BBC News NI

09/10/2025

NI Justice Minister Naomi Long condemns the actions of a "mob" after a crowd of about 40 people, some in masks, turned up outside her family home last night: https://bbc.in/47hm9mc

NI justice minister Naomi Long says the incident was "threatening" and "not a legimate protest".

09/10/2025

"We weren't sure it was real"

Folk performance group, the Armagh Rhymers, collaborate with McQueen for Paris Fashion Week

https://bbc.in/4nL0h8K

An Armagh folk performance group say they "weren't sure it was real" when the fashion house called.

08/10/2025

Is the US Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr asking important questions or putting lives at risk? DUP MLA Paul Frew and virologist Dr Connor Bamford join Tara and Declan on The State of Us to talk vaccines and trust in the healthcare system. Listen to the full episode now on BBC Sounds. https://bbc.in/4h1i1dv

08/10/2025

In our new podcast Borderland – UK or United Ireland? former DUP MP Ian Paisley and former Sinn Féin MP Michelle Gildernew examine the case for a border poll and what a united Ireland could look like
https://bbc.in/4mSH2IU

07/10/2025

The Western Trust says it will now work to develop "a clear vision for health and social care provision in Fermanagh and West Tyrone".

In July the Western Health Trust agreed to "pause and reconsider" the consultation.

07/10/2025

Raymond Stewart, whose music shop has just celebrated its 50th anniversary, said they had to bring back their LP record stands when demand started to rocket

Northern Ireland is enjoying a UK-wide renaissance of independent record shops.

07/10/2025

The Dublin-born group will perform exclusively in London, leaving many long-time supporters frustrated that the band's last show will take place outside their home

Irish fans are disappointed that Boyzone's farewell concert will not include a show in Dublin.

06/10/2025

"We were lucky no-one confronted them."

Burglary at west Belfast monastery shows "lack of respect" for elderly priests who live there, rector says.

Clonard Monastery's rector says two burglars who targeted elderly priests' home have "no respect".

06/10/2025

"I wonder if she's afraid of me?"

🎤 While the world reacted to Taylor Swift's hotly-anticipated twelfth album on Friday, Daniel O'Donnell released his latest collection of tracks 💿

https://bbc.in/4nyT4Zb

Daniel O'Donnell and Taylor Swift have both released their new albums.

06/10/2025

The first minister has called the discovery of a viable explosive device outside a Sinn Féin constituency office an "attack on democracy".
https://bbc.in/3KCw0u2

Sinn Féin says it was found outside the constituency offices of Infrastructure Minister Liz Kimmins and Dáire Hughes MP.

06/10/2025

Jim Gavin's candidacy for the Irish presidential election was "a very serious miscalculation", Fianna Fáil MEP Billy Kelleher has said. https://bbc.in/3Ku4tuW

On Sunday, the Fianna Fáil candidate announced he was withdrawing from the Irish presidential election.

06/10/2025

After Irish presidential election candidate Jim Gavin pulls out of the race, questions swirl around the future of his party leader.

✍️ Gabija Gataveckaite's analysis: https://bbc.in/4mVF2Qr

The Fianna Fáil party is in turmoil after its presidential candidate Jim Gavin rules himself out.