Northern Ireland’s “rights industry” has derailed attempts to give girls the option of wearing trousers to school – by turning it into an unnecessary debate about transgenderism, a DUP MLA has said.

Guinness-maker Diageo has reported higher profits for its Northern Ireland operation, in a year where its excise duty bill ...

If you've ever dreamed of stepping into Westeros then you need a trip to Ireland and the Game of Thrones Studio Tour.

The highest temperatures of the day were 11.6C today at Helen’s Bay and the Giant's Causeway jointly (at about 2.30pm), followed by Killowen in Co Down at 10.9C (at 1.10pm). These are nowhere close to ...

Challenge Cup hopes ended, but Giants remain firmly in control of the league race ahead of Cardiff double-header in Belfast ...

A taxi driver in the Natalie McNally murder trial has told how he picked up a fare outside a Lurgan pub and dropped of in ...

Our list of activities of things to do in Belfast over the next week features a mixture of both fun and variety. We have compiled a selection of five things for you to do this coming week that should ...

Belfast Zoo has has put its last two remaining Barbary lionesses to sleep despite one of the pair having no physical ailments ...

Meanwhile in the Women's Super League, the final round of regular-season fixtures takes place with the battle for top spot and playoff seeding still undecided ...

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A man who was allegedly subjected to sexual and physical assaults at a Catholic-run school in west Belfast 50 years ago is to ...

Thheiba and Fidda were 22-years-old and were the remaining two females of a pride at the zoo, with one male lion named Qays remaining.