A 24-year-old businesswoman died in a Belfast nightclub as a result of a lethal mix of alcohol, ketamine and cocaine as well as postural asphyxiation, an inquest has found. Chloe Ferris was pronounced ...

The head of a human rights body may have undermined public confidence in the independence and credibility of a new Troubles legacy unit by comments about two of its leaders, the High Court has heard.

A father-of-four who subjected his partner to a "series of violent acts" including non-fatal strangulation was handed a six-year sentence today.

Other people’s Christmas traditions always appear mad to outsiders, especially when you don’t share a culture.

Police are investigating a potential shooting incident in Co Tyrone last night after a number of gunshots were reportedly shot into the air.

This bustling Bedford Street bar has earned plenty of a-paws from Belfast socialites over the years. First bursting onto the scene in 2018, Pug Uglys has been sitting pretty for nearly a decade, and ...

The doors of a house have been damaged after a burglary in Newry on Monday evening. Police said the incident happened in the St Clare’s Avenue area. PSNI Detective Sergeant Lewis said: "On Tuesday, ...

On her Catch Up with Louise McSharry podcast last week, the broadcaster and Irish Independent columnist described how she had a question mark over her sexuality for a long time, but came to a ...

A primary school in Derry has been temporarily closed after building experts inspected the roof and found it was unsafe.

The 20-year-old has been charged with disorderly behaviour and doing a provocative act. He is due to appear before Belfast Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, December 30. Meanwhile, ...

The trial of a retired priest accused of indecently assaulting a schoolboy in the 1970s has been told it is “a classic ‘one word against another’” case.

New Belfast City Centre draft byelaws concerning busker and street preacher noise, which had been agreed by Belfast councillors at committee level, will have to go back to the drawing board after a ...