‘We’ve all grown up with it’ – Concern for future of historic tree on popular Co Down seafront

The ‘bendy tree’ next to Newcastle’s Tropicana swimming complex has been a fixture on the promenade for more than 100 years ...

‘If they want an epidemic, they’ll get one’ – concern as no one claims responsibility for dead swans at Tyrone lough

“The community was just left to deal with it. Once DEARA found out the bird flu was there, they washed their hands of the ...

Co Tyrone shoe shop gives John Lewis ‘a run for its money’ with festive short film

Co-owner of independent Strabane shoe shop Gormley Shoes, Declan Hughes, speaks to Sophie Clarke about the inspiration behind ...

British ‘Pink Ladies’ to travel to Belfast for rally alongside group who handed out knuckledusters at anti-Islam rally

The local group plan to hold a new rally at Belfast City Hall in the new year where they will be joined by other ‘Pink Ladies ...

Belfast’s hidden Charlie Chaplin memorial may be city’s ‘smallest statue’

An historian has told of how a hidden memorial to Charlie Chaplin may be Belfast’s “smallest piece of public art”. The ...

Tommy Sands: ‘My earliest memories are watching toes tapping to the same rhythm, regardless of religion or politics’

A new RTE documentary traces the remarkable journey of the Sands family, from a small Co Down céilí house to global stages, revealing how their music, activism and storytelling helped shape Ireland’s ...