Northern Ireland

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

The interim DUP leader Gavin Robinson has said the party is focused on finding the right candidate for the Lagan Valley seat. Its MP, Sir Jeffrey Donaldson, resigned as DUP leader on 29 March, after being charged with rape and other historical sexual offences, which he has said he will …

Republic of Ireland captain Katie McCabe feels her side can be a match for anyone Katie McCabe insists the Republic of Ireland have the quality to produce a shock win over England in Tuesday’s Euro 2025 Group A3 qualifier in Dublin. The Irish come into the Aviva Stadium fixture on …

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A woman has died following a single-vehicle road accident near Bready, Co Tyrone, on Sunday afternoon. Oonagh Burns, from the Strabane area, was driving a white Seat Leon on the Victoria Road when it left the carriageway near the junction with the Grangefoyle Road. It happened at around 13:40 BST …

Mr Harris said during his tenure, set to be less than a year before the next general election, he would extend Help to Buy for a further five years. The renters tax credit should be increased to over €1,000 (£858), he added. On finance, he said: “I am restating my …

Herbal cannabis with an estimated street value of £1.25m was seized at Belfast Port on Sunday morning. Source link