Being told you’d make a great dad is meant as a compliment but every time Anthony Kinahan hears it, his heart aches.

Ireland’s food safety watchdog wrote to the British parliamentary committee to complain about possible breaches of data protection and the committee’s “bizarre” notion of a conspiracy on the part of Irish authorities.

Ireland’s food watchdog has denied an accusation by a UK House of Commons committee that its tests for horsemeat were part of a conspiracy to tackle issues in the beef industry while avoiding criminal prosecutions.

A boycott threat could be looming over the London 2012 Olympics.

Voting opens in Labour’s shadow cabinet elections today, with 49 MPs battling for a place in Ed Miliband’s top team.

A local government election candidate was today accused of choosing the wrong target after he called for the Northern Ireland Children’s Commissioner’s budget to be slashed to offset the education cash crisis.

A school where six boys were sexually abused by another pupil is facing legal action by one of the victims, it was confirmed tonight.

Six boys were victims of multiple sex abuse at a top fee-paying school, a damning report revealed today.

Business trends were turned on their head today when an Indian IT company announced it was creating 250 call centre jobs in Northern Ireland.

Striking civil servants were preparing to step up industrial action in the North today.

Tyre manufacturing giant Michelin is to spend nearly £15m (€22.7m) developing its plant in Northern Ireland, it emerged today.

Northern Ireland Minister Barry Gardiner today called on the Civil Service union to ballot its members on its latest pay offer.

Striking civil servants in Northern Ireland will continue their bitter pay dispute with the British government after turning down a fresh pay offer, their union said today.

The British government today offered striking civil servants in Northern Ireland a fresh pay deal in a bid to end their bitter 34-week dispute.

An all-island energy market moved a step closer today with the publication of a draft Energy Market Framework for consultation.

LAKELAND Dairies has been chosen as the overall winner of the InterTradeIreland All Island Trade and Business Award for its efforts in establishing strong cross-border trade links and the subsequent growth that ensued.

British Telecom is creating almost 200 jobs in Northern Ireland as part of the upgrading and expansion of a call centre, it was announced today.

An inquiry is to be held into allegations of sexual abuse at one of Northern Ireland’s top preparatory schools, it emerged today.

Communications and Natural Resources Minister Dermot Ahern has met his Northern counterpart as part of ongoing discussions about cross-border energy and telecommunications plans.

Striking Northern Ireland civil servants were condemned by the British government tonight for targeting pay and pensions for teachers and retired teachers.

The number of people claiming job-seekers’ allowances in the North is continuing to fall, according to figures released today by the British government.

A new £33m (€50m) aircraft building operation in Belfast is set to create nearly 400 jobs, it emerged today.

Jane Kennedy is to leave the Northern Ireland Office in the cabinet reshuffle caused by the resignation of Immigrations Minister Beverley Hughes.