Thirty-seven jobs are to at risk with the closure of a number of Ulster Bank branches.

Ten sailors have been injured after a regatta in the North was hit by a squall.

Annabel Wilson, who helped Ireland to a highly-creditable second-place finish in the Home internationals last week, produced a stunning closing burst over the Massereene course in county Antrim yesterday to spearhead the Irish charge towards places in the knock-out stages of the British Girls Open Championship.

Up to 80 dinghys have capsized on Strangford Lough in Co Down.

A Northern Ireland chief constable has warned of a surge in dissident republican activity after a bomb partially exploded under a shopping centre.

Two pipe bombs have been discovered by a police patrol in the North.

A former police officer and his 12-year-old daughter have escaped uninjured after a booby trap bomb was discovered in Belfast.

Flooding the market with properties at knock-down prices will not boost the economy in Northern Ireland, Nama boss Frank Daly has claimed.

Nama is to provide £15m (€18m) to finish two office blocks in Belfast, it was revealed today.

Nama is to invest over €10m in transforming one of its Northern Irish land assets into a housing development, rather than selling the site.

A woman in her 90s has been killed after being hit by a car in Bangor.

Britain's Northern Ireland Secretary, Theresa Villiers, has described the recent trouble in Belfast as "simply incomprehensible".

Police have fired baton rounds and deployed water cannon on rioters as violence linked to the Union Flag row flared in east Belfast again.

A two-year-old child struck by a car in Northern Ireland at the weekend has died.

In the North an 18-month-old boy is in a critical condition in hospital after he was hit by a car in Belfast.

A couple, both of whom claimed to have developed a mental adjustment disorder after their 12-year-old daughter’s arm was pricked by a pin in a hotel bed, have been awarded €18,000 damages in the Circuit Civil Court.

A 54-year-old man has been rescued from a slurry tank near Dundonald in Co Down.

The North’s former first minister Ian Paisley has shown he is on the road to recovery after his recent health scare.

John Jackson has revealed himself as the ‘hard man’ of Ireland’s senior men’s hockey squad, after admitting he was willing to continue playing even if he lost the sight in one eye.

Ian Paisley, who was admitted to hospital with heart failure last month, has returned home, his wife revealed today.

A man has been arrested on suspicion of taking a picture of Ian Paisley in his hospital bed.

Former Northern Ireland First Minister Ian Paisley is doing “very well” in hospital as he continues to recover from serious illness, his son said.

Former Northern Ireland First Minister Ian Paisley is making “steady progress” after being admitted to hospital earlier this month, he son Ian Jnr said today.

The Rev Ian Paisley remained seriously ill in hospital tonight as his family maintained a vigil at his bedside.

Ian Paisley was in intensive care last night after suffering acute cardiac problems.

The Rev Ian Paisley is in intensive care tonight after suffering from acute heart problems.

The North's former First Minister Ian Paisley has been admitted to hospital in Belfast, it has emerged.

First Minister Peter Robinson's DUP has today accused the North's Boundary Commission of gerrymandering in a fierce attack on its proposals to reduce the number of Westminster seats to 16.

Wicketkeeper-batsman Gary Wilson believes Ireland can bounce back and mark his 100th cap with a series-levelling win against Pakistan in Belfast today.

CULLOVILLE GAA club have vowed to co-operate with the investigation being undertaken by the CCC of the Armagh County Board into the incident in last Sunday’s league match between Culloville and Maghery, that left former Armagh All-Ireland winning minor Kevin Nugent with serious facial injuries.

ARMAGH GAA chiefs last night condemned the vicious assault on 2009 All-Ireland minor football winner Kevin Nugent in a local club match last weekend and vowed the incident will be investigated rigorously to ensure disciplinary action is taken.

Two men and two children were rescued from Strangford Lough in Co Down today after their dinghy capsized.

Ireland cricketer Gary Wilson insists a place in the ICC World Twenty20 Super Eight is still within his country’s grasp as they look forward to a Tuesday showdown with England in Guyana.

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

Detectives have returned to the scene of a car-bomb attack in Antrim in which a policeman was seriously injured.

Foreign Minister Micheál Martin and the Northern Ireland Secretary Shaun Woodward are due to meet tonight as the Irish and British governments prepare to step up the pressure to end the political crisis in Belfast in the aftermath of the Iris Robinson scandal.

DUP leader Peter Robinson was back behind his desk today following the shock revelation that his wife tried to kill herself after confessing to an affair.

The guilt-ridden wife of the North's First Minister Peter Robinson tried to kill herself after making a midnight confession to her husband that she had an affair, it was disclosed tonight.

Health Minister Michael McGimpsey tonight apologised to the family of a teenage Derry girl for the delay in telling them she had swine flu.

A disabled child with swine flu has died in the North, it emerged tonight.

Ambitious plans for a new £180m (€196m) housing development on the hills above Belfast were unveiled today.

Another child with swine flu died in the North today – the second in less than 48 hours.

A man’s body was today discovered in a stream in east Belfast.

A man has his ear bitten off during an attack in Coleraine early today.