A decision to grant planning permission for a 38,000-seat stadium in the heart of West Belfast was unlawful, a judge has ruled.

Plans for a new centre to commemorate Seamus Heaney have been given the go-ahead, the North’s Environment Minister has announced.

Traders in Strabane have heavily criticised a decision to give the green light to a major out-of-town retail development.

Planning permission has been granted for the Casement Park redevelopment project which will see a 5,500 increase in capacity at the Belfast venue to bring it to a 38,000 all-seater stadium, which will be the flagship venue for Ulster GAA fixtures.

More than £2m (€2.37m) raised by taxing plastic bags in Northern Ireland is to benefit some 250 eco-friendly community projects, Stormont’s Environment Minister has announced.

Plans for a huge new multimillion-pound development scheme in west Belfast have been given the go-ahead.

Patients on five floors at Altnagelvin Hospital in Derry were evacuated because of a fire on the roof last night.

Two bombs were discovered near the centre of Derry today.

Derry is back in the running to host the All-Ireland Fleadh after a provincial governing body reversed its decision not to support the city’s bid.

Violence that followed the annual Apprentice Boys parade in Derry was unacceptable and sectarian, the North's deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness said.

THE search for a teenager who went missing while swimming with friends off the Co Donegal coast was called off last night due to bad weather.

The gang responsible for launching a pipe bomb attack in which a family of four escaped injury was condemned today.

An eight-year-old boy was discovered today sitting outside in freezing weather conditions in the North.

A nephew of SDLP leader Mark Durkan tonight showed signs of improvement after suffering head injuries in a fall from a ladder.