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Fri, 12 Mar 2021 09:14:46 GMT
NI 100: Northern Ireland centenary commemorations revealed
Plans to celebrate NI's centenary include a concert, a special post-mark and a church service.

Fri, 12 Mar 2021 07:01:54 GMT
Covid-19: Hughes Insurance moves to permanent home-working
No jobs are being lost and there is a focus on ensuring staff "disconnect" at home, says the firm.

Fri, 12 Mar 2021 07:24:16 GMT
Coronavirus: AstraZeneca jab recommended for Ireland's over 70s
An independent body which advises the government says the vaccine should be used 'without delay'.

Thu, 11 Mar 2021 18:27:36 GMT
Covid-19: Hundreds of students in NI suspended for breaching restrictions
Queen's and Ulster universities say they deal robustly with students who break the lockdown rules.

Thu, 11 Mar 2021 15:06:45 GMT
Coronavirus: ‘I'm lonely and miss seeing my friends’
Meabh Bradley is 18 years old, has cerebral palsy and uses a specialist computer to communicate.

Thu, 11 Mar 2021 21:10:46 GMT
Covid-19: No return to home-schooling for youngest pupils
A plan for children in primaries one to three to return to remote learning from 22 March is scrapped.

Thu, 11 Mar 2021 20:42:54 GMT
Lisburn: Man suffers fractures to face during attack
He was beaten to the ground by a man who attacked him after getting out of a car in Lisburn.

Thu, 11 Mar 2021 21:42:29 GMT
Brexit: Trade unionists dispute Larne port threats claim
Claims that they told council officials that staff car registrations were recorded are denied.

Thu, 11 Mar 2021 15:28:26 GMT
Adoption tracing requests rise after NI mother-and-baby homes report
More people are trying to find birth families but access to records is challenging, committee hears.

Thu, 11 Mar 2021 15:01:50 GMT
Bernard McGovern admits attacks on Quinn directors
Bernard McGovern, 24, threw punches and boiling water at the men at a service station in 2019.

Thu, 11 Mar 2021 12:40:24 GMT
Brexit: Edwin Poots calls for apology over NI Protocol
The DUP minister appears before a Stormont committee for the first time since his cancer treatment.

Wed, 10 Mar 2021 21:07:26 GMT
Covid-19: Rapid testing kits set for some NI workplaces
The rollout of tests to some sectors comes as NI passes more than 600,000 first doses of the vaccine.

Wed, 10 Mar 2021 20:32:23 GMT
Covid-19: Families 'denied care home visits' despite new policy
Some families still cannot visit loved ones in care homes, says the older people's commissioner.

Tue, 09 Mar 2021 19:37:10 GMT
Covid-19: NI 'to have vaccinated 600,000 people by Wednesday'
Health Minister Robin Swann describes the Covid-19 jab rollout so far as a "fantastic achievement".

Sun, 07 Mar 2021 06:35:33 GMT
NI's lockdown exit plan: Your questions answered
BBC News NI's Jayne McCormack answers readers' questions about how NI might ease out of lockdown.

Tue, 09 Mar 2021 12:49:06 GMT
Covid-19: Peter Weir announces £11.8m for childcare providers
The education minister said the funding is in addition to £20.5m for the sector last year.

Wed, 10 Mar 2021 14:19:11 GMT
NI to Scotland bridge: Official feasibility study for Irish Sea link
Two engineering professors are to examine whether a bridge across the Irish Sea is feasible.

Wed, 10 Mar 2021 06:30:36 GMT
Brexit: What will happen when EU-GB grace periods expire?
Grace periods on goods from GB to NI have been extended but others run out at the end of March.

Thu, 11 Mar 2021 10:20:11 GMT
Latest Northern Ireland weather forecast
The weather forecast in Northern Ireland.

Sun, 07 Mar 2021 06:41:26 GMT
Holy wells: Mapping Ireland's hidden heritage
A team of academics is hoping to put holy wells on the map before some are lost forever.

Thu, 04 Mar 2021 17:46:56 GMT
Expert panel to work with mother-and-baby home victims
In January, the executive said it would establish a victim-centred investigation into the homes.

Sun, 07 Mar 2021 00:00:41 GMT
Losing a twin: 'With great love, comes great loss’
The sister of a girl who died following a school bus crash speaks about how she copes with her grief.

Wed, 10 Mar 2021 20:09:00 GMT
Covid-19: 'Without a care home visit, life wouldn't be worth living'
A woman who lives in a care home is reunite in person with her daughter after Covid-19 restrictions are eased.

Wed, 10 Mar 2021 16:55:08 GMT
Coronavirus: 'We're finding things much more stressful'
Young people have been giving evidence to Stormont about the impact of coronavirus on their lives.

Wed, 10 Mar 2021 13:01:14 GMT
PMQS: Eastwood and Johnson on Scotland to N Ireland bridge
Plans for a road link from Northern Ireland to Scotland are called a “fantasy bridge" by the SDLP leader.

Wed, 10 Mar 2021 11:52:39 GMT
Londonderry: Police investigate arson attack on car
The front window of a car in Derry was smashed before it was set alight, police say.

Tue, 09 Mar 2021 21:22:23 GMT
Londonderry: Woman's death in house fire 'not suspicious'
Heather Diamond, who was in her 50s, died in a fire at her home in Londonderry on Sunday.

Tue, 09 Mar 2021 15:58:36 GMT
'Frightening' rise in racist incidents in Derry and Strabane
Derry and Strabane had the biggest increase in racist incidents of any policing area in NI in 2020.

Mon, 08 Mar 2021 10:03:35 GMT
Strabane: Teenagers arrested over assault released on bail
Police said the boys, aged between 16 and 18, have been released pending further enquiries.

Thu, 11 Mar 2021 21:26:28 GMT
Covid-19 vaccine: Ireland supply delay 'enormous problem'
Leo Varadkar demands answers from AstraZeneca over its failure to meet Irish vaccine supply targets.

Wed, 10 Mar 2021 19:49:34 GMT
Leo Varadkar apologises for 'no Sinn Féin Protestants' claim
The Fine Gael leader was challenged after saying Sinn Féin had no Protestants as senior politicians.

Wed, 10 Mar 2021 18:39:12 GMT
Covid-19: Republic of Ireland to get 46,500 extra vaccines in March
The European Commission says the doses will help tackle hotspots and facilitate free border movement.

Sun, 07 Mar 2021 19:08:55 GMT
Dublin: Man in custody over Dublin shooting
Three of four men arrested over a shooting that left two people in a serious condition are released.

Sat, 06 Mar 2021 17:51:18 GMT
Dublin: Man and woman seriously injured in shooting
The shooting happened at Bernard Curtis House in Bluebell in the south of the city.

Sat, 06 Mar 2021 16:58:27 GMT
Davy bonds scandal: Three resign from firm
The ex-CEO of Ireland's largest stockbroker Davy says he is sorry after the firm was fined £3.4m.



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