An extra 600 people are claiming unemployment benefit in the North, it was revealed today.

The gas probe into the deaths of two teenagers poisoned by leaking fumes in the North is a criminal investigation, it was revealed today.

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

Northern Ireland’s beleaguered textile industry suffered another hammer blow tonight when a Co Tyrone company told its workforce of more than 250 that they are to lose their jobs.

Senior ministers from both sides of the Irish border today got together to launch a joint tourism initiative, just 24 hours after the Northern Ireland peace process was put firmly back on course.