IRELAND’S electricity supply would be endangered if there was any kind of energy shock as we can only store 11 days of gas in this country compared with an EU average of 52 days.

The North’s business support agency has failed to deliver despite spending £1bn (€687426) in the seven year’s since its inception, a damning report found today.

BORD Gáis is investing almost €280 million in a gas storage facility in Northern Ireland and is in talks about a similar facility at Kinsale.

Unemployment in the North has risen by another half per cent as an extra 1,600 people joined the dole queues, British Government figures revealed today.

Unemployment has risen sharply and economic output has dropped as the global downturn today tightened its grip on the North.

The Presbyterian Mutual Society went into administration tonight after getting into series of financial difficulties.

The number of people claiming unemployment benefit in the North jumped by the largest number in more than 20 years last month, it was announced today.

An extra 8,000 people may be out of work in the North by the middle of next year, a report warned today.

Estate agents in the North are to be policed by a new watchdog who will have the power to ban those who do not stick to the new rules, it was revealed today.

The economy in the North is expected to grow by close to 2% this year despite the continuing global economic downturn and credit crunch, a report predicted today.

Minister for Energy Eamon Ryan today announced the publication of a ground-breaking report on renewable energy and the electricity grid on the island of Ireland.

SHE braved the boards on London’s West End during the Blitz, survived not alone a world war, but a lifetime acting and directing in film and television but, Jessica James had to come to Ireland to be silenced — all for the cause of political correctness.

TRACES of precious metals such as gold and platinum have been discovered in Northern Ireland, a geological study of the country’s natural resources has found.

A new type of company set up to help the community can be established in the North following the introduction of new legislation, it was announced today.

The Federation of Small Businesses yesterday welcomed the conviction of two Doncaster, England-based insurance brokers who were found guilty of defrauding nearly 500 small business owners in the North by accepting premiums for insurance cover which was not provided.

A Co Tyrone couple have been disqualified from being company directors after two firms they ran crashed with debts of over £500,000 (€730,000), it was revealed tonight.

The British government faced demands today to call in the police to probe a financial scandal in the North involving public funds and claims of insider trading.

A report into allegations of bullying and harassment at Waterways Ireland was deliberately suppressed to prevent its findings being made public, it was claimed today.

A damning report on the operation of a fund set up to help emerging businesses in the North will be probed by a powerful House of Commons committee of MPs next week, it was revealed today.

A leading teachers’ union called today for radical changes to the administration of education in Northern Ireland.

the North's unemployment rate has taken another downward move, according to new figures released by the British government today.

A plan for a massive £100m (€147m) regeneration of west Belfast and the greater Shankill areas was submitted to the British government today.

The number of people unemployed and claiming benefits in Northern Ireland rose for the third month in a row in June, figures released today showed.

Northern Ireland Office messenger William Mackessy, who is facing criminal charges over allegations of spying for the IRA, had been the subject of a previous investigation, it was disclosed tonight.

Northern Ireland civil servants were lambasted today over major fraud by employees in the province’s government-funded small business agency and a failure to recover the money.

Construction work got under way today on the first stage of the new Northern Ireland Science Park.

A senior Ulster Unionist today called for an inquiry into the news that nearly 200 people are to be made redundant at one of Northern Ireland’s high-tech companies.