New bank checks targeting people claiming three benefits have begun as part of a major Department for Work and Pensions crackdown on fraud and error. The DWP has ...

Upper Bann MP Carla Lockhart has said she will “set out the path ahead early next week” amid speculation she will walk away from the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP).

Emo band My Chemical Romance have achieved their first UK number one album with The Black Parade, 20 years after its release, the Official Charts Company has confirmed. The record topped the album ...

Three men who formed part of a terrorist group that plotted to blow up a mosque in Galway have been jailed at a court in Dublin. Judge Caroline Biggs, presiding over the three-judge Special Criminal ...

European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said shared values mattered more than geography in determining which countries work together.

RTÉ boss Kevin Bakhurst also said he does not believe it will be possible for organisers to remove Israel from the competition.

The diplomatic incident underlines the ongoing tensions over the war, triggered more than four years ago by Moscow’s invasion ...

The 91-year-old actress helped launch a new outdoor installation to mark the the 50th anniversary of the National Theatre building.

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff said their car “does not suit” George Russell as his team-mate Kimi Antonelli closes in on title.

Henry De Bromhead was delighted to see Ash Hobbs get herself some black-type in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Feathard Lady Mares Novice Hurdle at Down Royal. The daughter of Jack Hobbs continued her ...

Police are preparing case files for prosecutors on 18 people following an allegedly illegal protest during the Drumcree parade dispute.

John Swinney has said he is “deeply concerned” by the decision to cancel grant funding for an “absolutely central” carbon capture and storage (CCS) facility.