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Wed, 27 Jan 2021 08:24:01 GMT
Coronavirus: Health staff families 'offered early vaccine access'
An email seems to give South Eastern Trust staff the chance to register family for early access.

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 22:55:49 GMT
Brexit: Amazon prepares to stop selling some products to NI
It would take effect on 1 April when the "grace period" for GB-NI parcels expires.

Wed, 27 Jan 2021 06:25:44 GMT
Brexit: Lough Neagh eels can't be sold in Britain
Fishermen seek new buyers for 50 tonnes of eels, worth £500k, that can no longer be sold in London.

Wed, 27 Jan 2021 09:29:37 GMT
Dublin: Boy dies after East Wall stabbing
It is being reported that the victim was 16 years old and died following a row between two groups.

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 20:24:28 GMT
Michael Stone: Loyalist killer released from prison on parole
One of Northern Ireland's most notorious paramilitaries of the Troubles has been released from jail.

Wed, 27 Jan 2021 06:33:04 GMT
Carrick-a-Rede fisherman's cottage granted listed status
The dwelling can be reached by crossing the rope bridge, one of NI's best-known tourist attractions.

Wed, 27 Jan 2021 06:36:47 GMT
Holocaust Memorial Day: 'British citizenship saved my mother'
On Holocaust Memorial Day, Lill Saether reflects on how being born in Newry saved her mother's life.

Wed, 27 Jan 2021 06:29:07 GMT
Covid-19: MLAs call for more lockdown support for SEN pupils
Assembly members at Stormont call for SEN pupils to receive education and therapies during lockdowns.

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 22:37:11 GMT
NI mother-and-baby homes: Investigation promised into 'significant wrongs'
The first minister promises an independent investigation following a report into the homes.

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 16:24:06 GMT
Mother-and-baby homes: What are the report's major findings?
Report says more than 13,000 women went through homes and Magdalene laundries.

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 16:37:45 GMT
NI's Chief Scientific Adviser Ian Young on leave on health grounds
Chief Scientific Adviser Prof Ian Young has been prominent in the handling of the Covid-19 crisis.

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 23:17:53 GMT
South Belfast: Man charged over murder of woman
A 60-year-old woman died at her home on Windermere Road on 16 August 2020.

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 23:23:53 GMT
Belfast: Attempted murder charge after man critically injured
A man in his 20s was injured on Sunday night in Antrim Street in Carrick Hill, Belfast.

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 19:50:07 GMT
Covid-19: Plans to vaccinate all over-65s by end of February
The Department of Health says it is moving to accelerate NI's vaccination programme.

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 23:21:18 GMT
Coronavirus: New Irish travel rules will affect NI passengers
Some of the changes will affect overseas passengers who then travel on to Northern Ireland.

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 06:51:56 GMT
Covid-19: Queen's University asked about China-NI flight
Stormont's Economy Committee questions decision to charter flight to take hundreds of students to NI.

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 14:22:02 GMT
Covid-19: Back office health staff 'should not be vaccine priority'
A decision to vaccinate NI's healthcare office staff "goes against" advisory body's official advice.

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 09:41:54 GMT
Covid-19 restrictions: Your questions answered
BBC News NI's Jayne McCormack answers readers' questions about how lockdown will affect you.

Sat, 23 Jan 2021 07:58:48 GMT
Covid-19: Is NI in the toughest period of the pandemic?
With hospitals under immense pressure, are there any signs of hope in the statistics on coronavirus?

Thu, 21 Jan 2021 16:05:55 GMT
Covid-19: What might a 'tighter' NI lockdown look like?
With Stormont ministers extending the current lockdown, could other measures could be on the table?

Sun, 24 Jan 2021 21:18:54 GMT
Covid-19: NI testing for new coronavirus variant 'limited'
The "English" variant is thought to be about 50-70% more infectious than the original Covid-19 strain.

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 19:54:17 GMT
Covid-19: Variant testing 'massively more advanced in NI than the Republic'
Arlene Foster responds to Taoiseach Micheál Martin's comments that NI was not testing for a new strain.

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 11:18:30 GMT
Covid-19: Students plea to end 'unfair' rental contracts
Some students are being charged rent for rooms they are not living in after teaching moved online.

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 12:00:09 GMT
Latest Northern Ireland weather forecast
The weather forecast in Northern Ireland.

Sun, 24 Jan 2021 07:27:42 GMT
Brexit: NI garden centres struggling to get plants from GB
New rules mean the Irish Sea border is causing problems for plant sellers importing from GB growers.

Sun, 24 Jan 2021 16:57:48 GMT
Your pictures of snowy scenes in Northern Ireland
As the snow settles across parts of NI, BBC News NI shares some wintry snaps.

Sun, 24 Jan 2021 09:24:51 GMT
How the Irish shape Britain: A story of rejection and tolerance
A story of rejection and influence, hatred and tolerance is explored in a new BBC Radio 4 series.

Sat, 23 Jan 2021 06:54:53 GMT
Brexit: Can Irish Sea border ‘teething problems’ be solved?
Hauliers tell a shadow cabinet meeting that NI and the Republic are "bad places to do business".

Sat, 23 Jan 2021 09:46:38 GMT
Oscar Wilde's grandson looks back on the case that ruined him
It was the most scandalous case of Victorian times and those on opposing sides knew each other well.

Sat, 23 Jan 2021 07:26:02 GMT
Mary Ann McCracken: Belfast woman who fought slavery remembered
A foundation is launched in memory of Mary Ann McCracken - the sister of United Irishman Henry Joy.

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 11:10:29 GMT
Mother-and-baby homes: 'They took our dignity, our rights, our freedoms'
A survivor of a home for unmarried mothers and babies in NI calls for a public inquiry into such institutions.

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 17:50:49 GMT
Covid-19: 'It reduced me to a child and took my mother'
Jonathan Newell's mother died with Covid-19 on the same ward he worked in at Craigavon Area Hospital.

Sat, 23 Jan 2021 09:39:12 GMT
Coronavirus: 'The fear is that we are going to be overwhelmed'
Senior medics say there is a big difference in this wave compared to the previous one.

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 12:14:17 GMT
‘I’ve been involved with 250 Covid funerals’
A funeral director with more than six decades of experience says he has "never witnessed anything like this”.

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 20:32:04 GMT
Covid-19: 'Two or three' Sinn Féin councillors at republican funeral
Gerry Kelly says the party was not involved in organising a republican funeral being investigated by police.

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 13:13:55 GMT
Londonderry: Edward Meenan murder accused granted bail
A man accused of murdering Edward Meenan in November 2018 is released on bail until the trial begins.

Sat, 23 Jan 2021 13:18:56 GMT
Irish cricket mourns loss of Roy Torrens
Irish cricket is in mourning after the death of former international seamer and ex-national team manager Roy Torrens at the age of 72.

Thu, 21 Jan 2021 13:03:38 GMT
Paddy McElhone: Farmer shooting by Army unjustified, inquest rules
Paddy McElhone, 24, was shot in the back by a soldier near his home outside Pomeroy in August 1974.

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 13:53:06 GMT
Coronavirus: Vaccine supply fears grow amid EU export threat
The EU calls for "fair" distribution after vaccine companies cut back on pledged supplies.

Sat, 23 Jan 2021 18:08:11 GMT
Covid-19: Republic's restrictions 'in place for six months'
Taoiseach Micheál Martin says Irish government will take "cautious" approach to easing restrictions.

Sat, 23 Jan 2021 22:01:32 GMT
Two arrested after police seize cannabis worth €1.1m
Following searches into organised crime in Monaghan and Louth, a man and woman are in custody.

Sat, 23 Jan 2021 00:05:02 GMT
How Joe Biden's ancestral Irish home is celebrating
Celebrations broke out across Ballina when Biden's presidential victory was declared - and for the young people of the town, it meant that anything was possible.

Thu, 21 Jan 2021 13:07:19 GMT
Donegal: Peat landslide had 'significant' impact on Tyrone river
The extent of the damage at a County Tyrone river won't be known until later this year, MLAs hear.



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