Downing Street moves to give spies licence to commit crimesConcerns raised that proposed legislation puts no specific limit on the type of crimeThu Sept 24 2020 - 00:07
Coronavirus: Large Co Tyrone school closes after cases confirmedHoly Cross College in Strabane is co-educational school with about 1,500 pupilsWed Sept 23 2020 - 19:15
Fifteen sex offenders in NI to have convictions rescinded due to accidental error in lawOffences involved 17 victims, 11 of whom were children at the timeWed Sept 23 2020 - 16:16
Foster says rise in Covid-19 rates a ‘wake-up call’ for Northern IrelandSociety has to work in tandem with Executive to halt virus spread, DUP leader saysTue Sept 22 2020 - 21:38
NI Assembly passes motion rejecting Internal Market BillUUP leader Steve Aiken says Brexit debate too often descends into ‘Brit-bashing’Tue Sept 22 2020 - 19:55
NI Assembly approves motion calling on UK to ‘honour’ Brexit commitmentsSF MLA says changes to withdrawal deal would drive ‘coach and horses’ through Belfast AgreementMon Sept 21 2020 - 20:08
Restrictions on social gatherings to be extended across Northern IrelandPeople from different households will not be allowed to meet inside private homes under new measuresMon Sept 21 2020 - 15:00
‘Guess How Much I Love You’ author Sam McBratney dies aged 77Tributes paid to former teacher who saw his classic children’s book sell over 50m copiesMon Sept 21 2020 - 14:06
Covid-19: North’s ‘wet pubs’ to reopen next week as 149 new cases recordedPolice issue £60 fines to young people breaking coronavirus regulations in BelfastThu Sept 17 2020 - 19:19
Devolved finance ministers warn of ‘collective concerns’ over Brexit billImpact of UK’s Internal Market Bill on funding for Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales raised at meetingThu Sept 17 2020 - 16:00
‘Swift action’ needed over Belfast house parties, North’s health minister saysNorthern Ireland records two further Covid-19 deaths and 129 new casesWed Sept 16 2020 - 15:31
‘We can’t go back to 1972’: Timely new play explores the personal cost of the TroublesDerry’s Playhouse has overcome Covid setbacks to stage Anything Can Happen 1972Wed Sept 16 2020 - 02:00
North’s businesses being ‘killed off’ during Covid-19 pandemicCalls for hardship fund for those outside supports with one in 10 young now unemployedTue Sept 15 2020 - 22:34
Coronavirus: Three further deaths and 357 new cases in RepublicDublin accounts for more than 60% of total as incidence of Covid-19 in capital risesTue Sept 15 2020 - 18:19
Man arrested over video showing child ‘driving lorry’ in Co TyroneGirl was pictured apparently behind the wheel of vehicle on motorwayTue Sept 15 2020 - 15:15
Planning granted for a ‘crucial’ cross-Border electricity interconnectorNorth-South 400kv overhead line will run from Co Tyrone to Co MeathMon Sept 14 2020 - 21:45
Coronavirus: North at ‘tipping point’ after two further deathsFoster warns over spread of Covid-19 as department reports 109 additional casesMon Sept 14 2020 - 18:33
Second ‘crazy video’ of child driving lorry on M1 is ‘reckless’, Foster saysNorth’s First Minister urges public to help ‘identify these people and make our roads safer’Mon Sept 14 2020 - 17:30
North set for start of new Covid-19 restrictionsBelfast City Council, Ballymena and BT43, BT28 and BT29 postcode regions affectedMon Sept 14 2020 - 00:01
Boris Johnson’s claims of EU ‘blockade’ in Irish Sea rubbished in DublinSimon Coveney says UK is damaging its reputation with ‘bogus claims’ and ‘spin’Mon Sept 14 2020 - 00:01
Jane Fonda’s bleeding body claims ‘utterly implausible’Eamonn McCann rejects idea of wounded person in Martin McGuinness’s house in 1976Sun Sept 13 2020 - 18:37
Colum Eastwood: ‘There’s a huge burden on this generation to get it right’SDLP leader well aware of the multiple challenges facing a referendum on a united IrelandFri Sept 11 2020 - 01:00
Foster and O’Neill get back on same public-health page at StormontFirst and deputy first ministers resume briefings after Storey funeral controversyThu Sept 10 2020 - 21:35
NI First and Deputy First ministers resume joint press conferencesConferences suspended following controversy over republican Bobby Storey’s funeralThu Sept 10 2020 - 20:18
New Covid-19 restrictions for ‘hotspots’ of Belfast and parts of Co AntrimArlene Foster believes house parties a contributor to recent rise in case numbersThu Sept 10 2020 - 19:50
UK Brexit plan could undermine rule of law domestically, says NI chief justiceDeclan Morgan tells BBC government’s stance makes him ‘gravely uncomfortable’Wed Sept 09 2020 - 21:47
Coronavirus: Localised lockdowns in Northern Ireland ‘inevitable’, says Michelle O’NeillDepartment of Health records no further fatalities after 607 positive tests in last weekWed Sept 09 2020 - 19:02
Brexit trade deal hopes fade as Britain plans to renege on agreement with EUNorth secretary Brandon Lewis admits new internal markets Bill breaks international lawWed Sept 09 2020 - 01:20
Unionists are not ‘deluded Irishmen’, loyalist saysConversation about a shared island must have boundaries, many unionists argueWed Sept 09 2020 - 01:00
Can the Republic afford a united Ireland? These unionists don't think so‘I don’t think the South could take us on financially, because we have the NHS’Wed Sept 09 2020 - 01:00
Brexit: North’s pro-Remain parties write to Johnson about honouring NI ProtocolLeaders say it is unacceptable for the UK government to abandon safeguards in BillTue Sept 08 2020 - 21:19
SDLP says Lewis’s statement undermines UK’s international credibilityDUP gives Bill a cautious welcome, and has called on the UK government to go furtherTue Sept 08 2020 - 21:11
Coronavirus: 307 more cases confirmed as public urged to ‘keep distance’Dr Ronan Glynn voices concern over Dublin trend, with 182 new cases in the countyTue Sept 08 2020 - 20:52
Dara McAnulty, 16, wins Wainwright Prize: ‘Miraculous things can happen’Judges call for Diary of a Young Naturalist to be listed at once on the national curriculumTue Sept 08 2020 - 19:00
Inquiry into alleged staff abuse of vulnerable patients in NI hospitalHealth minister orders statutory public inquiry into Muckamore Abbey HospitalTue Sept 08 2020 - 18:21
DeSouzas receive donations of over £25,000 towards legal costsPublic ‘remind us we’re not in this alone’, says Derry woman who took on Home OfficeMon Sept 07 2020 - 18:30
Fourth patient with Covid-19 dies at Co Armagh hospitalNorth’s health minister asks for immediate investigation into deaths at CraigavonMon Sept 07 2020 - 18:15
North’s pro-Remain parties warn Johnson he cannot renege on withdrawal dealDUP also expresses concern that move is a cynical ploy to cover-up a possible ‘sell-out’Mon Sept 07 2020 - 12:28
Coronavirus: Two patients die in 48 hours amid clusters in Armagh hospitalNorth reports 61 new cases of Covid-19 amid outbreaks on Craigavon hospital wardsFri Sept 04 2020 - 19:43
Funds lacking to investigate outstanding NI Troubles cases, says PSNI chief‘I don’t think it’s deliverable within the current resource base,’ says Simon ByrneWed Sept 02 2020 - 15:07
£2bn-plus spent on coronavirus pandemic in North, report findsFinal outlay expected to be much higher as some responses yet to be costedWed Sept 02 2020 - 02:02
A further 217 Covid-19 cases reported in the highest daily figure since MayNorth’s Department of Health reports 49 new cases of Covid-19 on TuesdayTue Sept 01 2020 - 18:46
North’s coronavirus infection rate ‘significantly higher’ than Republic’sOnly a small proportion of North's new cases linked with international travel, expert saysMon Aug 31 2020 - 01:00
James Nesbitt in call for information about the DisappearedActor urges people to come forward as relatives of 16 abducted in Troubles gather at ceremonySun Aug 30 2020 - 20:59
Coronavirus: Northern Ireland reports 49 further casesMore than 450 tested positive for Covid-19 in last seven days, says departmentSun Aug 30 2020 - 14:48
North: 9 licensed premises given prohibition notices for breaching Covid regulationsNorthern Ireland’s health minister to ask Executive to ‘prioritise stronger legislation’Fri Aug 28 2020 - 18:56
Nearly 400 active outbreaks of coronavirus in the RepublicOver 250 of the outbreaks relate to social gatherings in private households, says HPSCThu Aug 27 2020 - 23:58
Minister fears some venues in NI are ‘flouting’ Covid-19 guidelines‘Stronger legislation’ planned after footage surfaces of guests dancing at weddingThu Aug 27 2020 - 21:44
Coronavirus: 93 more cases confirmed as NPHET rules out pub reopenings next weekKildare lockdown to remain in place but rate of infection in county stabilising, officials sayThu Aug 27 2020 - 19:28
Former UUP MP named Northern Ireland’s first Veterans CommissionerDanny Kinahan, an ex-British army officer, ‘honoured and proud’ to take up the roleThu Aug 27 2020 - 13:12
