown Health & Care Centre, Tavanagh Avenue, Portadown.

Photographer - © Matt Mackey / Press Eye

Call for action as patients feel ‘let down’ and ‘worried’ by lack of GPs

Left to right: Hazel Winning, Julie Frazer, Molly McCluskey, Louise Skelly and Richard Moore with Dora the mare mark launch of the One Equine Trust.

New advocacy group launched in NI

Ministers launch Rural Support’s New Winter Programme 2020

The Cranswick site in Cullbackey

Coronavirus: NI pig plant hit by cluster of Covid cases reopens after deep clean

‘Alarm’ at 14 day Cranswick closure

Vice presidents and current president at the 60th anniversary dinner

60 years of Kells and Connor YFC

Key to Covid-19 wellbeing in NI

The number of cancer patients seeing specialists during coronavirus has fallen -...

Ebola drug Remdesivir approved to treat Covid-19 patients in the UK - here’s wha...

Concern over access to COVID testing

AFBI to test up to 1,000 samples a day in fight against COVID-19

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Rural GP practices

Sam Chesney (UFU Beef & Lamb Chairman) and David Brown (Deputy President UFU).

Swann and UFU meet over challenges in beef sector

Best Solo and Best Accompaniment

YFCU annual choir festival at Stormont

UUP candidates Tom Elliott, Jill Macauley, Danny Kinahan and Robin Swann

UUP unveils election manifesto priorities

Robin Swann

Call for CAP guarantee

Slurry spreading

Scrap the slurry ban say Swann and FFA

Robin Swann

Forest Expansion Scheme – farmers urged not to miss deadline

UK Government should tone down rhetoric on no-deal, warns Swann

UUP leader Robin Swann

Report confirms catastrophic dangers of no-deal Brexit

Robin Swann

‘Beef sector is being sacrificed by the EU’

Brexit – UK steps back from precipice