North hosts business leaders from USA delegation of US business executives arrived in the North yesterday as part of a scouting mission ahead of a major investment…Tue Oct 16 2007 - 01:00
DUP, SF urged to get on with 'real politics'The Progressive Unionist Party leader Dawn Purvis has called on the DUP and Sinn Féin to be mature enough "to agree to disagree…Mon Oct 15 2007 - 01:00
McGuinness to tell US investors of NI advantagesThe North's Deputy First Minister, Martin McGuinness, will tonight tell US blue-chip businesspeople in New York of the benefits…Thu Oct 11 2007 - 01:00
Irish language debate turns heatedSinn Féin congratulated Ulster Unionist MLA David McNarry in the Assembly yesterday for serving to promote the Irish language…Wed Oct 10 2007 - 01:00
Business backs all-island economy - studyA new detailed cross-Border business survey has found that there is growing confidence in the all-island economy.Wed Oct 10 2007 - 01:00
UDA hints it will not meet disarmament deadlineSDLP Minister for Social Development Margaret Ritchie has expressed disappointment at a UDA statement yesterday indicating the…Sat Oct 06 2007 - 01:00
O'Loan exonerates officer who shot man deadThe North's Police Ombudsman Nuala O'Loan has exonerated a police officer who shot dead a 21-year-old man in April 2003Fri Oct 05 2007 - 01:00
More people survive cancer in NIMore people are surviving cancer in Northern Ireland but the higher you are on the earnings scale the better are your chances…Fri Oct 05 2007 - 01:00
Dodds alters stance over IDA/NI body mergerThe North's Minister of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Nigel Dodds, yesterday issued differing responses to a proposal from…Thu Oct 04 2007 - 01:00
Bank chief calls for IDA and NI equivalent to mergeThe Industrial Development Authority in the Republic and its northern equivalent, Invest Northern Ireland, should be merged, …Wed Oct 03 2007 - 01:00
Dodds casts doubt over target date for policing devolutionDUP Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Investment Nigel Dodds has made it clear that devolving policing and justice powers to…Mon Oct 01 2007 - 01:00
Minister to move on NI remission ratesNorthern Ireland's minister with responsibility for prisons, Paul Goggins, has pledged to move quickly to change the current …Sat Sept 29 2007 - 01:00
Asmal says truth body might not work in NINorthern Ireland must be extremely careful in how it addresses the past or else the current "tender" power-sharing arrangement…Sat Sept 29 2007 - 01:00
£12m in health savings 'not possible'The North's Minister of Health Michael McGimpsey has challenged a report claiming that cancelled medical appointments are adding…Fri Sept 28 2007 - 01:00
Eames urges support for dealing with TroublesTo say dealing with the legacy of the Troubles was a heavy task was the "understatement of the age" which was why cross-party…Thu Sept 27 2007 - 01:00
Tax harmonisation 'not an economic antibiotic'Harmonisation of corporation tax between Northern Ireland and the Republic would be beneficial but must not be considered as …Wed Sept 26 2007 - 01:00
SF rejects report on plastic bulletsSinn Féin has refused to endorse a human rights report commissioned by the policing board because the report justifies the restricted…Wed Sept 26 2007 - 01:00
Parties clash over republican 'truth' marchAssembly report: Unionist, nationalist and Alliance members clashed in the Assembly chamber yesterday during a debate about …Wed Sept 26 2007 - 01:00
SF calls for new approach to suicideCivic society across Ireland must be mobilised to tackle the growing incidence of suicide, according to Sinn Féin president Gerry…Tue Sept 25 2007 - 01:00
Slow growth for North if no tax cut, says RobinsonA refusal by the British government to reduce corporation tax in Northern Ireland to the same 12Tue Sept 25 2007 - 01:00
Call to reverse decision to cancel fundingMinister for Social Development Margaret Ritchie should reconsider her decision to cancel £1.2 million stg (€1Mon Sept 24 2007 - 01:00
Concerns on Omagh memorial wordingA memorial to the victims of the 1998 Omagh bombing that through a series of mirrors will reflect light on to the bomb site will…Wed Sept 19 2007 - 01:00
Adams says suicide must be tackledSuicide will be the "biggest killer" of the next generation, Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams told the Northern Assembly at Stormont…Tue Sept 18 2007 - 01:00
North must avoid truth commission for past, says police chiefNorthern Ireland must not be saddled with the world's largest "re-investigation industry" when dealing with the past, the chairman…Thu Sept 13 2007 - 01:00
SF accuses DUP of conflict of interestDUP Ministers and Assembly members yesterday rejected Sinn Féin criticism of a DUP ministerial decision that could see a DUP …Wed Sept 12 2007 - 01:00
President and Paisley in cordial handshakeA cordial handshake between Mary McAleese and Ian Paisley yesterday indicated the warmer relations that have developed since …Tue Sept 11 2007 - 01:00
Armagh security contractor killed in Iraq bomb explosionA Northern Ireland security contractor has died in a bomb explosion in Iraq.Tue Sept 11 2007 - 01:00
'Cynics confounded' by support for ExecutiveThe people's support for Northern Ireland's powersharing Executive has confounded the sceptics and cynics, Deputy First Minister…Sat Sept 08 2007 - 01:00
DUP pressed on devolution of policing powersSenior British and Irish ministers took advantage of the annual British-Irish Association conference yesterday to begin the drive…Sat Sept 08 2007 - 01:00
Old guard republican and former Provisional IRA leader dies at 71John Kelly, former IRA leader, and a central figure in the 1970 Arms Crisis and later disaffected Sinn Féin member, has died …Fri Sept 07 2007 - 01:00
Paisley jnr is cleared over gay remarksAssembly ombudsman Tom Frawley has ruled that DUP junior minister Ian Paisley jnr did not breach the Assembly's code of conduct…Thu Sept 06 2007 - 01:00
Troubles study group asks public to share viewsThe North's Consultative Group on the Past has encouraged those affected by the Troubles to contact the organisation to share…Thu Sept 06 2007 - 01:00
Boy dies after collapsing at football trainingA school boy who was "besotted" with Gaelic football and dreamed of playing for his county has died after he became ill at a …Thu Sept 06 2007 - 01:00
Many find life in Belfast worse since Troubles - surveyA significant number of people in the Whiterock and Ballymurphy area of west Belfast feel that life has got worse or at best …Thu Sept 06 2007 - 01:00
£8m for NI 'green' energy grantsThe North's Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Industry, Nigel Dodds, has released £8 million in funding in the hope of converting…Tue Sept 04 2007 - 01:00
NI politicians coach Iraqis on building peace processIRAQ: Senior Northern Ireland politicians concluded four days of secret talks with leading Iraqi representatives in Finland …Tue Sept 04 2007 - 01:00
Delegation led by SF meets PSNI in CrossmaglenSinn Féin MP Conor Murphy has led a delegation of community representatives and business people in a meeting with senior PSNI…Sat Aug 25 2007 - 01:00
DUP says Bloomfield's talk of united Ireland only a pipedreamThe DUP has stated that a united Ireland is "nothing but a pipedream" in response to Sir Kenneth Bloomfield's comments at the…Sat Aug 25 2007 - 01:00
Irish unity not unthinkable 'in principle' says BloomfieldSome form of Irish unity is not unthinkable in principle and should be a process with a modest beginning and no predetermined…Fri Aug 24 2007 - 01:00
North's division costing £1.5bn - reportSectarianism and division in Northern Ireland could be costing up to £1Fri Aug 24 2007 - 01:00
Man in court on murder chargeA 42-year-old man is to appear at Belfast Magistrates' Court today charged with the murder of William McClatchey, originally …Thu Aug 23 2007 - 01:00
Eames and Bradley delve into NI 'dirty war'Lord Eames and Denis Bradley, who are charged with finding consensus on how to address the legacy of the Troubles, have spent…Thu Aug 23 2007 - 01:00
€30m hotel to boost Belfast tourismThe development of Belfast as an increasingly popular tourism and business destination continued apace yesterday with the announcement…Wed Aug 22 2007 - 01:00
Dismembered body found in binDetectives were continuing to question a man at Antrim PSNI station last night after the dismembered body of a 34-year-old south…Wed Aug 22 2007 - 01:00
Streep lends her support to new arts centre"Absolutely charming" was Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness's verdict on Meryl Streep, following the powerful impression…Mon Aug 20 2007 - 01:00
Assets of three fishermen frozenThe Assets Recovery Agency (ARA) in Northern Ireland has frozen property belonging to three Co Down trawler men who were convicted…Sat Aug 18 2007 - 01:00
Bangor arson attack on elderly 'shameful'Young arsonists who set fire to a community hall in Bangor while pensioners were inside were roundly condemned yesterday by local…Sat Aug 18 2007 - 01:00
A-grades for one third of Northern studentsNorthern Ireland students have performed well in their A-Level exams, with one-third gaining A-grades compared with a quarter…Fri Aug 17 2007 - 01:00
Aer Lingus urged to press ahead in BelfastNorth-South relations would be politically damaged if the Government intervened to persuade Aer Lingus to reverse its decision…Fri Aug 17 2007 - 01:00
Devolution critic accused of 'defeatism'A prominent critic of the North's powersharing government has attempted to upset the current political feel-good factor as Northern…Thu Aug 16 2007 - 01:00
