The justice minister was speaking after the health minister announced he has been given approval to award pay parity to healthcare workers.

The man was pronounced dead at the scene of the incident in the Grange Road area.

The scheme is the only one of its kind in Northern Ireland, with businesses receiving £300 to £800 per year.

Based on Louise Kennedy's novel, the Channel 4 drama looks at forbidden love in 1975 Holywood.

Displays of military uniforms, diaries and medals are among the ways Ahoghill and Richhill are marking Remembrance Day.

Nicola Hutton was sentenced to five months in prison after being convicted of a false communication offence.

A pay offer aimed at avoiding industrial action by healthcare workers has been made by the Department of Health.

Police say a group of young people have repeatedly targeted a business on the Donegall Road.

Jordan Webb, 28, was pronounced dead at the scene in Portavogie on Monday morning.

Ballymena Discount Day runs from 9:00 GMT - 21:00 on Thursday, with more than 80 businesses offering promotions.

The latest search for the teenager's remains is continuing at a bog in County Monaghan.

Wind turbine components will be assembled at Belfast Harbour for two offshore windfarms in the Irish Sea.

It was reported on Wednesday that graffiti had been sprayed onto external windows, door shutters and a fence.

It is also imposing sanctions on Kieran Gallagher, from Londonderry, who it believes is involved in terrorist activity.

For the 12 months to 31July 2025, there were 2,423 rape and sexual assault offences reported to the PSNI.

Ireland captain Caelan Doris is named in the starting XV for Saturday's autumn international against Japan in Dublin.

One bathing water in NI has been classed as "poor", with 24 achieving "excellent" status.

The Trust's own review found eight women whose smear tests were misread by screeners went on to develop cancer.

Rory McIlroy and wife Erica receive an apology from the boss of the PGA of America over the abuse they suffered at the Ryder Cup.

Causeway Academy is a new integrated school which is a merger of three existing north coast schools.

It follows reports of two suspected cases of bird flu in County Fermanagh and County Tyrone.

Northern Ireland captain and Birmingham City striker Simone Magill announces she is pregnant and will sit out the rest of the season.

The player says he acted in self-defence when Cardiff City fans confronted before the clubs faced each other in the fourth round of the Carabao Cup.

The panel said information was "poorly presented, unwieldy and needs to be significantly improved".

A man with a visual impairment speaks of his anger at the daily obstacles created by drivers parking on pavements.

The cost of a school dinner for primary and special school pupils will go up by 50p from £2.60 to £3.10.

Feargal Sharkey appears in the latest edition of the Borderland - UK or United Ireland? podcast which focuses on campaigning.

Your questions answered on the €350m (£308m) scheme first proposed in 2006.

The pilot scheme will begin on 28 November 2025 with late-night buses running on Friday and Saturday evenings.

It is legal for 16 and 17-year-olds in Northern Ireland to marry, unlike in England, Wales and the Republic of Ireland.

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Data shows there was a boom in gloom, with just 41% average sunshine recorded across the month.

Farah Black is one of more than 50,000 people in Northern Ireland who uses Motability scheme.

The star shares her memories of a month filming in Northern Ireland and her fondness for local food.

Columba McVeigh's sister praises the solidarity and strength of Families of the Disappeared at annual memorial at Stormont.

A County Armagh resident says people remain opposed to the decades-delayed north-south interconnector.

The play tells the classic tale of the Faust legend through the lens of a Northern Ireland MLA.

Matthew Milliken and his teammate Dizzy are packing the campervan for the Czech Republic to take part in a cross-country running event with a canine twist.

BBC News NI also speaks to businesses in other areas of the UK whose businesses were also listed without their permission.

Your questions answered on the €350m (£308m) scheme first proposed in 2006.

Richard Brown helped organise Ireland's first Chinese Traditional Cultural Exchange Festival, which is on in Belfast until Sunday.

New figures show more Irish citizens are being deported from the US, amid a crackdown by immigration officials.

Thousands from across the island and beyond came together in Belfast for Oireachtas na Samhna, Ireland's oldest Irish language gathering.

The site has been used for a controversial bonfire in Londonderry's Bogside in recent years.

The Foyle MP had been charged, along with others, with taking part in an illegal procession in Derry last year.

Patrick Flanagan, 69, died in hospital after being found injured in Dungiven in the early hours of Sunday morning.

The secretary of state said there are "no vexatious prosecutions" while answering questions about the decision to prosecute Soldier F.

Agriculture Minister Andrew Muir says disease control measures were introduced as a "precautionary measure"

The Kilrea Bridge has been closed since September after extensive cracking was discovered in a retaining wall.

Police appeal for information after an injured man is found in the Foreglen Road area of Dungiven, County Londonderry, on Sunday.

It is thought more than 100,000 people have taken part in Derry's Halloween festivities this year.

David Johnstone says he found it "incredulous that there is this level of point scoring" following the trial.

Successful applicants will take up roles across different Northern Ireland Executive departments.

Billed by organisers as the largest Halloween event in Europe, the four-day festival gets under way on Tuesday.

Police say they believe three incidents in Strabane, including the smashing of a police car windscreen, are linked.

A "significant" amount of blue-green algae scum is detected in the water and also on the beach.

The Kilrea Bridge has been closed since last month after extensive cracking was discovered in a retaining wall.

Police say the device, which was left at in a residential property, posed a serious risk to the local community.

The FA said Wrexham's James McClean was the target of "sectarian chanting" during a match in May.

Thirteen people were shot dead and at least 15 others injured on Bloody Sunday in January 1972 at a civil rights demonstration in the Bogside area of Derry.

Mr Justice Lynch said troops had "lost all sense of military discipline" but cast doubt on the level of evidence provided on who fired the shots.

Gardaí commenced an investigation into the alleged attempted arson of the property in Drogheda, County Louth.

Former Kilkenny hurler is jailed for five-and-a-half years for defrauding people by falsely claiming he had cancer.

Peter Augustine is accused of attacking and murdering John Mackey, 87, in Manor House on 6 May 2025.

Asylum seekers who are working may be charged up to €238 (£208) per week to cover the cost of their accommodation.

In 1985, the Kerry native founded the charity known today as Focus Ireland which supports the homeless across Ireland.

Monaghan icon and three-time All-Star Eugene 'Nudie' Hughes dies at the age of 67.

A man in his 20s has been arrested and is in police custody in Dublin.

Gardaí (Irish police) appeal for witnesses following four fatal crashes.

An Garda Síochána said "this was an extremely dangerous act endangering the lives of the residents".

The district attorney said it was a murder which "shocked the community and McNally's loved ones".

According to experts, the object was likely the debris of an Elon Musk SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.

Niall Long, 33, and Luke Taylor, 27, were both found guilty of Mr Quilligan's murder last week last week.

Ambrose McMullen, who was known as Ambie, from Cootehill, in County Cavan, is understood to have been killed at the Endeavor mine at Cobar.

Suspected cocaine worth more than €8m (£7m) is seized by detectives in the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau.

The man in his 40s was taken to Beaumont Hospital in Dublin in a critical condition in August.

President Higgins travelled to hospital in Dublin by arrangement on Sunday and started a course of antibiotics to treat an infection.

Seven children, along with 29 accompanying family members, arrived in Dublin on Saturday evening.

Fianna Fáil's candidate in the presidential election, Jim Gavin, withdrew several weeks ago.

Concerns have been raised about the unprecedented number of spoiled votes in the presidential poll.

Catherine Connolly, an independent who was backed by the major left-wing parties, pledges to be "an inclusive president for all".