The return of some outdoor activities, such as golf, will also be discussed at an executive meeting later.

There may be no parades or fanfare but events are still taking place to celebrate Ireland's patron saint.

Health Minister Robin Swann says 30,000 people booked a Covid-19 vaccine in just three hours.

The firm facilitates electronic payments and works with the likes of Visa and Mastercard.

A majority of MLAs back a DUP bill to prevent abortions in cases of non-fatal disabilities.

The rare sighting was captured by a local man and his five-year-old daughter in County Kerry.

Political reporter Jayne McCormack joins Jordan Kenny to answer your Covid-19 questions.

Among the evidence schools can use are mocks, class test results, work done at home or past exam papers.

PM Boris Johnson says the UK's actions "temporary and technical measures that we think are very sensible".

From next week, all post-primary staff and older pupils are to get twice-weekly lateral flow tests.

Education Minister Peter Weir approves plan to integrate Seaview Primary in Glenarm, County Antrim.

Tributes are paid as one of Northern Ireland's leading obstetricians dies.

Almost 20,000 NI firms are eligible for the support grants which are expected to be paid in April.

A young hospital porter tells the story of the pandemic through photographs taken on the frontline.

The Republic of Ireland stops using the vaccine after reports of blood clotting in adults in Norway.

In the last 24 hours, 4,820 vaccine doses have been administered in Northern Ireland.

Hospital inpatient rates fall and vaccination rates rise as NI edges closer to an easing of lockdown.

The virus was mentioned on 33 deaths certificates in the week to Friday 5 March 2021, Nisra said.

Covid has seen large numbers of people heading to the countryside but access is restricted in much of NI.

The weather forecast in Northern Ireland.

The BBC says the audience for the premiere episode was its biggest ever for a drama launch locally.

Remembering Clara 'Ma' Copley, the 1930s boxing promoter who beat everyone to the punch.

Disused banks in some towns stand vacant, but others are being repurposed as cafes and theatres.

The financial heavyweights coming to oversee two new Northern Ireland fiscal bodies.

The PM discusses the Covid-19 vaccine rollout and the NI Protocol on a visit snubbed by Sinn Féin.

Meabh Bradley is 18 years old, has cerebral palsy and uses a specialist computer to communicate.

The sister of a girl who died following a school bus crash speaks about how she copes with her grief.

A woman who lives in a care home is reunite in person with her daughter after Covid-19 restrictions are eased.

Marie Lindsay's two daughters each gave birth to a set of twins just a few months apart last year.

The front window of a car in Derry was smashed before it was set alight, police say.

Heather Diamond, who was in her 50s, died in a fire at her home in Londonderry on Sunday.

Derry and Strabane had the biggest increase in racist incidents of any policing area in NI in 2020.

Republic of Ireland residents working in Northern Ireland want tax law changes after the pandemic.

Every baby born at Sligo University Hospital this year will be offered a Sligo Rovers shirt in a new project launched by the League of Ireland side.

Alan Rusbridger resigns from media panel after it emerged an ex-columnist supported the IRA.

An independent body which advises the government says the vaccine should be used 'without delay'.

Leo Varadkar demands answers from AstraZeneca over its failure to meet Irish vaccine supply targets.

The Fine Gael leader was challenged after saying Sinn Féin had no Protestants as senior politicians.

The European Commission says the doses will help tackle hotspots and facilitate free border movement.

Three of four men arrested over a shooting that left two people in a serious condition are released.