The start of the Easter weekend saw a sombre mood as the Passion of Jesus was re-enacted in various ways around the world.

The first meeting of the British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference in two years is to take place in June.

Christians are marking Good Friday this year amid signs the coronavirus crisis is winding down, with some religious sites open to limited numbers of faithful but none of the mass pilgrimages usually seen in the Holy Week leading up to Easter.

The head of a Stormont committee has criticised DUP representatives who declined to take part in a meeting on the Northern Ireland Protocol.