Thirty-seven jobs are to at risk with the closure of a number of Ulster Bank branches.

The PSNI are to reopen the investigation into the murder of an 18-year-old woman whose body was found at the bottom of a quarry in County Tyrone 40 years ago.

It may only be late May, but the howls of anguish over the ticket drought in Donegal ahead of Sunday’s Ulster SFC game with Tyrone have decorated the All-Ireland’s earlier stages with a soundtrack that has rarely, if ever, been heard before the kids trudge back to school in September.

Plans for a major Dublin to Derry road link are not being abandoned, Taoiseach Enda Kenny has insisted.

The Government has been accused of reneging on a deal struck during the North's peace talks after pulling the plug on funding for a major cross border road link.

It has been reported that the device found in a van in Co. Tyrone last night was viable.

About 350 people have been evacuated from their homes in a Co Tyrone town in a security alert.

The North's Finance Minister Sammy Wilson used a keynote speech in the Republic today to warn that his government has not done enough to develop its economy.

The family of Co Tyrone man who was killed by a British soldier 21 years ago has welcomed an expression of "deep regret" from the British government.

IN his D’Unbelievable guise, Pat Shortt was always steadfast in his belief that a dinner at half eight in the morning was imperative to ensure a clear run of the day. The modern GAA supporter follows that same mantra when it comes to the Championship breakfast.

One man has been killed and two people injured in three separate road crashes in the North.

A PSNI investigation into the fatal shooting of a Co Tyrone man has concluded that the likelihood of a British Army's version of events is so remote that it should be disregarded.

Only 24 hours after his side was crowned All Ireland football champions, Tyrone boss Mickey Harte was tonight setting his sights on repeating the feat next year.

A police inquiry into the fatal shooting of a Co Tyrone man by the British army 20 years ago has concluded that he is unlikely to have been killed by accident.

Crime gangs are plotting raids on any vulnerable businesses in parts of the North, police warned today.

A farmer was killed today when his tractor overturned in Co Tyrone.

THE Republic will contribute €580 million to a €1.47 billion financial package announced for the Northern Ireland Executive yesterday.

Fermanagh South Tyrone was tonight shaping up to be a dull election story - until one of the candidates got arrested in connection with an attempted murder.

The North’s only independent Assembly member today called for candidates to come forward to challenge the established parties at the Stormont election.

The British government was told today it must match any investment the Irish Government makes in the North’s infrastructure.

MANY thousands of ecstatic Tyrone fans turned out last night to welcome home their sporting heroes.

In what was an expected move, experienced Tyrone defender Chris Lawn has followed Peter Canavan's suit and announced his retirement from inter-county football as a double All-Ireland winner.

A two-year-old boy was hit in the face with a bottle and a woman squirted with petrol in a series of sectarian attacks on Tyrone fans returning home from their All-Ireland triumph.

A 15-year-old boy has died while driving a car which was in collision with a van, it was revealed today.

A row between rival unionists over next month’s crucial Northern Ireland peace process talks escalated after the DUP was accused today of breaking its promise to stop concessions to republicans.

A truck was hijacked in Co Monaghan last night, on the main Dublin to Derry road.

Around 100,000 GAA fans turned out in Co Tyrone yesterday to welcome home the county’s All-Ireland-winning football team.

IT was just after six o’clock yesterday evening when history was made. A Tyrone football team crossed the Blackwater with Sam Maguire, bringing to an end with one small step, 119 years of heartache.

Police in the North are today searching for an armed gang who locked an elderly couple in their home for more than 14 hours without heat or electricity.