The numbers of people visiting Northern Ireland has mushroomed in the years since ‘The Troubles’ was still a phrase that merited common usage on this island. 

A powerful new book on the life of Derek Mahon sent Thomas McCarthy back to Mahon’s four key works, The Yaddo Letter, The Hudson Letter, The Yellow Book and Harbour Lights.

WHAT on earth is a decent hard-working witch to do? There I was, ready, as always at this time of the year, to predict the future for all of you, and to ensure that you’d have no surprises throughout 2014.

The dilapidated offices where plans for the Titanic were drawn up are to be re-opened as part of a £5m (€5.9m) regeneration project.

A rare first class luncheon menu that survived the RMS Titanic disaster will go on display at a visitor centre in Belfast tomorrow.

A breakfront bookcase from the White Star liner, Celtic, which foundered on rocks at the entrance to Cork Harbour in 1928, comes up at the Lynes and Lynes sale in Carrigtuohill, Co Cork, on Jan 26.

A minute's silence was held today as a memorial was opened in Belfast marking the centenary of the sinking of the Titanic.

Most of the English-speaking world’s view of the 20th century is neatly enough book-ended by two entirely avoidable human tragedies.

Jonathan De Burca Butler gets an exclusive look inside Belfast’s £97m homage to the doomed ship, with a replica staircase and 60,000 tickets pre-booked

VISITORS to Cobh for this year’s Titanic centenary may be in for a small surprise in the waters off the giant ship’s last port of call, in more ways than one.

Offshore wind farms off the east coast of Ireland can create up to 50,000 jobs in the next 15 years, according to the National Offshore Wind Association of Ireland.

A SINGLE flare was fired above the Belfast docklands to signify the exact moment — 12.13pm — 100 years ago when the ill-fated liner rolled down the slipway and touched the water for the first time.

The 100th anniversary of the Titanic’s launch has been marked at a commemorative event in Belfast.

SERVING dishes and soap from the Titanic will form part of the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum’s collection on the liner’s owners next month.

A 100TH anniversary commemorative cruise retracing the route of the ill-fated Titanic in 1912, including a visit to Cobh in Cork, has attracted massive interest from people worldwide.

Harland and Wolff shipyard has won a contract to build a new tidal turbine for testing, it was revealed today.

An open-top bus full of tourists had a window smashed when it was stoned by youths in west Belfast today.

Wreaths were laid in Belfast today in memory of the hundreds who died in the infamous sinking of the Titanic.

A Titanic-themed tourist attraction and a rapid transit transport system are to be built in Belfast as part of a £250m (€299m) investment announced today.

Significant new contracts are due to be announced in the New Year by Belfast’s Harland and Wolff shipyard, it was revealed today.

Belfast will officially welcome home one of the last links to the Titanic today following a 24-hour delay due to a sudden death at the shipyard where both vessels were built.

The British government paid £170,000 (€250,000) today to save a rusting boat which once ferried passengers on to the Titanic.

TRIUMPH and disaster has touched the life of George Best in almost equal measure. Widely regarded as one of the world’s most talented footballers, he seemed to turn his back on his own great gifts, his footsteps leading him to heavy drinking and prison.

A HUGE “ghost ship” could soon light up the Belfast skyline to mark the birthplace of the ill-fated Titanic, it was announced yesterday.

THE chairman of Northern Ireland’s Policing Board yesterday resigned from the board of a Dublin-owned property company to distance himself from the garda probe into alleged IRA money laundering.

The Norwegian owner of Belfast’s troubled Harland and Wolff shipyard is selling off its interests in 185 acres of former shipbuilding land for nearly £50m (€71m) it was announced tonight.

The last ship likely to be built at Belfast's Harland and Wolff shipyard is due to leave the city later today.

The last vessel likely to be built at Belfast's Harland and Wolff shipyard has been officially named.

Belfast’s troubled Harland and Wolff shipyard has confirmed plans to make redundant 265 core workers – more than two thirds of the workforce.

Belfast shipyard Harland & Wolff today announced that it is laying off 144 of its employees in a bid to preserve the industry.

Management at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast has told the workers that they must improve productivity to ensure the future survival of the company.

The future of Belfast’s troubled Harland and Wolff shipyard looked brighter tonight after it announced that an American customer was finally paying well over £20m to them following a year-long legal fight over the money.

The future of Belfast shipyard Harland and Wolff looked brighter today after it won its appeal over an arbitration claim for more than £20m.

The British High Court in London is due to give its judgement today in a £21m dispute which could decide the future of Belfast shipyard Harland and Wolff.