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Thu, 28 Jan 2021 07:05:55 GMT
Covid-19: Schools in NI set to remain shut until 8 March
Priority may be given to pupils in exam years if a full return is not possible by that date.

Wed, 27 Jan 2021 23:24:13 GMT
Covid-19: Vaccination slots open for NI's over 65s
Appointments have now opened at NI's seven regional vaccination centres for those aged 65-69.

Thu, 28 Jan 2021 07:05:32 GMT
Coronavirus: Priest remembers 'caring and warm-hearted' sister
A priest says he could never have imagined he would be saying Mass at his younger sister's funeral.

Thu, 28 Jan 2021 06:34:51 GMT
Covid-19: Less than 25% of ineligible Stormont grants returned
The Department for the Economy says 124 of 538 payments made in error have been reclaimed so far.

Thu, 28 Jan 2021 06:25:07 GMT
Coronavirus: Military on duty in NI wards to help ease pressures
Personnel from the RAF, Royal Navy and Army are taking up nursing assistant roles in NI hospitals.

Thu, 28 Jan 2021 06:50:29 GMT
Fragile relationships on the Hill of the O'Neill
The history behind the new backdrop for Stormont press briefings and what it says about the current story.

Wed, 27 Jan 2021 19:49:28 GMT
Ian Paisley's 'Catholic IRA' remark criticised by MPs
The DUP MP is told that his remark is not "conducive to moving things forward".

Thu, 28 Jan 2021 09:34:59 GMT
Covid-19: NI health and social care workers to get £500 payment
Robin Swann says all health workers are valued and have worked tirelessly during the pandemic.

Wed, 27 Jan 2021 20:06:13 GMT
NI Water: Contractors leave site after threat by masked man
The threat by a masked man resulted in £50,000 worth of essential work not being carried out.

Wed, 27 Jan 2021 17:54:16 GMT
HIA: Funeral fund for unpaid victims is a 'legitimate ask'
HIA Commissioner Fiona Ryan said a funeral fund for unpaid victims is being considered.

Wed, 27 Jan 2021 19:41:29 GMT
Covid-19: PPS to examine Tyrone funeral of SF councillor
The file on potential Covid breaches at the the April 2020 funeral has taken 10 months to complete.

Wed, 27 Jan 2021 18:57:02 GMT
Carrick Hill: Boiling water 'poured on victim during murder bid'
A man was burned, stamped on and ended up in a medically-induced coma, a Belfast court is told.

Wed, 27 Jan 2021 14:22:25 GMT
Coronavirus: Coach operators' warning over future of firms
MLAs are told that 70% of coach operators have lost their income during the past year due to Covid.

Wed, 27 Jan 2021 14:09:34 GMT
Brexit: Police monitoring 'growing unionist discontent'
A senior police officer says there would probably be street protests if not for the Covid-19 pandemic.

Wed, 27 Jan 2021 15:23:54 GMT
Coronavirus Catch-up: What questions do you have?
BBC News NI will answer your questions on Thursday's Coronavirus Catch-up.

Wed, 27 Jan 2021 14:15:41 GMT
Coronavirus: Health staff families 'offered early vaccine access'
An email seems to give South Eastern Trust staff the chance to register family for early access.

Wed, 27 Jan 2021 06:29:07 GMT
Covid-19: MLAs call for more lockdown support for SEN pupils
Assembly members at Stormont call for SEN pupils to receive education and therapies during lockdowns.

Wed, 27 Jan 2021 11:54:35 GMT
Coronavirus: Special schools in NI to be offered weekly testing
Pupils and staff at all special schools in NI are set to be offered weekly testing for Covid-19.

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 19:50:07 GMT
Covid-19: Plans to vaccinate all over-65s by end of February
The Department of Health says it is moving to accelerate NI's vaccination programme.

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 23:21:18 GMT
Coronavirus: New Irish travel rules will affect NI passengers
Some of the changes will affect overseas passengers who then travel on to Northern Ireland.

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 09:41:54 GMT
Covid-19 restrictions: Your questions answered
BBC News NI's Jayne McCormack answers readers' questions about how lockdown will affect you.

Wed, 27 Jan 2021 06:36:47 GMT
Holocaust Memorial Day: 'British citizenship saved my mother'
On Holocaust Memorial Day, Lill Saether reflects on how being born in Newry saved her mother's life.

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 11:18:30 GMT
Covid-19: Students plea to end 'unfair' rental contracts
Some students are being charged rent for rooms they are not living in after teaching moved online.

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 12:00:09 GMT
Latest Northern Ireland weather forecast
The weather forecast in Northern Ireland.

Sun, 24 Jan 2021 07:27:42 GMT
Brexit: NI garden centres struggling to get plants from GB
New rules mean the Irish Sea border is causing problems for plant sellers importing from GB growers.

Sun, 24 Jan 2021 16:57:48 GMT
Your pictures of snowy scenes in Northern Ireland
As the snow settles across parts of NI, BBC News NI shares some wintry snaps.

Sun, 24 Jan 2021 09:24:51 GMT
How the Irish shape Britain: A story of rejection and tolerance
A story of rejection and influence, hatred and tolerance is explored in a new BBC Radio 4 series.

Sat, 23 Jan 2021 06:54:53 GMT
Brexit: Can Irish Sea border ‘teething problems’ be solved?
Hauliers tell a shadow cabinet meeting that NI and the Republic are "bad places to do business".

Thu, 28 Jan 2021 07:39:40 GMT
Coronavirus: From life in the air to life on the road
Stephen Lynn had just started a career as a pilot when coronavirus hit and Flybe collapsed.

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 11:10:29 GMT
Mother-and-baby homes: 'They took our dignity, our rights, our freedoms'
A survivor of a home for unmarried mothers and babies in NI calls for a public inquiry into such institutions.

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 17:50:49 GMT
Covid-19: 'It reduced me to a child and took my mother'
Jonathan Newell's mother died with Covid-19 on the same ward he worked in at Craigavon Area Hospital.

Sat, 23 Jan 2021 09:39:12 GMT
Coronavirus: 'The fear is that we are going to be overwhelmed'
Senior medics say there is a big difference in this wave compared to the previous one.

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 20:32:04 GMT
Covid-19: 'Two or three' Sinn Féin councillors at republican funeral
Gerry Kelly says the party was not involved in organising a republican funeral being investigated by police.

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 13:13:55 GMT
Londonderry: Edward Meenan murder accused granted bail
A man accused of murdering Edward Meenan in November 2018 is released on bail until the trial begins.

Sat, 23 Jan 2021 13:18:56 GMT
Irish cricket mourns loss of Roy Torrens
Irish cricket is in mourning after the death of former international seamer and ex-national team manager Roy Torrens at the age of 72.

Thu, 21 Jan 2021 13:03:38 GMT
Paddy McElhone: Farmer shooting by Army unjustified, inquest rules
Paddy McElhone, 24, was shot in the back by a soldier near his home outside Pomeroy in August 1974.

Wed, 27 Jan 2021 15:32:59 GMT
Dublin: Boy killed in East Wall stabbing named as Josh Dunne
Josh Dunne was 16 years old and played for St Kevin's Boys, the underage club to Bohemians FC.

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 13:53:06 GMT
Coronavirus: Vaccine supply fears grow amid EU export threat
The EU calls for "fair" distribution after vaccine companies cut back on pledged supplies.

Sat, 23 Jan 2021 18:08:11 GMT
Covid-19: Republic's restrictions 'in place for six months'
Taoiseach Micheál Martin says Irish government will take "cautious" approach to easing restrictions.

Sat, 23 Jan 2021 22:01:32 GMT
Two arrested after police seize cannabis worth €1.1m
Following searches into organised crime in Monaghan and Louth, a man and woman are in custody.

Sat, 23 Jan 2021 00:05:02 GMT
How Joe Biden's ancestral Irish home is celebrating
Celebrations broke out across Ballina when Biden's presidential victory was declared - and for the young people of the town, it meant that anything was possible.



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