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Alliance MLA Kellie Armstrong made controversial comments about civil servants during a recent Stormont committee.

Minister calls for Alliance apology over 'outrageous' claim about civil servants

Ulster Rugby’s Callum Reid durig a press call at Kingspan Stadium this week ahead of Saturday's URC clash at Dragons. (Photo by Arthur Allison/Pacemaker Press)

Callum Reid eager to play role in Ulster's play-offs fight

Ballymena bakery Dougies Goodies, is rising to new heights with ambitious expansion plans for 2025 - including the creation of 20 new jobs and the exciting acquisition of Kirks Bakery

NI bakery is rising to new heights with ambitious expansion plans for 2025

June Sarpong's new book on the first black woman to work at the BBC

June Sarpong's new book on the first black woman to work at the BBC

Kim Wilde is on tour againt at age 64.

Kim Wilde gets Closer with new tour

John Docherty is the deputy governor of Glenochil Prison near Stirling in Scotland.

Scottish prison governor in IRA chanting probe

Then First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and husband Peter Murrell, Chief Executive of the SNP, posing for the media outside the Broomhouse Community Hall polling station, Glasgow in 2022.

Scottish police drop probe into Nichola Sturgeon

United Nations expert Francesca Albanese says the Republic of Ireland has an obligation to comply with the provisions of the Occupied Territories Bill, even without having legislation enacted.

Republic of Ireland obliged to comply with Occupied Territories Bill – UN expert

The Republic of Ireland is highly likely to face a very significant period of turbulence in the face of threatened tariffs by Donald Trump, according to the Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Simon Harris.

Republic of Ireland to face significant turbulence from Trump tariffs – Harris

Nutts Corner Roundabout. Pic: Google Maps

£7m distribution company expansion to create 100 construction jobs in NI

Police have made a new appeal for anyone with information about a road crash in Co Tyrone in which an 18-year-old man was killed to come forward.

Fresh appeal over crash in which 18-year-old died in Tyrone

The PSNI asked retired Baptist Pastor Clive Johnston to leave the abortion clinic buffer zone in Coleraine on Sunday 7 July 2024.

Pastor to face charges in court tomorrow after sermon in abortion buffer zone

People walk past beach huts on Bournemouth Beach in Dorset today. Photo credit should read: Andrew Matthews/PA Wire

NI basks as UK hits highest temperatures so far for 2025

King Charles during a visit to the Cancer Research Centre at Ulster University, on day two of the royal visit to Northern Ireland. Picture date: Thursday March 20, 2025.

King learns about latest cancer research as visit to Northern Ireland continues

Northern Ireland online guide to outdoor trails and places OutmoreNI.com is celebrating a landmark year of growth, having increased its user base by 66% throughout 2024. Pictured is Kerry Kirkpatrick, website manager of OutmoreNI.com and Ethan Loughrey, communications and training executive at Outscape

NI online adventures firm celebrates record growth with 66% surge in users

People taking part in an anti-Islamic protest attack a cafe in Botanic Avenue in Belfast on August 3, 2024. Photo: Peter Morrison/PA Wire

Belfast anti-racist protest demands better policing amid mob violence fears

Organisers of a Belfast anti-racist protest this weekend have demanded better policing amid fears of a repeat of last August’s shocking mob violence.

Iain Gray

King Charles III visits The Cancer Care Research Group at Ulster University Coleraine. 20/3/25 ©Press Eye/Darren Kidd

King Charles III visits Ulster University’s Cancer Research Centre in Coleraine

King Charles at Hunters Bakery in Limavady, on day two of the royal visit to Northern Ireland

King and Queen test their baking skills during Northern Ireland visit

Mark Allen

Snooker star Mark Allen to be disqualified from acting as a company director

Fraud charges.

Belfast man charged over £1.5m banking fraud

Stella McMullan with Caitlin and Shea

Heartbroken mum of Caitlin-Rose McMullan hopes to 'protect our children' on road

Fastned, the UK and Europe’s best rated ultra-rapid electric vehicle (EV) charging company, has opened its latest state-of-the-art charging hub at The Junction Retail & Leisure Park in Antrim

New drive-thru ultra-rapid EV charging station opens in NI shopping centre

Ben Friel, NUS-USI president gave evidence to Stormont's communities committee on financial challenges facing students. He said investment in all Northern Ireland's university campuses "is crucial to moving forward".

NI Executive has ‘no plan’ for Coleraine university campus - DUP MLA

Bank of Ireland has appointed Ballymena man Mervyn Smyth as head of global markets NI

Ballymena man appointed Bank of Ireland's new head of global markets NI

King Charles and Queen Camilla began their official visit to Northern Ireland.Their Majesties arrived in Northern Ireland, and visited Roe Valley Arts and Cultural Centre.Their Majesties are greeted by members of the local community and visit a local business.Opened in 2010, and celebrating its 15th anniversary, the Roe Valley Arts and Cultural Centre provides a host of dynamic cultural programmes across music, heritage and visual arts. Inside the centre, Their Majesties will speak to members of the local creative community, cultural groups and reading groups, before hearing about the John Steinbeck Festival hosted in the centre – which is in recognition of John Steinbeck’s work through theatre, talks and storytelling.Photo by Matt Mackey / Press Eye.

King and Queen start second day of their Northern Ireland tour

Spring flowers

High hopes today will be hottest of the year - warmer than Barcelona and Athens

Jake Bailey-Sloan who died in hospital following an incident in Portadown

Three people deny assaulting man who was fatally injured on a night out

​​Three people, two men and a woman today denied assaulting a man who was fatally injured on a night out in Portadown.

Court Reporter

Craigavon Area Hospital. (Pic: Google).

Hospital staff deny charges of ill-treating mental health patient

Unsafe building in William Street, Lurgan, Co Armagh with a digger at its facade.

Update on unsafe building in Lurgan

Among those the couple met was award-winning photographer Cathal McNaughton, who showed Charles and Camila a picture he took of the late Queen Elizabeth II holding an umbrella at the opening of the Lawn Tennis Association’s headquarters in London when he worked for the Press Association Photo by Matt Mackey / Press Eye.

King and Queen begin second day of engagements on their visit to NI

Missing Rihanna Ferguson

Police are concerned for the welfare of missing 16-year-old Rihanna Ferguson

Cash seized from a bag at Belfast International Airport

PSNI seize £444,728 and make arrests in a national effort to tackle fraud

Northern Ireland Immigration Compliance and Enforcement Team (ICE) sign at Drumkeen House in Belfast, centre of the Home Office's immigration enforcement operations in Northern Ireland. Photo: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Minor found living in 'squalid' conditions during NI immigration probe

In the five-part series – which was devised by Holywood-based Waddell Media – viewers saw Fred take on a cycle time trial challenge against the backdrop of Northern Ireland’s stunning scenery

Over 2million views tune in to see TV presenter Fred Sirieix in NI

Grand Opening of the first Chick-fil-A in Belfast, which opened its doors at Applegreen Lisburn South earlier this year

American fast food restaurant chain Chick-fil-A to open second store in NI

John Logue

John Logue: Tributes pour in for devoted father after horror farm death

Eddie Jordan enjoys a pint of Guinness at the Toucan Bar in Soho, London, after learning he is to be made an Officer of the British Empire. Former Formula One team owner, TV pundit and entrepreneur Eddie Jordan has died at the age of 76, his family have announced.

Ex-Formula One team owner Eddie Jordan dies aged 76

Emma O'Neill

Concern for welfare of Emma O'Neill last seen in hospital at 2.45am today

Pacemaker Press 20-03-2025: The owner of a Belfast tour company has said four of his buses were "burnt to a crisp," in a fire at an industrial estate. Firefighters dealt with the blaze, in Dunmurry, where the buses were parked.

PSNI appeal for information about arson attack on a number of buses in Dunmurry

Christine McMorran from Braniel and her dog Dora enjoy the glorious weather on Wednesday morning in the Stormont estate. It was fine across Northern Ireland and indeed almost all of the British Isles and is due to mostly sunny on Thursday. Pic by Ben Lowry

Northern Ireland set to be warmer today than parts of Spain and Greece

Morning View

Editorial: ​King’s visit a morale boost to police officers in Northern Ireland

Belfast has been revealed to have the UK’s largest pub music scene outside of London, with more than 350 venues hosting live music in the Northern Irish capital.

Belfast named UK’s biggest pub music scene outside London

The 'establishment', including virtually every politician in NI, never tackles the blatant squandering of scarce cash and resources, writes G Murphy

Letter: Questions to be asked over drain of cash

In Michelle O'Neill's absence, deputy first minister Emma Little-Pengelly was centre stage in Washington during the St Patrick's Day events, seen chatting happily to the president

Ruth Dudley Edwards: It’s been a joy to watch US events and see SF get it wrong

Last Summer we ran a nine-week program with Cornerstone Off-Road Motorcycle Academy to educate 18 'at risk' youths on road safety.

PSNI West Belfast Team wins award for reducing scrambler incidents

The NCA arrested a man in Armagh today in connection with this cannabis haul.

NCA arrests 34-year-old man in Armagh linked to 34kg of cannabis

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends the annual congress of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, March 18, 2025. (Maxim Shemetov/Pool Photo via AP)

Putin ceasefire refusal ‘disappointing’ says Downing Street

Teachers in Northern Ireland have been offered a 5.5% pay rise as part of what has been described as an “enhanced package”.

NI teachers offered 5.5% rise as part of 'enhanced package'

Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall making a statement on welfare reform in the House of Commons on Tuesday March 18, 2025.

‘Stormont will not stop benefits cuts if passed by Government’

Right now, 4.3 million children in the UK are living in poverty – a staggering nine in every classroom of 30

Letter: Help us to free children from the grip of poverty

Unionists have given a mixed reaction to news that Government has once again extended the date on which it will remove Brexit-related customs checks on parcels coming from GB. A sign a Larne Port highlights unionist concerns at cross community approval being suspended in the Belfast Agreement in order to allow Stormont to approve the NI Protocol.

End of Irish Sea Border parcel checks pushed out yet again by Government

King Charles III and Queen Camilla meet sitters depicted in the portraits during a visit to the Sea Holly Gallery in Belfast on the first day of their visit to Northern Ireland. Picture date: Wednesday March 19, 2025.

Charles and Camilla commence NI visit with sea shanties and acrobatics

Arthur Richmond of SHS Group, County Antrim

Three NI businesses shortlisted in the British Business Awards

Letters to editor

Letter: Zelensky could end up leading your sons to war

King Charles III and Queen Camilla taste whiskey at the Friend At Hand during a visit Belfast's Cathedral Quarter. Photo: Samir Hussein/PA Wire

Cheers! King and Queen get right royal welcome to Belfast's 'half bap'

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