The new leader of Northern Ireland’s Department of Health says there is potential for the region to have one of the best health systems in the world. Mike Farrar took up the position of permanent ...

A farmhouse on the estate of the former family home of Diana, Princess of Wales has been “burnt down by vandals”, her brother said. Earl Spencer said he was “stunned” to learn that a farmhouse was ...

Lilo & Stitch took £9.6 million at the combined box office in both countries on its first weekend of release, beating the £8.6 million grossed by Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning.

Northern Ireland’s health service is expected to face a £600 million budget shortfall. Stormont Health Minister Mike Nesbitt described financial plans being finalised which will be “unprecedented in ...

The head of the Metropolitan Police has highlighted the “massive resources” that had been put in to track down a teenager arrested on suspicion of firearms and machete offences who was bailed.

RTE director general Kevin Bakhurst has said he was “infuriated” by the reaction to the filming of a promotional clip. He said the cost of filming the promo came out of RTE’s annual two million euro ...

The building society suggested that customers were switching from rival banks in order to make use of its branch network.

The Government has set out proposals to cut red tape and for planning decisions to be shifted away from councillors and towards expert officers.

The UK has experienced its sunniest spring on record, with four days of the season still to go. Some 630 hours of sunshine were clocked up across the country between March 1 and May 27, according to ...

Craig Bellamy has revealed he tried to sign Ronan Kpakio at Burnley after naming the Cardiff teenager in his Wales squad. Full-back Kpakio, 18 last Sunday, was the surprise name in Bellamy’s 27-strong ...

Mother of Minnie Rae Dunn described allowing her daughter on to the balcony as the ‘biggest mistake of my life’.

A 74-year-old former surgeon who raped hundreds of victims over more than two decades has been given the maximum sentence of 20 years in prison by a French court. Joel Le Scouarnec was found guilty of ...