The decision comes following a clash between the pair over withdrawing emergency general surgery services from Causeway Hospital.

Mike Nesbitt resigned as health minister on Tuesday amid a row with the UUP leader Jon Burrows.

The Northern Ireland exams board CCEA says the subjects will not be offered from the end of the decade.

The metal fencing has closed off a section over the footpath on Donegall Street and limited part of it to a single lane of traffic.

It is part of an investment of almost £100m as Harland & Wolff's Spanish owners prepare it for a major defence contract.

Conservationists remove the equivalent of 10,000 coins that had been wedged into the Giant's Causeway's pillars.

Derry Rose Cará Hamilton demonstrated how to make the dish during the Rose Of Tralee on Monday.

The Garda Representative Association said officers were given a command to "disengage" with the car after it took "evasive action".

A man from County Tyrone who sexually communicated with an underage girl has been given a three-year probation order.

The vessel has gone from ferrying passengers around Belfast to sailing up the River Bann.

People of all abilities are enjoying inclusive beaches and water sports.

The incident is alleged to have happened on 1 October 2023.

Most of the cases were in England in recent weeks, linked to eating imported eggs, experts believe.

Billy Caldwell from Castlederg in County Tyrone has a severe form of epilepsy, which at one point had him suffering hundreds of "life-threatening" seizures a day.

The beautiful game is a first step towards opening up about addiction, isolation and mental health.

Organisers and participants hail the "transformational" impact of the cultural festival on the city.

Northern Ireland has the lowest breastfeeding rate in the UK, according to the Public Health Agency.

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While it still has only a handful of commercial vineyards the amount of Irish land being planted with vineyards is growing.

Not indigenous to Lighthouse Island, an introduction scheme launched around 2013 means there are now 20 breeding pairs living there.

Police say they are treating the burning of a range of material on the bonfire as sectarian hate crimes

Ambulance crews treated the woman at the scene but she died a short time later from her injuries, police said.

Police are treating the burning of the effigies and materials as sectarian-motivated hate crimes.

The flag, which police are treating as sectarian, has appeared in Bligh's Lane in the Creggan area.

The parade through Derry's Bogside and Brandywell celebrates the history and people of the area.

The Foyle Bridge in Derry was closed for more than five hours on Thursday following a car fire.

A vehicle fire on the Foyle Bridge caused significant tailbacks in the city on Thursday afternoon.

The Lecky Road in Londonderry was closed for a time following the removal of the materials on Wednesday.

The removal of items, which included wooden pallets, took place on the Lecky Road in the Bogside.

Derry City interim manager Mark Connolly reiterates that James McClean remains employed by the club despite speculation over his future.

Derry City and Strabane District Council is stepping up preparations for the final bid to be submitted by the end of November.

Henry McCullough, who toured with Jimi Hendrix and played at Woodstock, was born in Portstewart.

More than 7,000 participants and 124 bands are marking the anniversary of the end of the Siege of Derry.

The Driver and Vehicle Agency says demand for driving tests in Northern Ireland continues to rise.

Work to restore the memorials in Londonderry, Castlederg, Sion Mills and Strabane will begin on Monday.

Ulster University has concluded the dome project for Londonderry was no longer financially viable.

Derry City chairman Philip O'Doherty tells BBC Sport NI he thought "it was time to make a change" following news of the departure of manager Tiernan Lynch.

The child sustained injuries to their face, arms and legs in the Shantallow area on Sunday, police say.

The report explores the movement of some families from the Cityside to the Waterside between 1968 and 1998.

Two people have been seriously injured in a two-vehicle collision on the N13 in Burt, County Donegal.

A car in which the five teenagers were travelling in was going the wrong way down a motorway.

The collision occurred on on the M9 Northbound at about 03:00 local time on Sunday in County Kildare.

Sebastian Achim was trying to tag a shark on board the small boat off the coast of County Waterford, when the incident happened.

A jury in Chicago in the US awarded the sum to Michael Ryan's family after his widow Naoise Connolly Ryan brought a civil suit against Boeing.

The incident happened on board a small vessel off the coast of County Waterford in the Republic of Ireland on Tuesday.

Former Donegal All-Ireland winner James McHugh passes away following a car crash in County Cavan.

Law enforcement agencies in Ireland and the US believe he is a leading figure in the Kinahan Organised Crime Group.

The Irish Prison Service bought a bulletproof and bombproof van to transport the 49-year-old to court after his extradition from Dubai.

Gardaí (Irish police) say eight male juveniles were in one vehicle.

Supermac's and McDonald's have been embroiled in a long running legal battle over the right to use brand terms including "Mac".

The motorbike rider, a man in his 60s, was pronounced dead at the scene, Irish police have said.

Fricker won the Oscar for best supporting actress in 1990 for her performance in My Left Foot.

Gardaí have been conducting a "high-impact day of action" under Operation Meacán in the Dublin Metropolitan Region.

Two men aged in their 30s and 40s were arrested after discovery of suspected cocaine and cannabis.

The 56-year-old, who shot to prominence in 1991 musical comedy film The Commitments, died in a motorcycle crash last week.

Israel supporters will be in attendance when their side face the Republic of Ireland in the Nations League next month but no away fans will be facilitated.

The women were from different parties and had reported receiving disturbing calls, a local government organisation says.

Thousands are expected to attend the funeral of Glen Hansard at a public wake ahead of his funeral on Tuesday.

Fast-growing chickens are reshaping the poultry industry, and dividing opinion.