'New IRA' claims it used tracking devices to intercept cocaine worth £50,000 in north west

Talks between trade unions and Stormont health department end without deal

Third home targeted in sectarian attacks in north Belfast

Grenade may have come from batch of stolen military weapons

Councillor Padraig McShane loses legal battle over flags suspension

Dissident republicans were paid to carry out gangland-style murder of Jim Donegan

Allison Morris: This election might just focus the minds of the parties on making a deal

Fixtures task force calls for crackdown on county managers

From 16.5 stone to running marathons: How getting fit turned Emma's life around

Latest

DUP councillor posted Protestant areas cannot be 'dumping grounds for all sorts'

Denis Bradley: Unionism could do with an extended period of self-pity

People Before Profit accuses Sinn Féin of 'dirty tricks' over election posters

Rod Stewart and his band pay visit to Kilmainham Gaol

Lisa Barros D'Sa and Glenn Leyburn on directing Liam Neeson in Ordinary Love

Jim Gavin departure will make Dublin stronger fears Tyrone boss Mickey Harte

Brexit

Sinn Féin vice-president Michelle O'Neill: Westminster is source of Brexit problem, now we must find Irish solution

BREXIT is the core issue.

Topics

'Lame donkey' Brexit must be reconsidered, says Alliance leader Naomi Long

Brexit must be reconsidered after voters were promised a "unicorn" and are now being offered a "lame donkey", the Alliance Party leader has said.
Arlene Foster says Brexit deal breaches unionist consent principle

The principle of requiring unionist consent to constitutional change affecting Northern Ireland has been breached for the first time over Brexit, Arlene Foster has said.
Conor Murphy: Sinn Fein MPs will not take seats in Westminster even if they could stop Brexit

On whether Sinn Fein could be in a position to block Brexit if the party took its seats, he added: "Well we have no interest in defining the political future for the people of Britain."
Sir Jeffrey Donaldson: Boris Johnson's Brexit deal would be 'disadvantageous' to NI economy

Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has said Boris Johnson's Brexit deal would "destabilise Northern Ireland's relationship with the rest of the UK"

News

Talks between trade unions and Stormont health department end without deal

Talks between trade unions and the Department of Health ended without agreement today.

Topics

Dara Murphy resigns as TD to take up European Commission role

Fine Gael TD Dara Murphy has resigned from his seat in the Dáil.
Nancy Pelosi authorises drafting of impeachment documents against Donald Trump

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has announced that the House of Representatives is moving forward to draft articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump.
Man who 'threw a phone at his 93-year-old grandmother' refused bail

A MAN allegedly threw a phone at his 93-year-old grandmother, the High Court heard today.
Man armed with suspected firearm robs west Belfast shop

A MAN armed with a suspected firearm has robbed a shop in west Belfast.

Business

STATSports awarded accreditation for data security processes

NEWRY-based STATSports has confirmed it has been awarded the highest level of certification available for its data security processes.

Topics

Graham secures additional council water hygiene contracts

CO DOWN construction group Graham has secured two water hygiene contracts with Derry City and Strabane District Council and Ards and North Down Borough Council.
Fashion chain Quiz sinks to a loss

BOSSES at fashion chain Quiz have blamed economic uncertainty and shoppers spending less on the high street as it sunk into the red.
Creagh Concrete eyes 1,000-strong workforce after £1m new office investment

CONSTRUCTION supply firm Creagh Concrete has cast its eyes on a period of rapid growth, with its directors predicting that sales will rise to £200 million and staff numbers to 1,000 in the next two years.
Lidl to offer cut price produce to reduce food waste

SUPERMARKET chain Lidl is to roll out a new waste initiative across its 39 stores in the north.

Sport

Tyrone SFC final live stream was subject to 'cyber attack'

TYRONE'S ill-fated live streaming of the county’s Senior Football Championship final was sabotaged by cyber attackers, it has emerged.

Topics

Ring warrior Marc McCullough retires from boxing on health grounds

MARC McCullough looked to back with a bang after flooring Declan Geraghy at the Ulster Hall in May but, seven months on, the Belfast man has announced his retirement from boxing on health grounds.
Clubcall - for all the latest news from clubs across Ulster

Clubcall - for all the latest news from clubs across Ulster
Fixtures task force calls for crackdown on county managers

THE GAA's Fixtures Task Force has called on the association to crack down on inter-county managers riding roughshod over club fixtures – despite putting forward two proposals to increase the number of inter-county games.
"Time wasn't right" to abolish provincial championships

THE GAA's Fixtures Task Force did not put forward a proposal that involved abolishing the provincial championships because “the time was not right to do it”.

Opinion

Newton Emerson: Our politicians need to wake up to the implications of divergence on EU free market rules

There was some surprise in 2015 when Translink awarded the contract for Belfast’s Glider vehicles to a Belgian company, Van Hool, rather than Ballymena coachbuilder Wrightbus.

Topics

Allison Morris: This election might just focus the minds of the parties on making a deal

It has taken almost three years without devolution for the consequences of no government to become visible in real terms.
Dissident grenade attackers must be apprehended

The grenade attack in west Belfast early yesterday is a sharp reminder that there are groups in our society determined to make any difficult situation much worse.
Sinn Féin has helped create a secular state with a secular attitude

Having lost the war against the English, Irish republicanism found itself that most pathetic of things, “a rebel without a cause”.
Jim Gibney: Everyone wants to talk about Brexit - apart from the DUP

THERE is an episode in the now classic Fawlty Towers where a manic John Cleese, in full tilt, creates chaos in the restaurant of his hotel, for the staff and for other guests in the absurd, hilarious and desperate lengths he goes to to protect a German couple from hearing any mention of the Second World War from staff and other guests.

Magazine

Dog stranded at sea rescued by Coast Guard

The dog was swimming off the coast of Florida when it was found and rescued.

Topics

Kevin Hart ‘feeling good' after car crash left him badly injured

The actor has made his first trip to the UK since the accident in September.
Trafalgar Square Christmas tree lit after ‘sparse' spruce jibes

The tree, which had been labelled ‘anaemic' on social media, was lit in a ceremony in central London.
Labour accuses BBC of ‘biased' election coverage in letter to director general

The letter claimed Labour's leadership faced ‘harsher scrutiny' by the BBC compared to the Conservatives.
Dwayne ‘The Rock' Johnson pretty in pink for Jumanji premiere in London

He was joined on the red carpet by co-stars including Kevin Hart, Karen Gillan and Jack Black.

Life

20 Questions: World champion clay pigeon shooter Franko Duffy on how he hits his health targets

1 Up and at it – what is your morning routine? I recently joined the '5am club' – I get up, put the kettle on for a black coffee and maybe boil a few eggs which I will eat later.

Topics

Choosing between food, heat or toys this Christmas

"For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.
Finding faith in the Borderlands

"We felt there was a growing space in society of people on the borders of faith," says Jonny Clark, talking about Borderlands, a monthly event carving out space to explore themes of music, art, faith and peacemaking
Ask the GP: My daughter's yellow fingers and elbows worry me

Q: SOMETIMES my daughter’s fingers, elbows and the backs of her knees are yellow.
The GP's view: We should all be eating more eggs

EVERYONE should eat more eggs.

Arts

Scannán atá ina chuireadh dúinn sult a bhaint as na rudaí coitianta sa tsaol

Liam Neeson and Lesley Manville star in a new film about how illness can transform ordinary love into something heroic. Manville is superb in portraying the physical effects of breast cancer while emotionallly she struggles with her own mortality - and a cantankerous husband, himself strugglng to find the middle ground between empathy and tough love.