The project received approval today and will now progress to the next stage.

Brendan Smith says Fianna Fáil has taken a "very strong line" on Russian aggression, going back almost a decade and a half.

Nationwide, health capital funding of €1.02 billion is available in 2022.

Brendan Smith believes the ETB will work "diligently" to ensure that this substantial building project will be advanced as quickly as possible.

The DUP is refusing to enter a government until the trade agreement with the EU is scrapped.

Brendan Smith says this follows "continued efforts" to secure increased resources for the area.

Planning permission for the long-awaited project was granted in 2018.

'Covid changed things dramatically for all of us'