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‘This is the reality of an ageing population’-Pharmacy expert on NI’s £875m medicine bill
With Northern Ireland’s annual medicine costs moving towards £1bn, Professor Sharon Haughey explained the growing cost of ...
Medicine costs reach ‘all-time high’ in Northern Ireland pushing towards a billion pounds a year
The all-time high cost of £827m is up by £235m since 2014 and attributed to the complex needs of an ageing population and ...
Why does Northern Ireland lag the South on public health and education?
Today, a child born in 2021 in the South can expect to live for 82.4 years compared to 80.4 years in Northern Ireland. The ...
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Trump tariffs leave Northern Ireland, and its whiskey and plane makers, at the whim of the EU
little thought was probably given to Northern Ireland, a country with a population around the size of West Virginia. However, Northern Ireland, one of the four countries that make up the United ...
Economic gaps between NI and Ireland ‘widening’
The gap in economic performance and well-being indicators between Ireland and Northern Ireland is widening, a report has found.
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Irish economy outperforming Northern Ireland
Ireland has experienced stronger economic growth than its Northern counterpart, with citizens earning more and having higher ...
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Economic and well-being gaps between Ireland and Northern Ireland ‘widening’
The report found that Ireland’s population is growing faster than Northern Ireland’s, largely due to strong net migration in recent years. This has resulted in Ireland having a younger ...