Listen to this article Listen to this article Audio not playing? Open the recording in a new tab. Section 1 – Intro Five stops worth leaving the motorway for This route takes you from Belfast along some of Northern Ireland’s most spectacular coastline, through villages where slowing down is part of the experience, and past […]
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Audio Player Block Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. Download the audio file instead. Serious Injuries in Northern Ireland: What the Data Shows Roads, workplaces, catastrophic injury: the picture across Northern Ireland in 2025/26, and what it means if you’ve been seriously hurt. 1,140 People killed or seriously injured
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Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. Download the audio file instead. £607m Annual cost of workplace injury and ill health to NI society 18,000 People affected by musculoskeletal disorders, 2023–24 15,000 People affected by work-related stress, anxiety or depression Workplace accidents and work related ill health continue
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Listen to this article: Illegal electric scooters are causing growing concern across Northern Ireland. Their use on public roads, pavements and public spaces puts pedestrians, cyclists and other road users at serious risk. An Irish News investigation published in June 2026 revealed that the PSNI seized at least 37 electric scooters, electric bikes and electric
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Your browser does not support the audio element. How Injuries Affect Your Ability to Work in the Long Term The impact of a serious injury rarely ends at the hospital door. For many people across Northern Ireland, it quietly reshapes careers, earnings, and futures in ways that aren’t always obvious at the time. Recovery does
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6th Edition Green Book, published April 2024 +0.5% Current NI personal injury discount rate If you were injured in a road traffic accident ten years ago and your neighbour was injured in a similar accident last month, there’s a reasonable chance they received, or will receive, a different level of compensation. This isn’t inconsistency
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Artificial intelligence has moved quickly from novelty to background noise. It writes emails, recommends films, answers customer service questions, edits photographs and quietly shapes what we see online. Now it is finding a permanent seat in the car. Recent news shows how fast this is happening. Volvo is rolling out Google Gemini across many Android
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On 8 May 2026, the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI) and its counterpart in the Republic, the Health and Safety Authority (HSA), launched the first-ever joint all-island quarry safety inspection campaign. Inspectors from both jurisdictions will carry out two weeks of coordinated inspections at quarries and concrete block making operations across the
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Can a Parent Claim Compensation for an Injured Child in Northern Ireland? ? Can a parent make a personal injury claim on behalf of a child in Northern Ireland? Yes. A parent or legal guardian can usually claim on a child’s behalf, although the claim and any compensation belong to the child. Why Does
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Being blamed for your own workplace accident is one of the most disheartening things an injured worker can face. It can make you feel as though pursuing a claim is pointless, or even that you were somehow wrong to be hurt. In most cases, the picture is far more complicated than your employer is letting
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