Repeated failings by the department and firm responsible for PIPs amounted to "systemic maladministration".

The money is for companies which were too big to qualify for previous grants schemes.

NI's chief nursing officer says it is not yet possible to move to the next stage of easing rules.

The celebrity and businesswoman Paris Hilton has backed parents campaigning to toughen the law.

The National Association of Councillors received £10k and say they were told they were eligible by Stormont.

The British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference is a product of the Good Friday Agreement.

Austin Currie and Lord Kilclooney are two of the last surviving MPs from the old Stormont Parliament.

The chair of the Climate Change Committee said NI was "further behind the curve" than it should be.

The families of three people killed in a car crash say the sentence handed down was not enough.

Neueda is growing rapidly, with revenues rising by 38% in 2020 to £32m.

It comes as Sinn Féin warns the DUP that collapsing power sharing over the protocol would be a "huge error".

Cathair O’Dochartaigh is killed after a collision on the Cookstown Road in Dungannon.

CCTV footage of two people is also released by the PSNI in connection with the case.

The person, who died in the first quarter of 2021, was a man aged over 90 in the Northern Trust area.

Scientists expect the variant, first found in India, to be the dominant strain in NI by the end of June.

Another 188 people have tested positive for Covid-19 in the 24-hour period up to Wednesday morning.

Royal County Down got £1.5m despite having a very significant bank balance, say auditors.

More than 9,000 students will each receive £495 for disruption caused by the pandemic.

Since receiving the world's first Covid-19 vaccine, Ms Keenan has stayed in contact with the nurse who administered it.

The indicative date for an easing of restrictions would have seen live music return to venues

Families along the border tell stories of partition and how lives changed entirely overnight.

The weather forecast in Northern Ireland.

The graves at Milltown Cemetery chronicle the remarkable and sad stories of people caught in conflict.

The Lagan Valley MP is the only candidate to become the fifth leader in the party's history.

The group swam from Scotland to NI in just over eight hours, after abandoning a first attempt.

BBC News NI explains what is happening within the DUP and its wider implications for devolution.

It is thought to be the first time the native squirrel has bred in the Carnfunnock area for decades.

Artist Wolfgang Buttress, creator of Belfast landmark RISE, returns to NI with a new exhibition.

The families of three people killed in a car crash say the sentence handed down was not enough.

When NI was formed 100 years ago, everyday lives on both sides of the border were affected.

Outgoing DUP leader Edwin Poots reflects on his departure as party leader and the events that led to it.

On 22 June 1921, thousands lined the street to see King George V open the Northern Ireland Parliament.

Kathleen Thompson was shot dead in the garden of her Creggan home during an Army raid in November 1971.

The Public Health Agency is establishing a number of community mobile vaccination clinics across NI.

The site on the Dunluce Road will include 35 bedroom accommodation, a health spa and a golf lodge.

Thomas Friel, 21, was shot in Londonderry 48 years ago after returning from a night out.

An increase in the Covid-19 Delta variant could push Ireland backwards, says Stephen Donnelly.

Claire Cronin is a representative and majority leader in the state legislature of Massachusetts.

They are among the major losers from the deal as the EU reduces its fish quotas in UK waters.

Murdock will add seven merchant branches and a timber distribution centre to its business.

The Irish deputy PM says for some it will "always be the wrong time" to talk about Irish unification.

One arrest is made after a man in his 60s dies within minutes of the attack in Firhouse.

The scheme is set to come into effect from 19 July for travellers in the Republic of Ireland.

King George V's visit to Belfast in 1921 was seen by some as Northern Ireland's public birthday.

The columns were filled with reports of enthusiastic crowds amid a tense atmosphere.

Two veterans of the political landscape, Gerry Adams and Lord Empey, offer their views to BBC News NI.

After the partition, how did unionists left behind in the new Irish state adapt to the new regime?

A stone building on the Belfast City Hospital site was once a workhouse, housing thousands in the 1920s.