Rory McIlroy’s eye-watering wealth will not change him, according to friends who knew him at a time when every penny counted.

Northern Ireland’s Assembly election campaign is set to move up several gears today as parties planned a number of set piece events around Belfast.

Paratroopers who opened fire killing 13 civilians on Bloody Sunday may have been suffering from post traumatic stress disorder, a journalist who spent time with them beforehand claimed today.

A bunch of line dancers from Northern Ireland have vacated a council-owned hall in Co Down after they were banned from firing their imitation Colt 45s.