Freya McClements

Freya McClements

Freya McClements is Northern Correspondent with The Irish Times

The relatives urge Micheál Martin and Boris Johnson to “immediately turn your attention to this matter and fulfil the commitment ... that the Stormont House Agreement be implemented in full without further prevarication or delay.” Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA Wire
Victims’ families call for process on dealing with North’s past to be implemented

3,500 relatives have signed an open letter to Taoiseach and UK prime minister

The first of the so-called grace periods – which limits the amount of bureaucracy applied some goods travelling from Britain to Northern Ireland, such as those going to supermarkets – is due to end on March 31st. Photograph: PA
North faces ‘abyss’ when Brexit grace period ends – hauliers

Current circumstances ‘unsustainable’, Stormont committee hears

MLAs on the Stormont education committee wre addressed by teaching unions at Parliament Buildings. File photograph: Peter Morrison/PA Wire
British military to be brought in to NI hospitals to aid Covid-19 efforts

Northern Ireland reports 22 more deaths and 905 new Covid-19 cases

Mary Ann McCracken – a philanthropist and social reformer who had a lifelong involvement with the Belfast Charitable Society.
Foundation honours anti-slavery campaigner Mary Ann McCracken

Foundation aims to shed new light on Belfast’s association with the slave trade

Around 48 per cent of over-80s have so far been vaccinated, Patricia Donnelly, the head of the Covid-19 vaccination programme in the North said. Photograph: Damien Meyer/AFP via Getty
Covid-19: More than 154,000 vaccine doses administered in North to date

A further 24 deaths, 713 new cases reported in North with hospitals at 97% occupancy

The grace period for supermarkets in Northern Ireland ends on March 31st. Photograph: Charles McQuillan/Getty Images
‘Numerous’ supermarket products unavailable at end of North’s grace period

Warning to North’s Assembly comes from DUP Minister for Agriculture Edwin Poots

Ambulances outside the emergency department entrance of Craigavon area hospital in Co Armagh. Photograph: Liam McBurney/PA Wire
Coronavirus: Northern Ireland reports 19 more deaths, 640 cases

Total of 823 people receiving treatment in North’s hospitals with 65 in intensive care

Louise Lennox and her four-month-old daughter Lottie-Bow Hayden: Ms Lennox is a breast milk donor for premature babies. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw
Covid putting strain on supply of ‘lifesaver’ donor milk

Rise in demand for donor milk has put Ireland’s only human milk bank under pressure

New arrangements for bringing pets and assistance dogs to Northern Ireland from Great Britain are in effect following the end of the Brexit transition period on January 1st.
North’s chief vet gives assurance on assistance dogs post-Brexit

New rules covering travel of pets across the Irish Sea border came into effect last week

A truck driver checks in with security at the Port of Larne. Photograph: Mark Marlow/Bloomberg
Fuller enforcement of post-Brexit rules on NI imports set to begin

Stormont committee hears officials have so far operated light-touch approach

The Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine in a syringe before being administered to a patient at Falls Surgery, Belfast. Photograph: Liam McBurney/PA Wire
Covid-19 vaccine phishing scam circulating in North

Text message tells recipients they are ‘eligible’ for jab and seeks bank details

Prof Ian Young: Covid is always going to be with us. File photograph: Kelvin Boyes/Press Eye/PA Wire
Covid-19: Numbers in North hospitals ‘will rise until mid-January at least’

Chief scientific adviser hopes impact of restrictions will be seen from end of week

Diane Dodds: “Significant cause for concern from both businesses and consumers.” Photograph: Jonathan Porter/PressEye
Dodds seeks urgent action to safeguard suspended deliveries from Britain to North

Some retailers suspended parcel deliveries to North and some firms halted sales due to concerns over paperwork and checks

Arlene Foster said on Monday that the advice was that “we will need to take action and that we’ll need to take action very quickly.” Photograph: DUP/PA Wire
Covid-19: Schools in North move to remote learning for an ‘extended period’

North faces ‘very dire situation’ warns Foster

The aftermath of the Omagh bombing in August 1998. Photograph: Frank Miller
Michael McKevitt ‘escaped justice’ for Omagh bombing – victim’s father

Former Real IRA leader was one of four men found liable for 1998 atrocity in civil case

On Saturday, the department said there had been 3,576 positive tests in the previous 48 hour period, as well as an additional 25 deaths. Photograph: Liam McBurney/PA Wire
Coronavirus: Northern Ireland reports 1,662 new cases and six further deaths

Almost 12,000 cases of Covid-19 have been identified in the North in the past seven days

The Police Service of Northern Ireland also issued 34 prohibition notices in respect of house parties. File photograph: Getty
New Year’s Eve house parties in North attract multiple fines

More than 120 revellers penalised £200 each for breaking coronavirus rules on the night

The first lorry disembarks on New Year’s Day from the first Cairnryan to Belfast Stenna Line ferry to dock after the end of the Brexit transition period. Photograph: Alan Lewis/Photopress
Brexit aftermath: ‘Teething problems’ in NI on first trading day

First ferry to arrive in Northern Ireland from Scottish port of Cairnryan docks in Belfast

A total of 492 people were seriously injured on the North’s roads in the year until October 31st, a fall compared to 2019 when 652 were seriously injured. File photograph: Getty
No fall in North’s road fatalities despite less traffic due to pandemic

Total of 56 people died on Northern Ireland’s roads in 2020, according to PSNI figures

Near empty streets and a ‘stay safe’ sign are seen on Arthur Street in Belfast on Monday. Photograph: PA
North reports 14 deaths and record 1,566 new Covid-19 cases

More than 50 deaths were recorded between December 23rd and December 28th

The DUP’s eight MPs have said they will vote against the deal when it is debated in the House of Commons on Wednesday. File photograph: Justin Tallis / AFP via Getty Images
North’s Assembly to be recalled to debate post-Brexit trade deal

Move follows meeting of ministers to discuss the agreement between EU and UK

An infection control nurse looks out from a Covid-19 recovery ward at Craigavon Area Hospital in Co Armagh, Northern Ireland. File photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire
Covid-19: 20 people with coronavirus die in the North in 48 hours

Minister for Health Robin Swann warns New Year’s Eve parties could ‘cost lives’

Taoiseach Micheal Martin on television in a city centre pub during an address to the nation about imminent increased restrictions. Photograph: Gareth Chaney/Collins
Varadkar warns Covid restrictions could last until March as State prepares to enter third lockdown

Stricter measures being imposed from Christmas Eve in response to soaring cases

Almost 200 people are awaiting admission, said the Department of Health.
Coronavirus: Sixteen fatalities in North and 439 infections

Swann questions Dublin’s decision to fly people home from UK with Stormont split on travel ban

A sign at George Best Belfast City Airport advising that only those travelling are permitted to enter the terminal. Photograph: Liam McBurney/PA Wire
NI Executive advises against travel to Republic and Great Britain

People arriving in Northern Ireland will also be advised to self-isolate for 10 days

People take part in a Black Lives Matter protest in Custom House Square, Belfast. File photograph: Rebecca Black/PA Wire
PSNI handling of Black Lives Matter protests criticised by ombudsman

Claims that policing of demonstrations was discriminatory were justified, report finds

Northern Ireland’s Minister of Health Robin Swann said nobody should be travelling from England to Northern Ireland. Photograph: Liam McBurney/PA Wire
Northern executive holds emergency meeting on travel from Britain

Robin Swann obtains advice around the legalities of imposing travel restrictions

Hand sanitiser in the reception area at the White Horse Hotel on the outskirts of Derry on November 5th. Photograph: Paul Faith/Bloomberg
New coronavirus strain probably already in Ireland, says Foster

Stormont agrees to tighten Christmas restrictions as another seven deaths reported

Northern Ireland: Flights between the Republic of Ireland and Great Britain have been banned for at least 48 hours from midnight on Sunday because of concern over the new strain of Covid. Photograph: Pacemaker Press
Covid-19 deaths in North increase by 30 over weekend

‘Absolutely astonishing’ if new coronavirus strain not already present in NI, expert says

The Deputy First Minister, Michelle O’Neill, said they would keep the situation ‘under very close review’. Photograph: Liam McBurney/PA Wire
North’s Executive to meet on Sunday night to discuss ‘aggressive new strain’

People in the North urged to limit any Christmas gatherings to December 25th

Poet and Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney’s portrait by Tai Shan Schierenberg that is being used by the Northern Ireland Office to commemorate Northern Ireland’s centenary.
‘My passport’s green’: why was Seamus Heaney used in Northern Ireland branding?

Use of poet in campaign for 100th anniversary of Northern Ireland causes controversy

Ambulances at the entrance to the emergency department with a number of the vehicle with patients awaiting to be admitted, at Antrim Area Hospital, Co Antrim on Tuesday. Photograph: Liam McBurney/PA
Covid-19: Queues of ambulances at Antrim hospital as North’s health service comes under pressure

Coronavirus claims 14 more lives across island

Twelve additional coronavirus-related deaths were reported in Northern Ireland on Friday. File photograph: PA
Further Covid-19 restraints loom in NI, warns Minister for Health

Severity ‘will depend on people’s actions over next two to three weeks’, says Robin Swann

Mr Coveney was speaking at online event, Reflections on the Centenary of the Government of Ireland Act, held by Queen’s University, Belfast. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA
Northern Ireland centenaries can strengthen Belfast Agreement – Coveney

Minister for Foreign Affairs called for respect for ‘diversity of memories and perspectives’

A man walks through Belfast city centre as the two-week circuit-break lockdown began last month. The added restrictions are due to be lifted at midnight. Photograph: Peter Morrison/PA Wire
Covid-19: North’s health minister denounces ‘unfounded’ anti-vaccine claims

Another 14 deaths in Northern Ireland as ‘circuit breaker’ is lifted

Friends and colleagues Melisha Squire and Lesley Blues in the centre of Edinburgh stop for a chilly lunch break in the centre of Edinburgh. Photograph: Freya McClements
Covid-19: Relief in Scotland as vaccinations get under way

Good communication one of Scotland’s greatest strengths in dealing with pandemic

A crowd listens to former Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams speak during the funeral of Bobby Storey in Belfast in June. Photograph: Liam McBurney/PA Wire
Bobby Storey funeral: PSNI feared violence if they tried to disperse crowds

Simon Byrne defended handling of funeral amid alleged Covid-19 regulation breaches

Alistair Roberts, vice chair of the Clyde Fishermen’s Association. Photograph : Jeff Holmes
Scots braced for no deal: ‘We need parity with Northern Ireland’

Fishermen in Clyde port of Greenock face going out of business if Brexit talks fail

‘People who don’t know us ... think we are a sectarian organisation and we hate everybody, we hate Catholics.’ Photograph: Sion Touhig/Getty
Scottish and Orange: ‘In Scotland there’s a hatred of anything unionist’

Orange Order grand master Jim McHarg says he believes Scotland will remain in UK

The North’s First Minister has written to the Taoiseach requesting a “fresh examination” into allegations of collusion between the Irish state and the IRA. File Photograph: Julien Behal Photography
Taoiseach says he will meet Arlene Foster over IRA collusions claims

NI’s first minister says ‘many unanswered questions’ in role of State assisting IRA during Troubles

Robin Swann on Sunday said there were ‘a number of crucial days left’ of the current lockdown measures and people needed to stay at home and minimise their contacts in order to ‘fully maximise the benefit from these’. Photograph: David Young/PA Wire
North’s restrictions may tighten if number of virus cases rises, warns Swann

Another 11 people have died due to Covid-19 in the North with 419 new cases reported

A man carrying a Christmas tree walks past a mural depicting a Saltire design in Leith, Edinburgh on St Andrew’s Day. Support for independence has increased to 54 or 55 per cent. Photograph: Jane Barlow/PA
Scotland: Under the twin shadows of Covid and Brexit

Johnson’s bungling bolsters Sturgeon and the Scottish desire for independence

Val McDermid: ‘Scotland has become a modern, outward-looking nation at a time when England seems to have developed a frightening strand of the little-Englander world view.’ Photograph: Awakening/Getty
Val McDermid: ‘There will be a united Ireland within five years’

The novelist says Brexit will catalyse Scottish independence and have a domino effect

The Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine will initially be used to inoculate the teams of more than 800 vaccinators followed by priority groups, beginning with frontline health and social care workers. File Photograph: Hans Pennink/AP Photo
First 25,000 doses of new coronavirus vaccine arrive in Northern Ireland

Inoculation programme set to begin next week with vaccinators to get jab first

Katherine Finucane, her brother John and mother Geraldine at the office of Finucane Toner in Belfast. Photograph: Liam McBurney/PA Wire
Pat Finucane’s murder goes right to the dark heart of the Troubles

Without a public inquiry, secrecy shrouds key questions about rule of law and collusion

Geraldine Finucane, the widow of murdered solicitor Pat Finucane says the decision is ‘yet another insult added to a deep and lasting injury’. Photograph: Liam McBurney/PA Wire
Pat Finucane murder: British government decides not to establish public inquiry

‘The questions that demand answers around Pat’s murder are not going away,’ widow says

Pedestrians in Belfast which along with the rest of Northern Ireland re-entered a ‘circuit-breaker’ lockdown on Friday. Photograph: Paul Faith/AFP via Getty Images
Coronavirus: Northern Ireland reports 10 further deaths

Minister announces new contact tracing measures after 290 more cases recorded

Brian Stanley apologised “for the content of an inappropriate and insensitive tweet”. Photograph: Gareth Chaney/Collins
Taoiseach ‘shocked and dismayed’ at Sinn Féin TD’s tweet on IRA attacks

Party urged to take action over Brian Stanley’s ‘glorification’ of Narrow Water massacre

Arlene Foster said while Ministers did not want to introduce further restrictions ‘it was necessary, unfortunately, to protect our health service’. File photograph: Kelvin Boyes/Press Eye/PA Wire
Foster defends NI’s lockdown measures as business owners express frustration

Archbishop of Armagh seeks urgent clarification on whether churches may open for individual visits and private prayer

A mural supporting the NHS near the Ulster Hospital in Dundonald, Belfast. File photograph: Niall Carson/PA
Coronavirus claims 10 more lives in North as another 511 cases reported

Northern Ireland has extended restrictions by a week after bitter row

EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier in London on Friday for negotiations on the future relationship between the EU and the UK. Photograph: Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP via Getty Images
Brexit: Trade fears mount as breakthrough in EU-UK talks proves elusive

Talks overshadowed by turmoil in Downing Street as aides to Boris Johnson resign

Foundation chair Prof Seán Farren, with Tim Attwood, secretary to the foundation, and board member Dawn Purvis, at The John and Pat Hume Foundation launch at Niavac studio in Belfast. Photograph: Kevin Cooper/Photoline
Hume foundation to recognise work of ‘quiet peacemakers’

Former SDLP leader’s son announces plans for John and Pat Hume peace prize

Dr Tom Black, pictured in Derry, said the decision by politicians to relax restrictions gave a message to health workers: ‘we are abandoning you’. File photograph: Trevor McBride
North’s Health Minister warns lifting Covid-19 restrictions is a ‘gamble’

Eleven more deaths and another 607 positive coronavirus cases reported in Northern Ireland on Friday

Goods entering Northern Ireland from the rest of the UK, and the rest of the world, will need to meet EU rules on food safety. Photograph: iStock
Brexit: UK proposes grace period for goods moving between Britain and NI

British government accepts consignments would still be subject to checks and controls

The DUP this week used a veto to oppose a proposal to extend lockdown restrictions
Covid-19: DUP veto of two-week extension to restrictions ‘was political perversion’

Alliance Party leader says past week most disappointing in North politics for 20 years

A woman walks past the Brown Thomas Christmas window on Dublin’s Grafton street this week. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA
Covid-19: Irish abroad should abandon plans to come home for Christmas, Holohan says

Medical officer rules out festive international travel even on compassionate grounds

John Hume and his wife, Pat, at home in 1999. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien
John and Pat Hume Foundation to be launched on Friday

‘Hugely important’ that charity is named after both his parents, says John Hume jnr

‘There is now a decision and what we need to do is tell the public what that decision is and ask the public again to try to work with us.’ Photograph: Jonathan Porter/PressEye
‘Unedifying’ week in Stormont as parties row over lockdown extension

Agreement eventually reached, but not before a deluge of acrimony and rancour

Hand sanitiser in the reception area at the White Horse Hotel on the outskirts of Derry on November 5th. Photograph: Paul Faith/Bloomberg
Northern Executive agrees to extend Covid-19 restrictions for a week

Curbs to be unwound despite warnings that hospitals could be overwhelmed by virus patients

Four Covid-19 prohibition notices were also issued, and two people received fixed penalty notices for obstructing police.
Police find 19 people hiding in bedroom and two in attic at Belfast house party

PSNI issue 40 fines over Covid-19 breaches after the event

Socially distance markings on a shop wall in Derry on November 5th. Photograph: Paul Faith/Bloomberg
NI lockdown: Stormont parties unable to agree on extending restrictions

Business leaders seek clarity, saying politicians putting them in ‘impossible position’

Rosslare Harbour. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien
Brexit: Fears for flow of goods to and from State from January 1st

Potential capacity problems on ferries bypassing ‘land bridge’ flagged by hauliers

Northern Ireland First Minister Arlene Foster and Taoiseach Micheál Martin during the Remembrance Sunday service at the Cenotaph in Enniskillen. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA Wire
Enniskillen bombing relatives call for prosecution of perpetrators

Call on 33rd anniversary of bombing to bring killers to justice

Then US vice-president Joe Biden with President Michael D Higgins at Áras an Uachtaráin during a visit in June 2016. Photograph: Colin Keegan/Collins Dublin
Biden is ‘steadfast’ in his support of Belfast Agreement, says Taoiseach

President Higgins looks forward to the two countries working together to rebuild much-needed trust

A further 595 people tested positive for the virus in the last 24 hours. File photograph: Alan Betson
Covid-19: Northern Ireland records 8 more deaths and 595 new cases

North confirms 4,160 coronavirus cases in the last 7 days

Caterpillar says the majority of the proposed redundancies are in production, support and management roles at its plant in Larne, Co Antrim, and are expected to be complete within 12 to 18 months. Photograph: Getty Images
Caterpillar planning 700 job cuts in the North

The construction and mining equipment firm employs 1,600 in the North, and makes generators at its factory in Larne

A further 493 new cases of coronavirus were confirmed in Northern Ireland on Monday.
Covid-19 cases ‘stubbornly’ high in Dublin as hopes of early easing of restrictions fade

Two more deaths and 767 further infections confirmed in the State

Failure to quickly repay Covid-19 grants paid in error led to the resignation of Sinn Féin senator Elisha McCallion. Photograph: Liam McBurney/PA
Erroneous payments in North will be recouped, Diane Dodds says

Minister vows to put in place recovery process for ineligible Covid-19 business grants

Deputy First Minister Michelle O’Neill and First Minister Arlene Foster. Photograph: Justin Kernoghan/Photopress
Coronavirus: NI spread slows but O’Neill sounds note of caution

Deputy First Minister refuses to rule out further restrictions despite Foster optimism

Martha Campbell, front row, first from left, with her parents and siblings in a rare family photograph the Christmas before she was killed. Her brother Tony is behind her right shoulder. Photograph courtesy Campbell family
New evidence emerges in shooting dead of teenager in Belfast in 1972

Logs put British Army unit in area and firing shots at time Martha Campbell (13) was killed

Elisha McCallion said she fully accepts ‘that as a named signature on the account that I should have taken extra steps to verify this situation, before it was brought to my attention on Tuesday’. File photograph: Liam McBurney/PA Wire
Sinn Féin senator and two party officials resign following Covid-19 grants controversy

£30,000 of grants were erroneously paid to three Sinn Féin offices in the North

Eight more people with coronavirus have died in Northern Ireland in the last 24 hours. File photograph: Alan Betson
Coronavirus: Eight more deaths and 822 cases reported in Northern Ireland

361 people receiving treatment in hospital with 44 in intensive care

Stakeknife has previously been named as 73-year-old west Belfast man Freddie Scappaticci (centre in a file image from 1987) who denies he was Stakeknife, or a British spy. Photograph: Pacemaker
Stakeknife investigation: PPS decides not to charge four people

These are the first decisions issued by the PPS in regard to the inquiry into Stakeknife

Gimee Etwarysing with her baby, Leah, in her sister’s home in Letterkenny, Co Donegal. Photograph: Joe Dunne
Woman stranded in Ireland due to pandemic has ‘miracle baby’

Gimee Etwarysing and baby Leah were ‘the talk of the maternity ward’ in Letterkenny

Senior Government sources confirmed that beds in hospitals in the Republic may be needed to facilitate any further increase in coronavirus cases in the North. File photograph: Getty
Covid-19: Critical cases from NI could put pressure on services in Republic

Non-coronavirus care in hospitals could fall by wayside if beds are needed for NI patients

The Northern Ireland Affairs Committee has described the proposals as ‘unilateral and unhelpful’. Above, Boris Johnson. Photograph: Henry Nicholls/PA Wire
Troubles legacy: London’s break from deal ‘deeply concerning’

New proposals condemned by NI victims’ groups, Irish Government and MPs

Northern Ireland First Minister Arlene Foster says the taxi, private bus and coach sectors have faced a “significant reduction in demand”. Photograph: Kelvin Boyes/Press Eye
Covid-19: North hit by 896 more cases and eight deaths

Amid extra curbs such as extended half-term school holiday, aid for transport sector urged

Gardaí at the border crossing between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, as they conduct checks asking people the reason for their journey. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA Wire
Covid-19: 777 additional cases and seven more deaths reported in the State

319 coronavirus patients are now in hospital as Tony Holohan urges public to ‘dig deep’

A police officer talking to an anti-lockdown protester on the Stormont estate in Belfast at the weekend. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA
PSNI issues almost 1,500 fines for breaches of Covid-19 rules

‘Unrealistic’ for police to enforce restrictions alone as more than 450 officers self-isolate

Anna Burns: “To go from being a wee girl haggling over library cards with my siblings, my friends, neighbours, my parents and my aunt, to be standing here today receiving this award is phenomenal for me.” Photograph: Eleni Stefanou
International Dublin Literary Award: Anna Burns becomes first Irish woman to win €100,000 prize

Troubles novel has already won Man Booker and Christopher Ewart-Biggs Literary Prizes

Last week the North’s Minister for Infrastructure, Nichola Mallon, recommended planning approval for a new GAA stadium at Casement Park in west Belfast. Photograph: Liam McBurney/PA Wire
£700m ‘wasted by delays and overruns’ in 11 key northern infrastructure projects

Northern Assembly’s public accounts committee shocked by findings of report

Hayley Donan with her son Tiernan and daughter Maebh in the garden where they grow their own veg. Photograph: Martin McKeown
North’s Acorn Farm project aims to create a more sustainable food system

Backyard veg patch became a pilot for the project that will recruit 100 families to grow their own food

Dr Tom Black: “The town knows what happened, and the town knows what they did. They were just over-confident, and let their guard down.” Photograph: Trevor McBride
Derry and Strabane top a league table that nobody wants to win

‘Complacency set in, people thought they had the Covid pandemic beaten, and they socialised’

Taoiseach Micheál Martin, Tánaiste Leo Varadkar and Green Party leader Eamon Ryan will meet around lunchtime today to discuss the implications of the public health advice. File photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill
Leaders to discuss move to Level 5 amid fears lockdown could last more than six weeks

Ministers divided over how to respond to latest Nphet recommendation on Covid-19

Four of the victims received hospital treatment for puncture injuries, which were not life-threatening, the PSNI said.
Man charged in connection with attacks on six women in Belfast

Two women were punched and four were stabbed by city centre cyclist

The restrictions were brought to the Assembly by the First Minister, the DUP leader Arlene Foster. Photograph: Kelvin Boyes/Press Eye/ PA Wire
North records highest daily total of Covid-19 cases

Two more coronavirus-related deaths reported as new restrictions are introduced

‘Right now, we need everyone to cut their social contacts to an absolute minimum,’ chief medical officer Dr Tony Holohan said on Friday. Photograph: Colin Keegan/Collins Dublin
Coronavirus: 1,000 more cases and three further deaths reported in State

Record high of almost 1,300 Covid-19 cases recorded in Northern Ireland on Friday

The women who had been stabbed received treatment in hospital for puncture injuries, which were not life-threatening, the PSNI said..
Man arrested in connection with attacks on six women in Belfast

Four women were stabbed and two were physically assaulted by man on bicycle

Pat Blake of Blakes of the Hollow, Enniskillen is preparing to close his pub once again. Picture: Ronan McGrade
Pub in Enniskillen calls time again after three weeks back in business

North’s Ministers announce new Covid-19 restrictions to begin at 6pm on Friday

The man stopped an off-duty officer and presented a homemade PSNI ID card. File photograph: Paul Mcerlane/EPA
Man arrested on suspicion of impersonating police officer

PSNI detain man (26) in Craigavon after off-duty officer pulled over

Fiona Roper, owner of the Old Stone restaurant, serves customers Aidan O’Donnell and Jack Britton: “I don’t see any positive news coming out of that budget for us at all.” Photograph: Joe Dunne
Budget 2021: ‘I just feel we’re always struggling in the northwest’

Donegal ‘hospitality town’ business people on VAT, wage subsidy and debt warehousing

A student outside Queen’s University Belfast. Photograph: Liam McBurney/PA Wire
Covid and Queen’s: ‘A very different year’ at the Belfast university

Despite high-profile breaches, offenders are a ‘small minority’ of students, president says

Suffolk Street in central Dublin: the rate of new cases in the capital is slowing after three weeks of Level 3 restrictions. Photograph: Gareth Chaney/Collins Photos
Covid-19: Taoiseach rules out short national lockdown as focus shifts to regional restrictions

Increased regional measures more likely than ‘circuit breaker’, sources say

Deputy First Minister Michelle O’Neill is self-isolating after a contact tested positive for Covid-19; she has tested negative. File photograph: Kelvin Boyes/Press Eye/PA Wire
NI Executive to consider more Covid-19 restrictions

Executive to consider further restrictions after almost 2,000 cases over weekend

Deputy First Minister Michelle O’Neill during a press conference in Parliament Building, Stormont. File photograph: PA
Coronavirus spread in North continues with 902 new cases reported

Michelle O’Neill tests negative but will continue to self isolate

Northern Ireland’s deputy first minister Michelle O’Neill is ‘self-isolating’ after a close family member tested positive for Covid-19. Photograph: Kelvin Boyes/Press Eye/PA Wire.
Minister warns of further restrictions as North records largest daily increase

Michelle O’Neill self-isolating after family member tests positive

A garda performing a random vehicle check in the village of Muff, Co Donegal. Photograph: Liam McBurney/PA
Covid-19 hotspots revealed: Parts of Donegal, Longford and Monaghan worst for virus

Total of 506 new cases reported in Republic and one death

In Belfast 1,171 people were confirmed positive for the virus in the last seven days. File photograph: Douglas Magno/ AFP
More than 900 Covid-19 cases identified in Northern Ireland

Northern Executive to meet to discuss restrictions as cases continue to rise

A European Union flag flies outside the Berlaymont in Brussels, Belgium. Photographer: Geert Vanden Wijngaert/Bloomberg
NI academics warn over cross-border security after Brexit

When UK leaves EU, it will lose access to initiatives which apply only to member states

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