The days of having to put up with dodgy pub food are at an end, as more pubs have earned the right to be named as some of the best places to eat.

Just three days before she saddles her first runner since being granted a trainer’s licence, Nina Carberry was on the mark when partnering the Noel Meade-trained Benemeade to victory in yesterday’s bumper in Downpatrick, the Ballyalton Flat Race.

A man whose kayak capsized off the Co Down coast was recovered thanks to rescue equipment he had brought with him, the coastguard has said.

A man was rescued after his canoe capsized off the Co Down coast this morning.

The chairman of an Ulster Unionist association in the North is joining the DUP, he announced today.

Celebrity agent Colin Angus was killed in a car crash in the North today.

A 40-year-old man is dead following a single-vehicle collision in the North.

The North's Health Minister has pledged to ensure there are more hospital beds available for patients with mental health problems.

Newlands’ Andrew Hogan defied 40 mph gusts to card a four-under par 67 and grab the silver medal for the leading qualifier in the West of Ireland Championship at Rosses Point.

Belfast’s Johnny Caldwell got his final season under way as a University of South Alabama Jaguar with a top-25 finish as the University of Florida’s Sun Trust Gator Invitational.

An alleged drug trafficker’s property empire and luxury cars worth nearly £3m (€4.3m) have been frozen by crimefighters in Belfast, it was revealed tonight.

A 51-year-old cyclist has died in hospital after he was hit by a car in Co Down last night.

Defending champion Rory McIlroy struggled to a four-over par 75 as Co Louth's Simon Ward led the qualifiers in the Radisson-SAS West of Ireland Amateur Open.

Irish Schools Match Play Championship (National Finals)

Reg Empey’s Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) were in the red by almost £500,000 (€730,480) last year, it was revealed today.

Teen idol Rory McIlroy cruised into the matchplay stages of the Radisson SAS West of Ireland Amateur Open championship at Rosses Point.

A cargo ship which drifted off the Northern Ireland coast was today safely brought to shore after a five-hour rescue operation.

A Russian cargo ship was at the centre of a rescue operation today off the Co Down coast.

World number six Peter Manley suffered a shock defeat to qualifier John Magowan in the second round of the Skybet World Grand Prix in Dublin tonight.

Up to 116 jobs are set to be saved following a management buyout that will see a carpet factory in Co Down re-open.

Loyalists have been blamed for leaving an explosive device outside an ex-prison officer’s home in Northern Ireland.

Troubled textiles firm Carpets International UK is putting all seven of its operations up for sale.

More than 400 jobs at two textiles factories were threatened today after the plants’ parent company was placed in receivership.

There are fears that a vacant hotel destroyed by fire in County Down could collapse.

Firefighters were today tackling a major blaze at a vacant hotel in Co Down.

Police in the North are investigating what they believe was an arson attack on a house in Co Down last night.

Stuart Paul from Tandragee shot a super 67 on the Dunluce course today to be