US Open champion and Ryder Cup hero Graeme McDowell is to receive an honorary doctorate.

The North is facing potential economic crisis with less money from Europe, London and Dublin in the future, an independent expert warned today.

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.

A new building for the University of Ulster is to be constructed in Belfast city centre as part of a £250m (€279m) investment, it was announced today.

Banks need to step in to help small businesses struggling to find the cash to operate, the North's enterprise minister said today.