Northern Ireland

Simon Harris to be confirmed as next taoiseach – BBC News BreakingBreaking news Close breaking news Summary Simon Harris is expected to become Ireland’s next taoiseach (prime minister) Aged 37, he will become the Republic of Ireland’s youngest leader His appointment follows Leo Varadkar’s official resignation on Monday. After a …

Residents living in Londonderry’s Waterside have welcomed the demolition of an unfinished housing development following years of concern about antisocial behaviour. Demolition work began at the Dunfield Terrace site, which was partially destroyed in a fire in the summer of 2022, last Wednesday. The site owners have previously been ordered …

He was asked about the analysis from Dublin-based economists, John Fitzgerald and Edgar Morgenroth, who looked at how much it costs to deliver public services in Northern Ireland and how those costs could be carried across to a unified state. Their central estimate was a cost of €11bn (£9.4bn) or …

Very few details about the incident have been released by the police following Monday’s crash. Source link

Caleb White climbed two mountains in 2022 to raise the money for a new mental health support dog. Source link

Mr Harris was born in 1986 and grew up in the coastal town of Greystones in County Wicklow and is a year younger than Mr Vardadkar was when he became taoiseach in 2017. He is the eldest of three children, the son of a taxi driver and a special needs …

A man has been arrested after police seized drugs with an estimated street value of £10,000 in Londonderry. Police said officers seized the suspected Class B drugs during searches at two addresses in Derry’s Waterside area on Monday morning. A large sum of cash and drug-related paraphernalia were also found. …

Cross-border rail services between Belfast and Dublin are set to benefit from a £141.9m investment. Source link

Londonderry mum Julie-Ann Coll holds dear the memory box she has kept for her baby son Mark who died at 22 weeks into her pregnancy, almost two decades ago. Inside is a booklet, two photos, a flower from his funeral and imprints of his tiny hand and foot. A baby …

In a social media post, the SDLP’s Stormont leader, Matthew O’Toole, said it is important that those who favour Irish unity should not present “blithely optimistic pictures” nor should “self-evidently motivated, even jaundiced, political and diplomatic assumptions be bolted onto what purports to be an economic analysis”. Source link

Eclipse-chasing is a visceral experience, a County Down man has said as he chases his twelfth experience of the natural phenomenon. Ryan Milligan, who lectures in astrophysics at Queen’s University Belfast, has travelled to Mexico in the hope of seeing a total eclipse on Monday. An eclipse is when the …

The officer was dismissed in 2022 after allegations of raping and physically attacking an ex-partner. Source link

Gavin Hume, 30, admits causing the death of Edward Montgomery in a collision near Articlave in 2019. Source link

Troy Brady was born at Craigavon Hospital in 2016 and died in the neonatal unit six days later. Source link

A Donegal man appears in a Belfast court charged with possessing class B drugs with intent to supply. Source link

The infrastructure minister rules out changing how NI Water is funded during a Stormont debate. Source link

The Met Office warns of travel disruption and possible flooding on Monday night. Source link

Leo Varadkar has officially resigned as taoiseach (Irish prime minister). Mr Varadkar met with President Michael D Higgins at his official residence in Dublin on Monday evening and tendered his resignation. The president’s wife, Sabina Higgins, was also in attendance at Áras an Uachtaráin. In March, the former Fine Gael …

Aidan O’Brien tells an inquiry he couldn’t “pass up the opportunity to operate on more patients”. Source link

Former Belfast City councillor Mal O’Hara is elected as a senator during a ceremony in Leinster House. Source link