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The report found that the self-harm rate in Northern Ireland is 64% higher than in the Republic of Ireland

Suicide rates higher in NI's most deprived areas - report

Suicide rates in Northern Ireland are three times higher in the most deprived areas compared with the least deprived, a new report has found.

Ulster • 01 Apr

Patrick McVeigh was gunned down from a passing car on a street corner at Finaghy Road North in May 1972

Ex-British soldier charged with murder of Patrick McVeigh

The case of a former British soldier charged with the murder of a man in west Belfast more than 50 years ago has been heard in the city's Magistrate's Court for the first time.

Courts • 19 Mar

Raidió Fáilte had its beginnings as a pirate radio station but is now well established in the community

Raidió Fáilte celebrates 40 years on air as Gaeilge

Northern Ireland's only Irish language radio station, Raidió Fáilte, is celebrating its 40th anniversary.

Ulster • 16 Mar

The Belfast gallery is a new development and is set to open in 2027

New museum to honour Irish soldiers in the British Army

A new museum is to be established to tell the story of Irish soldiers in the British army down the centuries.

Ulster • 05 Mar

The PSNI has issued an appeal for witnesses following the crash

Teenager dies in single-vehicle crash in Co Tyrone

A man has died following a road crash in Dungannon, Co Tyrone.

Ulster • 05 Mar

The service was held in the Sandys Street Presbyterian Church

Service for Newry officers killed in IRA mortar attack

A church service has been held in Newry this afternoon to mark the 40th anniversary of the largest single loss of police personnel in the history of the Troubles.

Ulster • 02 Mar

Police cordoned off the scene in Dungannon

Murder inquiry after death of man assaulted in Dungannon

A murder investigation is under way into the death of a man in his 70s who was found injured in Co Tyrone.

Ulster • 01 Mar

Tánaiste Simon Harris and Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn met in Dublin

Harris meets Benn, reiterates support for Omagh inquiry

Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Harris has reiterated the Government's commitment to support the Omagh Bombing Inquiry during talks with Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn in Dublin.

Politics • 26 Feb

Twenty-nine people, including a woman pregnant with twins, died in the 1998 bombing

Govt has 'questions to answer' about Omagh bombing - DUP

DUP leader Gavin Robinson fears that a UK inquiry into the Omagh bombing will not get to the truth of what happened unless the Irish Government establishes a parallel process.

Ulster • 26 Feb

The report by the Independent Reporting Commission says coercive control and threats linked to paramilitary groups 'persist and remain a real concern' (Stock image)

Report urges end to existence of paramilitary groups

The Irish and British governments are to appoint an independent expert to assess the merits of engaging directly with paramilitary groups still operating in Northern Ireland as part of a process to encourage them to cease to exist.

Ireland • 25 Feb

The Omagh bombing killed 29 people, including a woman pregnant with twins

Omagh inquiry 'last, best shot at the truth' for families

After four weeks of heartbreaking testimony about the victims and from the survivors of the 1998 Omagh bombing, the final thing to be raised last week came under the banal heading of "Housekeeping".

Ulster • 23 Feb

The ten-floor facility will be located within Belfast's Royal Victoria Hospital site and was originally planned to open in 2020

Work to begin on delayed children's hospital in Belfast

Work will begin on building a new children's hospital in Belfast within days, it has been announced.

Ulster • 19 Feb

Firefighters and policemen inspect the damage after the bomb exploded in Omagh in 1998

Omagh inquiry team expects deal with Irish Govt in March

The Omagh inquiry team has said it expects to sign a memorandum of understanding with the Irish Government in March over the disclosure of sensitive material it may hold about the 1998 atrocity.

Ulster • 19 Feb

The former mother-and-baby home at Marianvale in Newry

NI mother-and-baby home survivors urged to give testimony

A final call has been made for survivors of former mother and baby home and Magdalen institutions in Northern Ireland to come forward and give testimony.

Ulster • 19 Feb

If confirmed, it would be the first outbreak in a commercial flock this year following confirmation of several incidents in the wild bird population

Suspected bird flu case on poultry farm in NI

Sixty-four thousand birds are to be slaughtered at a commercial poultry unit in Co Tyrone after the discovery of a suspected case of bird flu.

Ulster • 17 Feb

Suzanne Travis, a 20-year-old student, had gone into town shopping with her mother

Survivor searched for mother before seeing foot was gone

A woman seriously injured in the Omagh bombing has told the inquiry into the atrocity how she frantically searched for her mother without realising that her own foot had been blown off.

Ulster • 13 Feb

David Davis spoke about a ruling from Northern Ireland's presiding coroner in relation to the 1992 Clonoe ambush (file photo)

Davis: Clonoe ruling feeds IRA attempt to rewrite history

A Tory former minister has claimed British army members will be subject to a "a vindictive, vengeful" pursuit due to the UK government's repeal of Legacy legislation, in reference to the Clonoe ambush.

Politics • 10 Feb

Foras na Gaeilge recently said that it will have to make more that €800,000 of cuts to schemes that support the promotion of Irish

'Crisis' meeting on cross border Irish language funding

People working to promote the Irish language on both sides of the border will gather in Dublin tomorrow for what they have described as a "crisis assembly" to discuss a funding cut for which they are blaming the DUP at Stormont.

Ireland • 10 Feb

The officers were injured while on duty between Friday and today

Nine PSNI officers injured in attacks over weekend

Nine police officers have been injured over a 48-hour period in Derry and Strabane

Ulster • 09 Feb

Stephen Holmes, who was from the Strabane area, had been in a critical condition for several days following an assault earlier this week

Murder investigation following man's death in Co Tyrone

Police in Northern Ireland have launched a murder investigation following the death of a man in his 30s in Strabane, Co Tyrone.

Ulster • 08 Feb

The partnership will see Van Morrison perform special live performances across Belfast (File image)

Van Morrison becomes 'artist in residence' at Queen's

Van Morrison has become the first musician "artist in residence" at Queen's University in his native Belfast.

Ulster • 06 Feb

The study shows that employment rates in the Republic of Ireland fell further but recovered faster than those in Northern Ireland after the Covid-19 pandemic

Jobs in Republic recovered faster than NI after Covid

Employment across all regions in the Republic of Ireland fell further during the pandemic but recovered faster than in Northern Ireland, according to new research.

Business • 05 Feb

First Minister Michelle O'Neill and her deputy Emma Little-Pengelly insisted ministers are working collectively to improve public services

O'Neill: 'Huge advances' by Executive since restoration

The Northern Ireland Executive has delivered "huge advances" for people in the region since it was restored, but there is still "much more to do", its leaders have said.

Ulster • 04 Feb

The first two weeks of the British government's inquiry into the 1998 atrocity have been set aside for the families of those who were murdered

How will Irish Govt 'co-operate' with Omagh bomb inquiry?

A day of reckoning is fast approaching for the Irish Government and its engagement with the Omagh bomb inquiry. The Taoiseach last week pledged that the government will co-operate fully with the British government's inquiry into the 1998 atrocity. The question is, what does that mean?

Analysis and Comment • 03 Feb

The court heard Christopher Rogers' death had been a 'shattering experience for everyone involved' and especially for his family (Image: Teresa and Malachy Rogers)

Lifeguards acquitted of care breaches over man's death

A jury has unanimously acquitted three lifeguards of breaching their duty of care to a swimmer who suffered a hypoxic blackout and drowned.

Courts • 01 Apr