The 64-year-old driver of the vehicle – originally from Glasgow – was arrested by Belgian authorities and a 30-year-old man in Co Antrim, Northern Ireland, was also detained.

One of The Menu’s great comrades, the wonderful Waterford chef-turned-teacher Michael Quinn, is taking his charges, final-year BA (Hons) culinary arts students in Waterford Institute of Technology.

Ireland v Italy Six Nations match in doubt amid global outbreak

The explosion of a viable device left in a residential area of Co Antrim could have been “devastating”, police have said.

The celebration of the first same-sex marriage in the North might lull you into the false belief that we are now living in a fully tolerant society that allows people to be who they are, but change does not come fully formed.

It happened at a petrol station in the Largy Road area of Ahoghill shortly after 2am.

Police are investigating after two petrol bombs were thrown at a property in Co Antrim.

A PSNI spokesman said officers received a report that a number of men entered a house in the Mill View area of Randalstown around 7.20pm.

Proposals to build a 32km-long bridge connecting the North with Scotland have received the backing of Taoiseach Leo Varadkar.

Detectives investigating 10 cash machine thefts in Co Antrim have charged a man with conspiracy to steal.

The woman, aged in her forties, died in hospital following the accident on the Shore Road in Newtownabbey on Friday.

A man searching for a lost wedding ring with a metal detector found more than he bargained for when he came across a number of gold coins worth more than £100,000.

On a recent trip to Northern Ireland, I was blown away by the explosion of artisan food and drink producers.

Detectives investigating a paramilitary-style shooting in Co Antrim said the victim was ordered to attend the so-called "appointment".

Detectives investigating alleged mistreatment of vulnerable patients at Muckamore Abbey Hospital have arrested a man.

Against popular wisdom and flying a plane made from bamboo, wire and bike handlebars, a Co Antrim woman blazed a sky trail for aviation and for the independence of women, writes Bette Browne

A man has been arrested over the 2004 murder of a man outside a school in Co Antrim.

Irish writer Ronan Bennett has teamed up with Drake to resurrect gritty drama Top Boy, writes Ed Power.

Police have appealed for help to identify a woman found dead in Co Antrim.

If failing to prepare means preparing to fail, the question about how to prepare effectively must be broached by any self-respecting high performing athlete and coach. Mind you, there is no answer that will serve everyone equally.

A male passenger showed a firearm and demanded cash, before hitting the driver with the gun.

The PSNI are appealing for information.

Two suspicious objects were found.

A murder investigation has been launched in the north after a man's body was discovered in Co Antrim.

THE MIGHTY and I are out for the night in his wonderful hometown of Waterford and before putting on the nosebag, we stop off for a swift one.

Teva Pharmaceutical’s chief financial officer has reiterated the company has done nothing wrong in the wake of a price-fixing lawsuit filed by 44 US states.

A man in his 20s has been killed in a single vehicle crash in Co Antrim.

Two people have been arrested following the theft of an ATM in County Antrim overnight.

The so-called New IRA which admitted killing journalist and activist Lyra McKee during a night of riots in Derry’s Creggan estate may have announced its formation in July 2012, but its origins stretch back five years earlier, writes Dieter Reinisch

Angling can make you a happier, healthier person. Helen O’Callaghan looks at the benefits of getting into a river and reconnecting with nature

The gang behind the theft of two ATMs in Kells in County Meath tried to use homemade spikes to stop gardaí pursuing them.

The incidents follow a spate of similar raids on both sides of the border in recent months.

The Garda Commissioner believes copy-cat gangs are the reason for the recent increase in ATM thefts.

To mark the anniversary of Kurt Cobain’s death, Des O’Driscoll looks back on the day in 1991 when the late singer’s band played a support slot at Sir Henry’s in Cork.

Concerns are mounting within the Gardaí and the PSNI at the spate of ATM robberies on both sides of the border – amid fears that some of the money may be diverted to dissident republicans.

The campaign by Sinn Féin MEP Liadh Ní Riada for the Gearagh Woodlands in the Upper Lee Valley of Cork to be designated a Unesco World Heritage Site is a neat idea. It is, as she says, “a unique and ecologically important area of outstanding natural beauty and diversity.”

Joe McNamee plates up the latest in food news.

A number of environmental groups have challenged research by the Economic and Social Research Institute that Irish consumers would pay significantly less for their gas if liquefied natural gas, or LNG, facilities were given the go-ahead.

The Irish food industry needs to be prepared for Brexit, an awards ceremony honouring the best produce on offer north and south of the border has heard.

An on-duty police officer has been injured after his car was rammed while driving in Co Antrim.

Last weekend’s car bomb outside Derry’s courthouse raises questions about dissident republicanism and the threat it still poses, writes David Young.

The PSNI as well as firefighters and the ambulance service sealed off the scene close to a courthouse on Bishop Street in the city.

You cannot do what this horse has done in such a short time and not be regarded as potentially top class, writes Pat Keane.

Police in the North are appealing for information following an armed robbery in Carrickfergus, Co Antrim last night.