General news

PSNI moves more officers to frontline duties to counter terrorist th...

Chief Constable Simon Byrne said he assumed dissident republicans would try to draw his officers into public order situations over the Easter period.

Consultants warn hospital bed delivery targets based on ‘outdated’ p...

Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly said the Government’s delivery of acute hospital inpatient beds was ‘significantly ahead’ of targets.

Deal to allow tech companies to trial products in NHS test beds

Companies involved in the Techscaler programme are being offered access to NHS regional test beds.

Jury out at inquest into death of disabled woman dropped by care hom...

Lyn Parker, 64, fractured her ribs and both arms after two care workers tried to lift her using a sling in January 2021.

Met Police chief: ‘Nonsensical I cannot kick out badly behaved offic...

Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley, who started the role in September, believes hundreds of corrupt officers serving in the force should not be in the job.

Approved housing bodies ‘not surprised’ by billion euro underspend

Sinn Fein said the “massive underspend” means 4,000 public homes have not been built and has contributed to rising levels of homelessness.

Sunak expected in Northern Ireland during Biden visit, police chief...

PSNI Chief Constable Simon Byrne has discussed the scale of the policing event around Good Friday Agreement events.

Coldstream Guard who sold bullets to undercover officer is jailed fo...

Rajon Graham, 34, a lance sergeant in the elite unit, had pleaded guilty to four counts of selling ammunition.

Cadbury World crafts giant chocolate chick to mark Easter weekend

Three chocolatiers created the 70cm-high chick, hatching from an egg, over four days.

Scientists create embryo-like structures from monkey cells

When implanted, these structures induced pregnancy signs in female macaques.

One in three young teachers says housing situation ‘affects ability...

Delegates at the NASUWT conference will debate a motion calling for the creation of housing discount schemes for teachers.

Emmanuel Macron appeals to Xi Jinping to ‘bring Russia to its senses...

Mr Macron pointed to Chinese support for the UN Charter, which calls for respect of a country’s territorial integrity, and for nuclear agreements.

New test could help identify risk of developing type 2 diabetes earl...

Scientists from the University of Edinburgh made the discovery.

Loyalist internee brands 1998 peace deal the ‘Green Friday Agreement...

Jim Wilson said the accord has been rendered ‘worthless’ due to the handling of the Brexit process and the creation of barriers between GB and NI.

Negotiating with mortal enemies was only way to secure peace deal –...

The peer was one of the closest allies of UUP leader David Trimble in 1998.

DUP boycott could lead to end of Stormont Assembly, peer warns

Lord Reg Empey said Brexit had been a disaster for Northern Ireland

Early release was not the central issue for IRA prisoners, says hung...

Pat Sheehan said republican inmates in the Maze did not want to be pawns in the Good Friday Agreement talks.

Victims of Troubles ‘left behind’ by political agreement

Linda Molloy’s son John was killed in a random sectarian killing in north Belfast in 1996.

Aer Lingus app and website down ahead of busy travel weekend

Aer Lingus said it expects flights to operate as normal but has warned of a risk of delays.

Aer Lingus app and website restored after going down ahead of busy w...

Dublin Airport expects 485,000 passengers to pass through its gates between Thursday and Monday.