Health Minister Robin Swann announces those in that age group can now book their Covid-19 jab online.

Claire Hanna says the area has "systemic problems" that require long-term solutions.

A young hospital porter tells the story of the pandemic through photographs taken on the frontline.

The Republic of Ireland stops using the vaccine after reports of blood clotting in adults in Norway.

Republic of Ireland residents working in Northern Ireland want tax law changes after the pandemic.

Galgorm Collection says the move is part of their plans for the reopening of its businesses.

Covid has seen large numbers of people heading to the countryside but access is restricted in much of NI.

Alan Rusbridger resigns from media panel after it emerged an ex-columnist supported the IRA.

The BBC says the audience for the premiere episode was its biggest ever for a drama launch locally.

The financial heavyweights coming to oversee two new Northern Ireland fiscal bodies.

Johnny Sexton knocks over a late penalty as Ireland survive a surge from Scotland to eke out a hectic Six Nations victory at Murrayfield.

Remembering Clara 'Ma' Copley, the 1930s boxing promoter who beat everyone to the punch.

Sinn Féin says it will bring a proposal to the NI Executive this week over the provision of services.

Three councils freeze their rates for 2021/22, while there are rises in the remaining eight.

In the last 24 hours, 4,820 vaccine doses have been administered in Northern Ireland.

Hospital inpatient rates fall and vaccination rates rise as NI edges closer to an easing of lockdown.

The virus was mentioned on 33 deaths certificates in the week to Friday 5 March 2021, Nisra said.

It is the second time the armed forces have been asked to support NI health services in the pandemic.

No jobs are being lost and there is a focus on ensuring staff "disconnect" at home, says the firm.

A plan for children in primaries one to three to return to remote learning from 22 March is scrapped.

The rollout of tests to some sectors comes as NI passes more than 600,000 first doses of the vaccine.

Some families still cannot visit loved ones in care homes, says the older people's commissioner.

Marie Lindsay's two daughters each gave birth to a set of twins just a few months apart last year.

Disused banks in some towns stand vacant, but others are being repurposed as cafes and theatres.

The weather forecast in Northern Ireland.

Two engineering professors are to examine whether a bridge across the Irish Sea is feasible.

The PM discusses the Covid-19 vaccine rollout and the NI Protocol on a visit snubbed by Sinn Féin.

Meabh Bradley is 18 years old, has cerebral palsy and uses a specialist computer to communicate.

The sister of a girl who died following a school bus crash speaks about how she copes with her grief.

A woman who lives in a care home is reunite in person with her daughter after Covid-19 restrictions are eased.

The front window of a car in Derry was smashed before it was set alight, police say.

Heather Diamond, who was in her 50s, died in a fire at her home in Londonderry on Sunday.

Derry and Strabane had the biggest increase in racist incidents of any policing area in NI in 2020.

Police said the boys, aged between 16 and 18, have been released pending further enquiries.

An independent body which advises the government says the vaccine should be used 'without delay'.

Leo Varadkar demands answers from AstraZeneca over its failure to meet Irish vaccine supply targets.

The Fine Gael leader was challenged after saying Sinn Féin had no Protestants as senior politicians.

The European Commission says the doses will help tackle hotspots and facilitate free border movement.

Three of four men arrested over a shooting that left two people in a serious condition are released.