MLAs could be set for £20,000 pay rise from new independent panel
Stormont MLAs currently have annual salaries of £52,500, while counterparts in Scotland and Wales take home £72,197 and £72,057 respectively
New electric buses worth more than £5 million gather dust in depot amid Translink engineers dispute
It’s understood the nine buses in Craigavon have not left the depot since arriving six months ago, as engineers at the station are locked in a dispute with bosses over pay and training for the new vehicles
Final closing time for one of Tyrone’s best loved pubs and refuge for ‘the outsider’
While the shutters closed to the public for the final time just before Christmas, the last act of clearing out the premises took place last weekend
Road closure signs removed in ‘extremely dangerous’ move ahead of school bus crash
Police say the outcome could have been more serious after the school bus collided with a partially fallen tree
Jamie Bryson claims he met with senior EU figures on behalf of former DUP leader during Windsor Framework talks
Former DUP MLA David McIlveen said it was “astonishing” that an unelected figure such as Mr Bryson would have been involved in the negotiations
Shop workers feared colleague had been shot during ‘traumatising’ 30 minutes of mayhem at hands of armed gang
Police believe a gang of three men stole a vehicle in Portadown and travelled to Mid Ulster shortly before 7am to target businesses, with the Audi A6 later found partially burnt in the Co Armagh town
Guns held to heads of terrified shop workers in spate of armed robberies in Mid Ulster
The armed burglaries took place in the Clonoe, Ballyronan and Coagh areas
‘I can tell you in brutal detail how someone I called my love broke my jaw’: Victim urges men to do more to combat domestic abuse
Eva Komuves (48) was left with her teeth hanging by threads of gum after a vicious attack from her ex-partner in 2023
FBA Brand Builder: Legal action launched against Darren Campbell after more than 50 students say they were left in ‘financial ruin’
Darren Campbell of the “FBA Brand Builder”, based in Ballymena, is the target of the civil action which claims a number of participants in his online course were left tens of thousands of pounds in debt
Mayobridge GAC club makes report to PSNI after “untrue and defamatory” message shared on social media
A statement from the club said it is treating the circulation of the message as a “matter of grave concern”
Traffic disruption expected as UFU confirm farmers’ protests to go ahead on Saturday
The Ulster Farmers Union (UFU) is organising seven separate tractor runs, with two in Co Down and one in each of the north’s five other counties.
Infrastructure department compensation payouts double in five years - despite £500m spend to fix roads
The Department for Infrastructure paid out £7.5million in compensation claims in 2023/24, compared with just under £3million in 2019/20
Justice minister Naomi Long hits back at claims anti-paramilitary billboards are ‘demonising’ communities
Máirtín Ó Muilleoir said the awareness campaign could thwart investment and tourism in areas such as west Belfast
Single train tickets to Belfast from Newry still double that of Dundalk - despite Translink claims of ‘closer alignment’ with Irish Rail
The Irish News revealed in November a single ticket from Newry to the new £340m Grand Central Station currently stands at £14.50, while a single ticket from Dundalk to Belfast was €8.19 (£6.85), a difference of more than 111%
Union flags erected beside new houses an attempt to ‘intimidate’ nationalists
The flags issue is the latest to hit the town of Castlederg after a pre-Christmas row which saw signs being erected warning residents to boycott local businesses