Ulster’s head coach Brian McLaughlin looks set to lose his job at the end of the season, despite pulling the side out from the depths of despair.

A man in the North has been charged in connection with the murder of a man blasted with a shotgun on a rural country road.

Police in the North have arrested another man in connection with the killing of Philip Strickland near Comber in County Down on Wednesday.

Police in the North have appealed for information over the murder of a man after making further arrests in the case.

A farmer’s son found murdered on a rural country road was blasted repeatedly with a shotgun, it emerged tonight.

A man found shot dead in a car in the North may have been the victim of a fall-out among criminals, it emerged today.

An extra 1,000 police are needed to combat the North's growing terror threat, rank and file officers warned today.

In the sprawling Northern Ireland constituency of Strangford tales of expenses and affairs have livened up a traditionally predictable contest.

Three people died today following a road accident involving two cars in Co Down.

Police in the North are today investigating a serious assault in Co Down.

A watersports centre in Co Down was gutted by an overnight fire which destroyed an estimated £1m (€1.3m) worth of stock.

A nine-year-old boy was recovering today after being injured in a hit and run accident in Co Down.

Heavy overnight rain has caused major traffic disruption in the North this morning, with floods affecting roads in Armagh, Fermanagh, Down and Antrim.

BREEDERS from the North served notice at the two-day Cork Summer Show that their dominance of the major horse shows south of the border is set to continue.

Heavy rains have caused more major flooding in the North today just days after Stormont ministers approved a £5m (€7.4m) fund for those affected by the rains earlier this week.

WEXFORD-bred horses won the ridden hunter championship and the reserve honours for a Co Down exhibitor at last Sunday’s Cork Summer Show.

Politicians today slammed thugs who targeted members of the Turkish and Indian communities in the latest act of racial violence in Northern Ireland.

An elderly couple have died after the car they were travelling in collided with a lorry in Co Down yesterday evening.

A motorist who ignored an injured man trying to flag him down after dragging himself from a fatal crash was today being sought by police.