Sinn Féin accuses DUP of reneging on welfare commitmentsMartin McGuinness says Sinn Féin will oppose passage of welfare bill in Northern AssemblyMon Mar 09 2015 - 13:52
Former UUP leader Jim Molyneaux dies aged 94Molyneaux led UUP from 1979 to 1995 and was one of the longest-serving leaders of the partyMon Mar 09 2015 - 13:31
Martin McGuinness and Gerry Adams prime party for electoral battles aheadSinn Féin Ardfheis: Buoyant gathering suggests the biggest threat to party now is hubrisMon Mar 09 2015 - 01:00
Gerry Adams: Sinn Féin wants to lead next governmentParty leader pledges to abolish water charges and property tax and introduce wealth taxSun Mar 08 2015 - 11:02
Sinn Féin calls for Border poll on a united IrelandGildernew wants island-wide referendum during lifetime of next Dáil and AssemblySat Mar 07 2015 - 15:36
Kingmakers: could the DUP decide the UK’s next prime minister?Peter Robinson and the Democratic Unionist Party are being wooed by David Cameron’s Conseratives and Ed Miliband’s Labour Party ahead of May’s UK general electionSat Mar 07 2015 - 01:00
Sinn Féin aiming to be biggest party by 1916 centenaryNorth’s Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness addresses party ardfheisFri Mar 06 2015 - 22:00
SDLP drew down $400,000 from donation to establish New York officeParty has not engaged in fundraising since ban on large foreign donations in 2007Fri Mar 06 2015 - 07:31
Party has more money flowing in than most other Northern parties combinedSF is the party with the highest income and expenditure in the NorthFri Mar 06 2015 - 03:00
Pope Francis to publish letter on human ecology, cardinal saysCardinal Peter Turkson announces planned papal encyclical during his visit to IrelandWed Mar 04 2015 - 20:36
NI Assembly adopts motion criticising Raymond McCreesh parkDebate on decision by Newry and Mourne Council to name play park for hunger strikerTue Mar 03 2015 - 22:04
North’s DPP to consider charges against former police officersFamilies complain about major UVF ‘supergrass’ trial taking so long to proceedTue Mar 03 2015 - 20:30
2,400 voluntary redundancies planned for NI Civil ServiceStormont House Agreement to see 20,000 civil and public sector jobs shed over four yearsMon Mar 02 2015 - 14:50
North’s nine new departments named by Peter RobinsonNorthern Executive to be reduced in size from 12 to nine departmentsMon Mar 02 2015 - 14:22
First Minister addresses business meeting in west BelfastPeter Robinson says he wants ‘more jobs for everyone’ in Northern IrelandFri Feb 27 2015 - 15:45
NI secretary warns of ongoing ‘severe’ threat from dissidentsPSNI investigating booby-trap bomb incident in Armagh which left Sinn Féin supporter injuredThu Feb 26 2015 - 15:33
Amnesty calls for reform of ‘draconian’ NI abortion lawLegislation in North breaches Britain’s ‘international human rights obligations’Thu Feb 26 2015 - 11:18
Man injured in suspected dissident booby-trap bomb attackSinn Féin accuses ‘gangs masquerading as republicans’ of attempted murderThu Feb 26 2015 - 01:00
Body found by police investigating Antrim woman’s disappearanceTwo men being questioned by PSNI in connection with case of Pauline Carmichael (61)Wed Feb 25 2015 - 17:14
Fuel laundering, tobacco smuggling costing €1bn annuallyCriminal gangs operating out of south Armagh and along Border difficult to tackleTue Feb 24 2015 - 07:34
Seamus Mallon hailed as ‘great Irishman’ at tribute dinnerFormer SDLP deputy first minister praised for showing ‘disdain for sectarian politics’Fri Feb 20 2015 - 20:59
SDLP leader Alasdair McDonnell criticised over abortion remarksConsultant challenges comment that “nobody can predict that a foetus is not viable”Fri Feb 20 2015 - 14:01
Northern Secretary calls for fresh initiative to resolve north Belfast parade impasseTheresa Villiers says it’s time to end repeat of previous failed attempts to settle Twelfth of July standoffFri Feb 20 2015 - 10:22
Detectives given more time to interview McGinley murder suspectPSNI investigating murder of man who was shot in NewtownbutlerFri Feb 20 2015 - 01:00
Interrogations of hooded men were ‘taped’Attorney General asked to follow-up on new documents showing British army retained more than 400 hours of interrogation recordingsFri Feb 20 2015 - 01:00
Police believe football row may have led to death of Óisin McGrathSources say boy was injured as senior pupils sought to retrieve a ball from younger boysFri Feb 20 2015 - 01:00
Police arrest escaped armed robber in BelfastOn-the-run prisoner thought to have been caught drinking in city centre barWed Feb 18 2015 - 22:21
Man arrested over fatal shooting at Fermanagh weddingBernard McGinley, from Co Longford, was shot in Newtownbutler earlier this monthWed Feb 18 2015 - 18:38
Punishment attacks in NI rising as ‘enforcers’ ramp up assaultsPolice appeal for witnesses after 17-year-old shot three times in legs by masked assailantsWed Feb 18 2015 - 17:03
NI council’s use of Irish on logo criticised as ‘cultural sectarianism’Former DUP minister says Newry, Mourne and Down district council’s policy is ‘political’Wed Feb 18 2015 - 16:49
Teenager shot in legs by masked men in BelfastDetectives are looking for witnesses to the suspected republican dissident paramilitary-style shootingWed Feb 18 2015 - 10:20
Derek Brockwell stabbed himself before being tasered by PSNIFugitive prisoner arrested outside Belfast pubWed Feb 18 2015 - 09:18
Youth rearrested in connection with death of Oisín McGrath17-year-old held on suspicion of manslaughterWed Feb 18 2015 - 06:31
PSNI says bomb found in Derry estate ‘designed to kill’Viable device discovered during searches in Currynierin after telephone warningsTue Feb 17 2015 - 23:37
Proposal to revamp Titanic drawing offices as boutique hotelBritish Heritage Lottery Fund providing £4.9 million to restore historic derelict buildingTue Feb 17 2015 - 19:29
DUP minister proposes bringing back prescription chargesReintroduction of fees abolished in 2010 would help pay for specialist medicinesTue Feb 17 2015 - 11:59
Gardaí, PSNI checking ports and airports after shooting at weddingSuspect, who is based in Republic, has large network of family, friends and associates in BritainFri Feb 13 2015 - 01:02
Fermanagh schoolboy dies after being injured in playgroundOisín McGrath (13) suffered injuries at school in Enniskillen during lunch breakThu Feb 12 2015 - 21:33
PSNI ‘know’ who murdered man at Northern Ireland weddingOfficer appeals for perpetrators to come forward before any ‘further bloodshed’Thu Feb 12 2015 - 18:14
Man dies in shooting at wedding in Northern IrelandIncident happened as bride was preparing to walk up the aisle, priest saysWed Feb 11 2015 - 21:15
FF and SDLP attack SF over North-South stance on austerityMcGuinness claims SDLP ‘dissidents” prepared to wreck AgreementWed Feb 11 2015 - 15:17
Love Ulster parade planned for Dublin next monthLoyalist William Frazer calls for information about 1976 IRA Kingsmill massacreTue Feb 10 2015 - 23:12
Sisters of Nazareth deny sexual abuse allegationsWoman alleges rape by priests and nuns forcing her to eat her own vomitMon Feb 09 2015 - 18:26
NI transport chief quits post to answer religious callingTranslink head gives up £155,000 job to devote his life to ‘preaching the gospel’Mon Feb 09 2015 - 16:19
Church leader feels sorry for ‘spiritually blind’ Stephen FryNew Presbyterian moderator says broadcaster’s comments about God were sorrowfulWed Feb 04 2015 - 15:56
Rev Ian McNie to be next moderator of Presbyterian ChurchBallymoney-based minister elected by 12 out of 19 presbyteriesWed Feb 04 2015 - 01:01
SDLP changes policy to support British National Crime AgencyParty says it has won concessions to make NCA accountable to PSNI and Policing BoardTue Feb 03 2015 - 18:16
DUP will not seek to be part of Westminster coalition if it holds balance of powerThe First Minister says the party is there to get the best possible deal for NITue Feb 03 2015 - 15:29
Prison officers regain control of Maghaberry prison dissident wingSome 40 republicans serving sentences or on remand in high security prisonMon Feb 02 2015 - 21:29
Civil liberties group cites ‘collusion’ behind state killings in NorthReport highlights shortcomings in dealing with fatalities since Belfast Agreement signedFri Jan 30 2015 - 01:00
