A 41-year-old man has been arrested over the Christmas bomb attack in Belfast's Cathedral Quarter.

Scheduled to play their Sigerson Cup game against Queen’s University in Belfast, the management team of Galway and Mayo Institute of Technology made the sensible decision to book a hotel.

Two men have been arrested by detectives investigating a failed dissident republican car bomb attack on a shopping centre in Belfast.

A fire bomb attack on a Belfast city centre store represents a serious upsurge by dissident republicans, Northern Ireland’s Police Federation warned.

A firebomber might have suffered burns to his face, neck and hands after a device exploded as he was about to plant it in a Belfast city centre store.

A fire bomb is believed to have ignited at a Belfast shop in the latest attack on the city’s commercial heart.

Security measures are being ramped up in Belfast city centre following an explosion outside a busy restaurant that could have killed festive revellers.

A bomb that exploded outside a busy restaurant in Belfast city centre following a misleading telephone warning could have killed or maimed festive revellers, a police commander has said.

There has been a small explosion in Belfast city centre, police said.

A number of leading hotels in Cork and Limerick have more than doubled their room prices for the night the cities play host to Bruce Springsteen next summer.

TAKING the elevator up to the dome crowning Victoria Square Shopping Centre, peering out over Belfast’s twinkling skyline, I try to take in the changes that have washed over this city.

THE Dean of Cork has expressed concerns that parts of the €150 million development of the Beamish and Crawford site in Cork will block protected views of historic St Fin Barre’s Cathedral.

A planning application for a multi-million pound redevelopment of part of Belfast city centre has been submitted.

Developers lodged plans for a £50m (€55m) hotel scheme to regenerate a run-down area close to Belfast city centre, it was revealed today.

AER LINGUS new route from Cork to Lisbon has already had an encouraging start, with a high profile launch last week, good forward bookings and Portugal’s tourism body rowing in behind the service.

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.

Formerly strife-torn Belfast is now one of the world’s top 12 tourist destinations in 2009, according to leading travel guide publisher Frommer’s.

Oscar-winning actress Meryl Streep arrived in the North today to boost an arts funding campaign.

Meryl Streep is scheduled for a flying visit to Belfast in August.

Belfast City Council is telling people where to go with dozens of new street information signs.

Belfast was today on course to get two new multi-million pound city centre retail developments.