Two people have died in a suspected shooting incident in Northern Ireland, police said.

Police arrested nine men and two women as loyalists staged more protests over the decision to restrict the flying of the Union flag at Belfast City Hall.

Isaac Boss has doffed his hat to Ulster and warned that Leinster will need to improve on Sunday’s Heineken Cup semi-final display against Clermont Auvergne if they are to deny his former teammates a first title in 13 years.

Hazardous weather conditions have seen members of the public urged not to rejoin the coastal search for a missing cyclist.

Extensive searches have been carried out for a missing cyclist in the North after his bicycle was discovered close to the sea.

Fears for a missing cyclist in the North grew today after his bicycle was discovered close to the sea.

Despite growing up in New Zealand, scrum half Isaac Boss insists his dream was always to play in the green of Ireland rather than tog out for the All Blacks.

A water safety warning affecting 220,000 households across the North is likely to last throughout today, officials confirmed.

A cargo ship ran aground on the Co Antrim coast after the watchkeeper fell asleep in his seat, an accident investigation report revealed today.

Ireland and Ulster rugby player Isaac Boss has been cleared of rape allegations, it was revealed today.

An invasion of deadly jellyfish could stretch for hundreds of miles around the Irish coast, an expert said tonight.

An Ireland and Ulster rugby star today pledged to fight an allegation of rape which he branded as malicious and unfounded.

Around 140,000 young salmon have been killed off the coast of Northern Ireland by a huge group of jellyfish, producers said tonight.

THE battle to be Peter Stringer’s deputy at September’s World Cup in France is set to intensify during Ireland’s two test tour of Argentina, which kicks off at Santa Fe on Saturday.

A man's been found with head injuries in the village of Glenarm, in Co Antrim, last night.

Police in Northern Ireland trying to identify the victim of a murder say it could be the body of a man who disappeared a month ago.