One person is in a critical condition after being attacked in the seaside town on Christmas Eve.

A Newtownards church will hold its Christmas Day service outside after the council refused to open its community centre.

For some of Northern Ireland's dogs with jobs, a busy Christmas lies ahead.

Charles Dickens' novella has been reimagined by playwright Marie Jones in the setting of Victorian Belfast.

A Muslim, a Hindu and a Jew who live in Northern Ireland explain what Christmas means to them.

A new MA Interpreting course at Queen's University is preparing students for the increasing demand for interpreters.

County Down farmer Libby Clarke says Monday's announcement by the UK government is welcomed but more changes are needed.

Age Concern Causeway formed the choir to help people on the north coast living with dementia.

The society's aim was to screen films that were less likely to be found in mainstream cinemas.

BBC Sport NI takes a look at all six of the Boxing Day matches in the Irish Premiership.

Ken Goodall's haul of Irish international caps were taken from his home in Londonderry in 1987.

In the Republic of Ireland, thousands of family homes are affected by defective concrete blocks.

A 33-year-old comedian from Londonderry is preparing for his third Christmas substance-free.

People in Kilrea welcome the reopening of a bridge into the village but say they fear it will not last.

Two lamp-posts steeped in history outside the Ulster Hall on Bedford Street have now been refurbished.

Dundalk Chamber of Commerce said most cross border shopping is now for a day out rather than the expectation of making large savings.

Three Northern Irish singers are taking centre stage alongside West End stars at the Royal Variety Performance.

A council scheme is turning abandoned buildings into vibrant business hubs in Belfast.

It's a sure sign that Christmas is on the way when Fuse FM Mourne community radio station, hits the airwaves.

John Linehan has been playing the dame at Pantomimes in the Grand Opera House in Belfast for 34 years.

Following four fatal fires last weekend in Northern Ireland, experts share electrical safety advice.

Ireland's 'LeBron James' of Microsoft Excel has won the 2025 world championship in Las Vegas.

It is marking its 30th anniversary with a new production and a new cast of dancers - many of whom are from Northern Ireland.

Currently, the Arts Council of Northern Ireland does not fund audio dramas in the region.

The annual tractor run, involving almost 100 farmers, had tractors lit up and brought the farming community together.

Three people were killed in a gun and bomb attack at Donnelly's Bar in Silverbridge in December 1975.

Government proposals to tax inherited farmland have been watered down, with the planned threshold increasing from £1m to £2.5m.

Firefighters were called to a report of a fire on the roof of an NI Water treatment facility in Portrush.

The 18-year-old man has been charged with grievous bodily harm with intent.

The PSNI says since the beginning of its winter drink-drive campaign, 50% of drivers tested for drugs have come back positive.

The landmark Georgian era building that dominates the city's Diamond has lay empty for almost a decade.

The death of a man who fell from the Foyle Bridge in Londonderry was preventable, a coroner has ruled.

The line between Londonderry and Portadown is seen as key to improving cross border travel across the island of Ireland.

Nazareth House closed on 3 December after an inspection of the roof found that it was unsafe.

Two men are charged over a crush in County Tyrone in 2019 in which three teenagers lost their lives.

Andrzej Pajaczkowski is accused of the murder of Sophie Watson in August 2024.

Families of two women who died in hospital have questioned the use of "do-not-resuscitate orders".

The aim is to have the Nazareth House school community return to learning on their own site by half-term break in February 2026.

Jordan McKeever, 27, from Glenview Drive, Limavady, will serve two years in prison and two on supervised license.

The supermarket chain still has no decision on its plans to build a store at Crescent Link in Londonderry.

The four men deny playing roles in a dissident republican commemoration in Derry in 2023.

The supermarket chain unveiled plans for three new stores which will create more than 100 retail jobs.

Two government departments are now involved in the appeal of a ruling that blocked the project.

More than 200 pupils of Nazareth House primary school in Derry have been off school since last week.

Eamon Melaugh was heavily involved with the civil rights movement in Londonderry.

Donna Hughes-Brown has reunited with her family after five months in an immigration detention unit in Kentucky.

Padraig Casey has been found guilty of five counts relating to the seizure of cannabis and cocaine in June 2020.

Irish tricolour flags have been erected on street lights all over Dublin in recent months in what has been branded by some as an anti-immigration campaign.

The controversy surrounding the former tenant later led to Mr Gavin's withdrawal from the Irish presidential campaign.

The remains of Daniel Aruebose, who is believed to have gone missing when he was about three, were found on County Dublin.

Irish police are searching houses in counties Kildare and Offaly after two people died in an arson attack last week.

Police have described it as a "reckless, callous and murderous attack on a family home".

Micheál Martin tells the Irish Parliament that the incident was very concerning.

Agency said it found "graves of child or infant size" at an area on the western edge of the site.

The Irish police force says it is investigating the matter after reports of drones near Dublin around the time the Ukrainian president landed.

The biggest crisis in the Eurovision Song Contest's history raises major questions about its future.

Mary Holt, aged 60, and Tadhg Farrell, aged four, died in a house fire in County Offaly.

A Defence Forces spokesperson said the 127 Infantry Battalion came under fire while conducting a patrol.

There had been calls for Israel's exclusion over the war in Gaza, as well as unfair voting accusations.

The Irish Defence Forces says it had no comment on "any alleged incidents" during the visit.

The Boundary Commission plan to adjust the border and remove places from NI was ditched in a British-Irish deal

The six-month scheme, set to roll out in Dublin, Waterford and Kilkenny will see about 128 officers given the stunguns.