Party leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson said he was delighted with the new additions to his party.

A FORMER NI Conservatives chair who quit the party over "back-biting" and "personal attacks" has had his application to rejoin rejected.

'WINTER is coming', to borrow an ominous phrase from the once-ubiquitous Game of Thrones.

Extending the scheme to Northern Ireland has been complicated by the absence of a fully functioning Stormont Assembly.

Nadhim Zahawi was meeting the Utility Regulator and Stormont ministers to discuss extending the UK-wide scheme to the north.

THE BRITISH government is thwarting the north's potential to exploit trading difficulties in the Republic created by Brexit, according to Alliance's deputy leader.

A FORMER chair of Newry & Mourne Council has been remembered as a "healing force" who commanded respect throughout the community of south Armagh.

SUBMISSIONS have opened to Sinn Féin's new commission examining the future of Ireland.

THE BRITISH government has been urged to make plans for an emergency budget in the absence of a Stormont executive.

The joint call has been led by Geraldine McGahey, chief commissioner of the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland.

STORMONT ministers are continuing to make appointments to a range of quangos in the absence of a watchdog to oversee the recruitment process.

RESEARCH that concludes the protocol has contributed to the Northern Ireland having a "comparatively respectable" growth profile has been welcomed.

A FORMER British government press officer who previously campaigned on behalf of the Ulster Unionist Party is to publish a book making the case for a united Ireland.