Staff are to carry out a deep clean at a hospital’s neonatal room after an infection killed three babies, and infected four others.

A neonatal room at a hospital in the North is being emptied after three babies died from an infection, medical staff said.

A third baby has died after an outbreak of a deadly infection at the Royal Hospital in Belfast, hospital staff said today.

Skin cancer rates in north Down are more than double those in other parts of the North, it was revealed today.

The DUP today had to fight off fresh revelations over the Iris Robinson scandal after she was photographed walking in London despite the party’s claims she was in 24-hour hospital care.

A Catholic policeman who lost a leg in a dissident republican bomb attack has been moved out of intensive care, it emerged today.

PETER Robinson’s decision temporarily to stand aside as Northern Ireland Assembly First Minister may be the first step in a staged withdrawal from the political stage.

DUP leader Peter Robinson said today he was temporarily stepping down as the North's First Minister in an attempt to clear his name following the scandal surrounding his wife Iris.

DUP leader Peter Robinson has asked a party colleague to step in as First Minister, the Northern Ireland Assembly was told today.

Members of the Democratic Unionist Party today backed their under pressure leader Peter Robinson following calls for his resignation over the scandal involving his wife Iris.

The future of Northern Ireland’s power-sharing Executive will come under renewed scrutiny today after Sinn Féin tabled an urgent Assembly question about the Robinson controversy.

Gerry Adams today admitted he could have done more to stop his alleged sex abuser brother working with children.

A white couple are suing a fertility clinic in the North after an IVF blunder left them with a mixed-race baby, it emerged today.

People in Belfast are still suffering the trauma of the Troubles 14 years after the main paramilitary groups called their first ceasefires, it was revealed today.

A top orthopaedic surgeon could face disciplinary action over claims that blood cells taken from fracture patients in the North were used for research without proper procedures being in place, it was revealed today.

Stormont Health Minister Michael McGimpsey today vowed to ensure young people receive proper mental health services after admitting they were not good enough.

The number of health trusts in the North is being slashed from eighteen to five under changes introduced today.