McClenaghan, from Newtownards in Co Down, becomes an MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) a year after he created ...

SaxaVord on the northernmost inhabited island of Unst is home to the UK’s only licensed ‘vertical launch’ spaceport.

More than 1,100 official files at the Public Record Office in Belfast have been opened to the public under the 20-year rule.

Irish civil servants concluded Winston Churchill was “unscrupulous” as they discussed how the crisis over King Edward VIII’s proposed marriage to an American divorcee could be used to the Irish Free ...

Gerry Adams said his party was ‘deeply concerned’ about proposed new laws to tackle anti-social behaviour in 2004.

The Foreign Secretary said successive prime ministers were not briefed on tweets dating back as far as 2010 and civil servants were also unaware.

Any review of the early years of the Stormont political institutions had to focus on the lack of paramilitary decommissioning, former Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble warned the UK Government in ...

Judges warned in 2004 that demands caused by the use of the Irish language in courts in Northern Ireland had the potential to undermine public confidence in the justice system.

Mervyn Kersh, 101, from Cockfosters, north London, is being honoured for his school talks on Holocaust remembrance and his wartime service.

Luther star Idris Elba has been knighted in the New Year Honours. The 53-year-old actor, who is best known for his role as DCI John Luther in the BBC crime series, has been honoured for his services ...

The information is contained in newly declassified briefing papers for a meeting of ministers of the newly formed executive in February 2000.

Sir Idris is knighted for services to young people and Dame Jayne and Sir Christopher are recognised for services to ice skating and volunteering.