More than 80 firefighters tackle a blaze at one of Northern Ireland's grandest ancestral homes.
Saturday's racing at the NW 200 is abandoned because of persistent rain, with Michael Dunlop winning the only race to take place.
Police discover a bomb in the Foxes Glen area of west Belfast - the scene of a gun attack on officers on Thursday afternoon.
An emergency aid scheme for farmers facing difficulties with fodder shortages will come into effect from midnight on Saturday.
The first sighting of a tawny owl in the wild on the island of Ireland is confirmed in County Down.
A second day of talks aimed at improving relations between loyalist and republican communities and the police is taking place in Wales.
Patient's death not caused by Belfast ambulance collision, say police
A 14-year-old girl is punched in the face and knocked to the ground during a mugging in Belfast city centre.
The family of a police officer who was murdered during a robbery in the Irish Republic earlier this year receive a special medal in his honour.
Titanic Belfast says some "limited personal data" was inadvertently released while people were trying to book tickets for a Game of Thrones exhibition.
Three brothers deny murdering a couple who were beaten with hammers and doused in petrol six years ago in County Armagh.
A lorry driver from County Tyrone is jailed for 14 years in Greece after being convicted for his part in smuggling herbal cannabis worth £1m.
A man in his sixties collapsed and died while taking part in a race in the Mourne mountains.
A Dungannon man caught transporting seven home bomb pipe bombs is jailed for 10 years.
A man is jailed for a year for causing the death of a pensioner at a bus stop in Belfast.
A Northern Ireland team will not participate at this year's World Cup in Melbourne, the European Tour has said.
A taxi driver who sexually assaulted a teenage schoolgirl has been jailed for three years.
A man who hijacked two cars in two weeks while out on bail for another hijacking is jailed.
Unemployed new teachers in Northern Ireland will be able to apply for hundreds of extra jobs in the next few weeks.
A man admits hitting another man with a pool cue in Londonderry over two years ago.
Customs Officers dismantled a laundering plant during an operation in County Londonderry on Thursday.
A group of residents in Sion Mills have said they will challenge plans to build a waste management plant on the site of the historic Herdmans Mill.
Irish police describe the murder of a Polish man in his County Donegal apartment as "brutal".
A deal is agreed between management and unions in the Bus Eireann dispute in the Irish Republic.
A post mortem examination is due to be carried out on the body of a man found in an apartment in County Donegal.
An Irish health service team reviewing the case of Savita Halappanavar, the woman who died after a miscarriage, is to meet her widower's representatives.
The Irish Republic's mobile phone network in border areas is to be closed down during the G8 summit over fears terrorists could use the system to detonate explosives.
Police say talks are not about trying to broker a parades deal
Irish entry Ryan Dolan gets ready for the final of the Eurovision Song Contest in Sweden.
The first and deputy first ministers have launched a plan for the agri-food industry which they say will aim to create 15,000 jobs over the next 7-years.
Peter Robinson launches an outspoken attack on his critics at Stormont calling them "a Tribe of Jeremiahs who infest the political process".
Sinn Féin refute UKIP's claims that they would pull a united Ireland out of the EU.
Boris Johnson says the only way to convince the Treasury to devolve corporation tax powers to Stormont is to show the Exchequer it would save it money in the long-term.
The American insurance company, Allstate, says it will create 650 jobs at its Northern Ireland operation over the next three years.
A deal involving the Irish Republic's assets recovery agency, Nama, safeguards 300 jobs and stops time being called on some of Belfast's best known pubs.
The Hasting Hotels Group has more than tripled its annual profits, according to its 2012 accounts.
One hundred and seventy-nine new jobs are to be created at a County Tyrone meat processing plant in Dungannon.
The G8 summit in Northern Ireland is expected to bring in about £40m, according to research.
The property firm which owns some of Northern Ireland's biggest shopping centres returned to profit in 2012.
Graeme McDowell reaches the World Match Play Championship semi-finals by beating defending champion Nicolas Colsaerts.
Score updates as the Saffrons take on Laois at O'Moore Park in the Leinster Hurling Championship encounter.
Ireland and Munster fly-half Ronan O'Gara will take up a coaching role with Racing Metro after announcing his retirement.
The first minister accuses Stormont critics of "foot-dragging" on a shared future.
Police officers escape injury in a gun attack in County Antrim after being called out to a bogus burglary.
Unemployed new teachers in Northern Ireland will be able to apply for hundreds of extra jobs in the next few weeks.
Ryan Dolan who is representing Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest says he has been overwhelmed by support from his hometown of Strabane ahead of the final competition.
The Orange Order is exploring the possibility of a contingency plan for the 12th of July parade in north Belfast.
The first and deputy first ministers have launched a plan for the agri-food industry which they say will aim to create 15,000 jobs over the next 7-years.
Ratepayers in Belfast have faced a bill of more than £300,000 to clean up after developers caught out by the property crash.
Ireland's biggest agricultural and food show opens its doors and, for the first time in more than a century, it is outside Belfast.
Jim Treacy, who built the luxury venue for G8 summit and lost it in the financial crisis, says he would love to regain ownership of the five-star resort.
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A controversial artist opens a new exhibition in Londonderry
An Irish priest makes an unusual pilgrimage to the song contest
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