Star of hit television series Cold Feet, Irish actor James Nesbitt, saw profits soar at his firm to almost €4m last year.

NEWS of Cold Feet’s comeback has truly ignited viewers love affair with the comedy-drama, which first aired back in 1998.

The Brexit vote paves the way for new opportunities, according to the North’s first minister.

Home prices are surging in London’s outer districts as improvements to rail networks and lower prices lure Londoners further out of the expensive city centre.

The Northern Ireland Assembly is to have its first formal opposition since the Good Friday peace accord after the Ulster Unionist Party announced it would not take a seat in the powersharing government.

Democratic Unionist leader Arlene Foster has hailed her party’s “tremendous” performance in the Northern Ireland Assembly election after an unexpected repeat of its best ever Stormont haul.

Democratic Unionist leader Arlene Foster has hailed her party's "tremendous" performance in the Northern Ireland Assembly election after an unexpected repeat of its best ever Stormont haul.

One constituency remained undeclared as the Northern Ireland Assembly reached its conclusion.

Senior members of the Ulster Unionist Party have voted to withdraw from the North’s power-sharing government over claims the Provisional IRA (PIRA) still exists.

A crunch meeting where senior members of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) will vote on whether to walk away from Northern Ireland’s powersharing government over claims the Provisional IRA (PIRA) still exists has begun in Belfast.

The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) said it had no option but to walk away from the North’s power sharing Executive after trust in Sinn Féin broke down.

A sprawling beachfront home used in the filming of the 1980s television show Magnum, P.I. has sold for $8.7m (€8m) and it is widely believed President Barack Obama will move in after leaving the White House.

Tributes have been paid to former Ulster Unionist Party leader James Molyneaux who has died at the age of 94.

A student who sent a woman a jar containing animal organs during a year-long harassment campaign has been spared a jail term.

An obsessed straight-A student, who sent a woman a jar containing bloody animal organs during a year-long harassment campaign, has been spared a jail sentence.

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James Nesbitt is enjoying celibacy since splitting from his wife.

The North’s political leaders have dismissed controversy over the Irish Government’s role in new Northern Ireland peace talks as a frenzied "much ado about nothing".

The North’s leaders have dismissed controversy over the Irish government’s role in new Northern Ireland peace talks as a frenzied “much ado about nothing”.

James Nesbitt’s starring role in The Hobbit series contributed to profits at his entertainment firm rising by over €339,000.

Last year was a bumper year for Irish actor James Nesbitt as profits at the entertainment firm he co-owns topped €560,000.

One thousand people are expected to mark the murders of two Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR) soldiers in a 1998 IRA bomb attack during a rally in Belfast city centre on Saturday.

Legal action has been threatened by the Democratic Unionist Party over the decision to restrict the flying of the Union flag as pressure grew for violent protests to stop.

A special meeting drawing together unionist and loyalist representatives to discuss the Union flag row has started at Stormont.

Police are treating an attack by loyalists on a police officer in Belfast last night as attempted murder.

A trade mission to China was not a waste of time, Martin McGuinness insisted today.

Ulster Unionist MLA John McCallister has expressed his disappointment after party leader Mike Nesbitt sacked him as deputy leader of the UUP’s Assembly team.

Men who struggle with going bald have now more choices to alter their appearance, John Hearne reports.

The North must face the inconvenient truth that ending sectarianism will take a long time, Ulster Unionist leader Mike Nesbitt has told his party conference.

The embattled Ulster Unionist Party is slowly rebuilding behind the scenes, even if those outside its “inner circles” cannot see it, leader Mike Nesbitt has said.

Loyalists have denied making a death threat against a Belfast-based journalist.

The party whip has been withdrawn from Ulster Unionist peer Ken Maginnis after he linked homosexuality to bestiality.

The Grand Secretary of the Orange Order will give a historic address to the Seanad next month.

A former television presenter has become the new leader of the Ulster Unionist Party.

When Mick Fitzgerald was forced to retire, Nicky Henderson must have wondered if he would ever find a jockey with the style, the swagger and the ability to replace him.

All in all, it wasn’t exactly the most memorable of St Patrick’s Days for the Irish at Cheltenham yesterday.

New world number one golfer Rory McIlroy should be followed round the globe by Stormont officials to help tap into any tourism potential, according to a politician.

A man left distraught by the loss of his wife, murdered in the infamous Omagh bombing, has died.

Riverside Theatre made the perfect return to action as he landed back-to-back runnings of the Betfair Ascot Chase this afternoon.

James Nesbitt is to undergo a month of "dwarf training" for ‘The Hobbit’.