Taoiseach Michéal Martin made the comments to EU leaders ahead of the publication of new legislation.

Patients may have come into contact with the infection at a Royal Victoria Hospital ward in 2019.

Connor Marron may have crossed a river before going on to railway tracks, an inquest hears.

Firefighters using breathing apparatus tackled the overnight blaze and stopped it spreading.

A US woman's family history quest leads to a connection with a "giant hotspot" in Northern Ireland.

One organiser calls for employers to recognise the depth of talent in the disabled community.

Lapwing, redshank, curlew and snipe have declined by 83% in Northern Ireland since 1987.

John Paul McDonagh, 18, died after sustaining a fatal leg wound in a street fight in April 2020.

The firms will be prosecuted for alleged health and safety offences, the PPS says.

A Translink worker suffers a significant ear injury after he and a passenger were assaulted on a bus.

The EU has provisionally agreed new mobile devices must, by autumn 2024, use the same type of charger.

Graeme McDowell defends his decision to sign up for the Saudi-financed LIV Golf Series that is threatening to blow apart elite men's golf.

Legislation to potentially override parts of protocol is not likely to be published on Wednesday.

A hidden camera has been installed close to a pair of curlew nests in the Antrim Hills.

Jackie Meehan, then aged 10, describes a viral video of his childhood dancing as "absolute madness".

The weather forecast in Northern Ireland.

A royal visit, street parties and plenty of sunshine as celebrations continue in Northern Ireland.

Sadie Jefferson started working in the pharmacy on Main Street aged 15, and still works there today.

The sport sees players with and without physical and learning disabilities play in the same team.

EasyJet has apologised after its flight from Faro to Belfast was cancelled at short notice.

BBC News NI tracks down Jackie Meehan, whose dance moves as a boy were captured in archive footage.

Leading scientist Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell inspires the next generation on a visit to NI.

A round-up of some of the events marking the Queen's Platinum Jubilee in Northern Ireland.

Three men, including two brothers, are charged with the 2018 murder of Karol Kelly in Londonderry.

Micheál Martin joined the president of the European Parliament to reveal the bust on Tuesday.

The woman, in her 70s, fell from the vehicle as she attempted to load her shopping, police say.

Max Boggs, who was from Eglinton, died following the two-vehicle collision in Cobden, Victoria.

The Sinn Féin councillor, who represents the Ballyarnett district, says she will be a "mayor for all".

A message during a gig in Londonderry suggested a camera would zoom in on women's chests.

Then called The Londonderry Journal and General Advertiser, it first rolled off the press in 1772.

The pedestrian was struck by a lorry in County Louth close to the border with Northern Ireland

Irish police thanked the public for their help after Michael O'Connell was reported missing on Friday.

The Republic of Ireland's Nations League campaign begins in deeply disappointing fashion as they fall to a surprise defeat by Armenia in Yerevan.

Two children were rescued from the vehicle after it entered the River Lee on Friday evening.

Long queues led to about 1,400 people missing their flights at the Irish airport last weekend.