US President Barack Obama named a Republican congressman today to be the next Secretary of the Army, bringing another member of the opposition into his administration.

A former health board chief and a solicitor were among six Northern Ireland judicial appointments today.

The permanent separation of loyalist and republican prisoners in Northern Ireland’s top security Maghaberry jail was finally ready to be implemented today.

A leading Northern Ireland prisons body has voiced concerns over people who don't pay court fines being sent to jail.