The Home Office had concerns after racist attacks on the Roma community in Belfast in 2009.

The Omicron variant will hit NI "like a tonne of bricks", warns Deputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill.

DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson says he was not made aware of Lord Frost's resignation in advance.

The festive centrepiece is becoming a year-round fixture in some parts of counties Down and Armagh.

Footage captured for a special BBC Newsline broadcast charts the rhythm of life from dawn to dusk.

The additional funding comes after £75m was announced for Northern Ireland on Wednesday.

The 30-year-old's body was discovered in a house in Harcourt Drive on Saturday morning.

The foreign secretary will become the UK's lead negotiator with the EU over the Northern Ireland Protocol.

The man, who was in his 30s, was known to police and was targeted at his family home in Rodney Drive.

The car earlier collided with a traffic light in the Bloomfield Road South area in Bangor, police said.

The attack took place in the Bridge Street area of the town at about 01:40 GMT on Saturday.

Kilcoo are through to the Ulster Club Football Final as they overcome Glen 1-11 to 0-11 after extra-time in the semi-final at the Athletic Grounds.

St Joseph’s College, Coalisland, had not used all of its heating budget due to the Covid lockdown.

The total number of deaths with coronavirus recorded by the Department of Health is now 2,952.

With just hours to go until the spending scheme ends, some people have yet to receive the £100 card.

The new guidance applies to all, including the fully vaccinated, and takes effect immediately.

The Department for Economy says they will look at options for remedy after the scheme closes.

It would not be fair to use students as substitute teachers, says Education Minister Michelle McIlveen.

The agency's Covid deaths total, based on mentions of the virus on death certificates, is 3,937.

There are now 210 cases, but sources advise that the real number could be up to 10 times higher.

The centre will offer walk-in slots and appointments for boosters, as well as first and second doses.

Pupils at Riverdale Primary School are not letting Covid-19 get in the way of their Christmas play.

Theatre bosses in Northern Ireland have had to get creative due to Covid-19 restrictions.

The plan includes the restoration of a listed former Bank of Ireland building on Royal Avenue.

The weather forecast in Northern Ireland.

People from Britain or Ireland may have reached the remote Faroe Islands before the Vikings.

In December 1921 debates began in London and Dublin about whether to ratify the Anglo-Irish Treaty.

Tyrone captain Padraig Hampsey speaks to BBC Sport Northern Ireland after a charity game against Armagh at the Athletic Grounds on Friday.

Northern Ireland's hospitality sector is in freefall according to an industry body.

The £1bn city deal will help make the Belfast region a "truly global investment destination", Belfast Lord Mayor Kate Nicholl has said.

Queues formed at a number of vaccination centres and pop-up clinics across Northern Ireland.

The 82-year-old man was involved in the collision involving two cars and a tractor on Tuesday.

Ex-Presbyterian minister Matthew Simpson admitted charges relating to indecent images of children.

The centre, which was first set up in 1972, helps provide a range of community activities in Derry.

It comes after staff voted to accept an improved pay offer, trade union Unite says.

Ireland's chief medical officer says it took less than two weeks for Omicron to become dominant.

The Republic of Ireland's lottery jackpot was last won at the beginning of June, a record streak.

Irish ministers agree hospitality venues, cinemas and theatres should close at 20:00 from Monday.

The Irish government settles legal challenges from eight former residents of mother and baby homes.

John Twiss was convicted of the killing of caretaker James Donovan using "flimsy" evidence.

Smugglers were trying to get the drugs from Anglesey to Dublin in the back of a haulage lorry.