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 Sep 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 Sep 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 Sep 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 Sep 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 Sep 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 Sep 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 Sep 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 Sep 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 Sep 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 Sep 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 Sep 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 Sep 14 2020 - 17:30
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 Sep 14 2020 - 00:01
North set for start of new Covid-19 restrictionsBelfast City Council, Ballymena and BT43, BT28 and BT29 postcode regions affectedMon Sep 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 Sep 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 Sep 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 Sep 10 2020 - 21:35
NI First and Deputy First ministers resume joint press conferencesConferences suspended following controversy over republican Bobby Storey’s funeralThu Sep 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 Sep 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 Sep 9 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 Sep 9 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 Sep 9 2020 - 01:20
Unionists are not ‘deluded Irishmen’, loyalist saysConversation about a shared island must have boundaries, many unionists argueWed Sep 9 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 Sep 9 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 Sep 8 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 Sep 8 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 Sep 8 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 Sep 8 2020 - 19:00
Inquiry into alleged staff abuse of vulnerable patients in NI hospitalHealth minister orders statutory public inquiry into Muckamore Abbey HospitalTue Sep 8 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 Sep 7 2020 - 18:30
Fourth patient with Covid-19 dies at Co Armagh hospitalNorth’s health minister asks for immediate investigation into deaths at CraigavonMon Sep 7 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 Sep 7 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 Sep 4 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 Sep 2 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 Sep 2 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 Sep 1 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
More than 600 incidents of criminal damage at places of worship in NorthRecent incidents include an arson attack on St Saviour’s church in Craigavon, Co ArmaghThu Aug 27 2020 - 06:35
Sinn Féin’s McDonald says Anderson ‘right’ to apologise over ‘dirty war’ tweetMLA claimed payment scheme for Troubles victims ‘mainly for those who fought Britain’s dirty war in Ireland’Wed Aug 26 2020 - 15:16
Donegal crash tragedy: ‘There’s a black cloud hanging over Moville’John Mullan (49), children Tomás (14) and Amelia (6) die but mother Geraldine survivesSat Aug 22 2020 - 01:52
Father and two children who died after Donegal crash are named‘Her whole family had been wiped out in one go’, says priest who attended scene with mother who survived crashFri Aug 21 2020 - 19:29
Body of Belfast-born priest recovered four days after US boating accidentMichigan-based Fr Stephen Rooney reported missing after Detroit River incident on SundayThu Aug 20 2020 - 20:39
Coronavirus: North tightens restrictions on gatheringsRobin Swann confirms ‘significant’ Covid-19 outbreak at plant in Co AntrimThu Aug 20 2020 - 20:06