Two men have been arrested over the murder of Malcolm McKeown.

The largest-ever Northern Ireland business delegation to travel to Westminster has vowed to press the case for the local economy next month.

The booby-trap bomb in Co Fermanagh, near the Cavan border, led the PSNI to say dissident groups were showing an “increased capability”, which it describing as “extremely worrying”.

Though nobody has claimed the weekend bomb attack on the North’s police, it has all the hallmarks of republicans, says Dieter Reinisch.

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

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

A hospital patient who videoed a nurse and threatened to follow her home was given a suspended eight-month jail term yesterday on serious assault charges after evidence that he had successfully attended for treatment for his problems.

Shares in UK high street retailer Debenhams,which has 16 stores in the Republic and the North, plunged over 10% as it confirmed it was considering “longer-term options”, including possible further store closures.

A diver has been airlifted from Cork to a hospital in Northern Ireland this afternoon.

A hospital patient who videoed a nurse and threatened to follow her home had sentencing in his case adjourned for a fortnight yesterday.

A hospital patient filmed a nurse on his phone and then threatened to follow her home on a night where he “lost the plot” and assaulted security staff by spraying a fire extinguisher at them.

The contents of a fire extinguisher was sprayed at three security men during a scene of violence and mayhem at Cork University Hospital.

Gerry Adams was working on a peace strategy in early 1987, State papers have revealed.

Iain Henderson’s agent may be in the midst of his contract negotiations with the IRFU but the Ulster forward wasn’t exactly fluttering his eyes at any English or French suitors yesterday when asked for an update.

JBS, the Brazilian meat company whose former chairman was arrested over the weekend, has agreed to sell poultry producer Moy Park to another subsidiary for about $1bn (€832m).

Prosecutors in the North are considering appealing against the sentences of a couple convicted of sexually abusing a mentally disordered woman while holding her captive for eight years.

Stats have been tarred as the ruination of many a sport, an infestation of numbers that detracts from natural ability and curbs freedom of thought, but Iain Henderson was never likely to be the type to feel swamped by facts and figures.

A dual-action drug offering hope to people with therapy-resistant cancer tumours could be available within five years.

Four men have been charged with a series of dissident republican terrorist offences after police seized an improvised rocket launcher loaded with a Semtex projectile in Northern Ireland.

After being called out to do the ’Running Man Challenge’ by trainee Gardaí, the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has responded in spectacular fashion.

Police in the North are becoming increasingly concerned about the whereabouts of two young people from Co Armagh.

Police in the North are appealing for witnesses following a shooting in Co Armagh yesterday.

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today, including everything you need to know from Budget 2016.

Up to 25,000 jobs could be created in the southeast region over the coming years under a new employment action plan, according to the Government.

Aaron Kernan said the vast majority of the Sunderland players he encountered couldn’t understand why he put so much into an amateur sports career.

A man in his 50's has died in an accident at a farm near Craigavon, County Armagh.

Two men have been jailed in connection with a savage attack on a family’s dog in the North.

A man who admitted setting fire to a family’s pet dog is due to be sentenced today.

A man who set fire to a family's pet dog in Co Armagh has been told he faces an inevitable prison sentence.

A judge has stopped the trial of three men in connection with the sectarian murder of a man by a loyalist mob in Northern Ireland.

Two people are due to appear in court today charged with the murder of a man whose body was discovered dumped in a wheelie bin.

The food firm Moy Park has announced it is creating 628 jobs across its three Northern Ireland sites, in Dungannon, Craigavon and Ballymena.

Two dissident republicans have failed to overturn their convictions for murdering police constable Stephen Carroll in the North in 2009.

A three-month-old baby girl who died after her father was charged with causing her grievous bodily harm has been named by police in Northern Ireland.

A three month old baby girl has died in hospital hours after her father appeared in court charged with causing her grievous bodily harm.

A man has appeared in court charged with murdering a prison officer in the North.

He might have missed a chunk of the season so far, but Ireland international Iain Henderson is determined to make up for lost time by maintaining Ulster’s 100% record in Europe and grab an all-important home quarter-final tie.

A security alert in Armagh this morning has been declared over following the removal of a viable pipe bome.

A woman has been charged with possession of explosives in the North.

A Co Armagh pharmaceutical firm is to create 229 jobs.

A man has appeared in court accused of obtaining a car which was later used in the killing of a prison officer in the North.

Two men wanted in Northern Ireland in connection with a double murder six years ago have consented to their extradition this morning before the High Court.

A 24-year-old man has been left fighting for his life after he was stabbed in a house.