Residents of Comber, Northern Ireland’s best kept medium sized town, are coming up against a private landowner who refuses to ...

Ards and North Down Borough is for a district rate rise of 3.65 percent - a figure local politicians believe will be amongst the lowest in Northern Ireland over the coming financial year.

UPDATE: This is the scene in north Belfast where urban search and rescue teams have been deployed following the collapse of a ...

In the Republic of Ireland, more than 140,000 customers  remain without supply, according to ESB Networks, down from a peak ...

It is clear too, however, that his Labour government’s approach to Northern Ireland will be process-led, risk-averse and, ...

The Met Office has a yellow weather warning in place as forecasters anticipate an "increasingly unsettled" week with rain, ...

Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn has insisted the Stormont Brake process has “worked”, as the Government announced it will not halt the appliance of updated EU rules on packaging and labelling ...

Finance Minister Caoimhe Archibald has warned departments still face "significant budgetary challenges" despite additional funding from Stormont's reallocation exercise. It includes funds which ...

A Stormont contract to source wood pellets to heat government buildings has increased more than three times, reported The Irish News. In August last year, Northern Ireland's Department of Finance ...

A public Inquiry into plans to build a goldmine in the Sperrins in Co Tyrone has been suspended due to a Stormont blunder. The Department for Infrastructure failed to follow its own legislation by ...

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Spending on hospitality by the Stormont executive was at least £1.4m in the first ten months after the institutions were restored nearly a year ago. The “eye-watering” sum is revealed against ...