Detectives in the North are investigating a £1m (€1.5m) robbery from a security firm in Belfast.

A former Stormont minister was waiting today to see if his bid to run for Westminster's parliament will get the backing of colleagues in South Belfast.

Local lad Wayne Telford has again stormed to the top of the leaderboard on the Valley Course after the opening day's qualifying round in the Magners North of Ireland Amateur Open Championship at Royal Portrush.

Swedish teenager Rikard Karlberg carded a course record 65 to take the clubhouse lead in the West of Ireland championship at Rosses Point today.

Motorists in Northern Ireland were facing a treacherous drive into work and school after heavy snow fell overnight.

More police resources must be aimed at protecting the elderly in Northern Ireland, an MP claimed today after the death of an 82-year-old woman.

Shandon Park, winners of the European Senior Cup in both 2000 and 2001, will defend the title this season but not as Irish Cup holders.

Eilish McCartan from Greenore pulled off a major shock at Belvoir Park yesterday in the Irish Girls' Intermediate Championship.

A violent battleground where Protestants and Catholics once clashed has fallen silent as children tee up in a £750,000 cross-community scheme to convert it into a smart new golf driving range in Northern Ireland.

One man was treated in hospital and several other people narrowly escaped serious injury in a number of gun and bomb attacks in the North overnight.