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Fri, 02 Apr 2021 05:37:51 GMT
Covid-19: No singing inside NI schools after Easter break
Pupils will be allowed to sing outside alone or in choirs as long as they are socially distanced.

Fri, 02 Apr 2021 08:27:52 GMT
Ronan Kerr: Fresh appeal 10 years on from constable's murder
The 25-year-old PSNI constable was killed by a booby-trap car bomb in Omagh, County Tyrone, in 2011.

Fri, 02 Apr 2021 05:33:34 GMT
Londonderry: Foyle College asks former pupils to help pay debt
Foyle College in Londonderry has written to past pupils about the outstanding debt of £821,000.

Thu, 01 Apr 2021 20:49:48 GMT
Bobby Storey funeral: UUP calls for resignation of Simon Byrne
Ulster Unionists join other unionist parties in calling for PSNI chief Simon Byrne to step down.

Thu, 01 Apr 2021 23:07:43 GMT
What it's like driving across the new Irish trade border
Three months since the creation of the new Irish trade border, the BBC travelled with a lorry driver.

Fri, 02 Apr 2021 05:26:10 GMT
Irish language proposals 'not comprehensive enough'
A human rights organisation says the measures in a Stormont deal are welcome but "not enough".

Fri, 02 Apr 2021 05:53:03 GMT
Translink sets zero-emissions goals for next 25 years
The company wants to provide more environmentally-friendly buses and trains as it plans for future.

Fri, 02 Apr 2021 06:00:56 GMT
Knock Iveagh: Council takes legal action over wind turbine
The turbine is beside a 5,000 year-old Neolithic burial site near Rathfriland, County Down.

Thu, 01 Apr 2021 16:51:03 GMT
Sinn Féin 'showed arrogance' at IRA man's funeral - Foster
Stomont passes a motion censuring party ministers over Bobby Storey's heavily attended funeral.

Thu, 01 Apr 2021 22:07:21 GMT
Covid-19: All pupils to return to school after Easter
The Department of Education says that face-to-face teaching will resume after Easter.

Thu, 01 Apr 2021 21:34:06 GMT
James Corbett's family 'devastated by plea deal' after retrial decision
James Corbett's wife and father-in-law were originally convicted of his murder in the US in 2017.

Thu, 01 Apr 2021 19:35:18 GMT
East Belfast: Man charged with attempted murder machete attack
Thomas Lee Ross may have sliced off part of his own ear during the suspected attack, a court hears.

Thu, 01 Apr 2021 17:01:27 GMT
Stormont agrees funding for £290m post-Covid plan
It comes after Sinn Féin had accused the DUP of blocking the presentation of an initial budget.

Thu, 01 Apr 2021 16:55:48 GMT
Coronavirus: No further deaths linked to coronavirus in NI
A further 107 people test positive for Covid-19 with the total number of confirmed cases now 117,396.

Thu, 01 Apr 2021 12:13:22 GMT
Coronavirus: NI golfers swing into action as courses reopen
One 90-year-old golfer in Londonderry says he is "itching" to get out for his afternoon tee time.

Thu, 01 Apr 2021 17:07:58 GMT
NI Covid-19 restrictions: Your questions answered
BBC News NI's Jayne McCormack answers readers' questions about the latest steps to ease lockdown.

Thu, 01 Apr 2021 05:53:35 GMT
Rise in pupils in NI with mental health issues in 2020
Some of the issues are "directly related" to the Covid-19 lockdown, according to new reports.

Wed, 31 Mar 2021 16:10:03 GMT
Covid-19: Swann 'delighted' by jab at Ballymena pharmacy
Robin Swann urges people book a vaccination slot as soon as possible after they become eligible.

Wed, 31 Mar 2021 14:31:43 GMT
Newry and Kilkeel grammar schools scrap academic selection for 2022
Five grammar schools in Newry and Kilkeel are the latest to scrap academic selection in 2022.

Thu, 01 Apr 2021 13:03:32 GMT
John le Carré: Spy novelist 'died an Irishman'
The Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy author became an Irish citizen before his death, his son says.

Thu, 01 Apr 2021 07:24:42 GMT
Brexit: Counting the cost of the Irish sea border
BBC News' Emma Vardy follows a lorry over the Irish Sea to examine the contentious Irish Sea border.

Thu, 01 Apr 2021 05:43:05 GMT
Irish language group to challenge NI Executive in court
The group says the NI Executive's failure to implement a strategy left it with "little other choice".

Wed, 31 Mar 2021 15:42:11 GMT
Belfast to host One Young World summit in 2023
Sir Bob Geldof, one of the event's counsellors, said the city had "so much to tell" young people.

Fri, 02 Apr 2021 07:09:28 GMT
Latest Northern Ireland weather forecast
The weather forecast in Northern Ireland.

Wed, 31 Mar 2021 13:20:37 GMT
Coronavirus: The NI scientists developing Covid-19 treatments
Data from trials conducted in Northern Ireland has been influencing the public health response.

Tue, 30 Mar 2021 19:32:54 GMT
Bobby Storey funeral: 'Crisis of confidence in police service'
NI's first minister calls on the police chief to quit after prosecutors recommended no-one face charges over the funeral of Bobby Storey.

Tue, 30 Mar 2021 15:55:34 GMT
Bobby Storey funeral: 'Sorry families had grief compounded'
Deputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill reacts to the news there will be no prosecutions in relation to the funeral of Bobby Storey.

Tue, 30 Mar 2021 16:16:06 GMT
Line of Duty stars sponsor football teams
The stars of the BBC drama take time out from tackling police corruption to put a Belfast football club undercover.

Thu, 01 Apr 2021 10:50:15 GMT
Londonderry: Petrol bomb attacks on police for third night
Youths were involved and a police officer was hurt in the incident in Londonderry on Wednesday night.

Wed, 31 Mar 2021 13:25:30 GMT
Derry council to ask UK government to fund airport
City of Derry Airport staff say government intervention is "critical" for the facility's long-term future.

Wed, 31 Mar 2021 08:45:52 GMT
Fort George: Land sold to Western Trust for health hub
The Western Trust's business case to purchase land on a former army base in Derry is approved.

Wed, 31 Mar 2021 12:35:06 GMT
Londonderry: Petrol bomb attacks on police for second night
A police vehicle was struck with a petrol bomb and had to be recovered from the Tullyalley area.

Tue, 30 Mar 2021 09:37:35 GMT
Londonderry: Petrol bomb thrown at police vehicle
Police received reports of about 40 people gathering at the Tullymore Road area on Monday evening.

Thu, 01 Apr 2021 17:46:44 GMT
Dessie Farrell: Dublin manager suspended for breach of training guidelines
Dublin suspend manager Dessie Farrell for 12 weeks for a breach of guidelines which prevent collective training in light of coronavirus protocols.

Thu, 01 Apr 2021 13:06:18 GMT
Covid-19: Ireland's vaccine rollout 'catching up' on NI
Leo Varadkar says that he expects 80% of the population to have had their first jab by the end of June.

Thu, 01 Apr 2021 13:01:14 GMT
Rights for Irish employees to 'disconnect' outside working hours
A new code of practice protects workers from the expectation that they are always available.

Tue, 30 Mar 2021 17:58:13 GMT
Covid-19: Travel within Irish counties allowed from 12 April
Two vaccinated people from different households will also be allowed to meet indoors from 26 April.

Tue, 30 Mar 2021 12:36:49 GMT
Irish pubs could become work hubs in post-pandemic plan
Remote workers will be enticed to live in the countryside through a new "quality of life" policy.

Sun, 28 Mar 2021 16:57:50 GMT
Covid-19: Two found after people flee Dublin hotel quarantine
Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney says it is "not ideal" that people absconded from quarantine.



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