Mark Allen and Zhao Xintong complete comfortable first-round victories at the World Snooker Championship in Sheffield.

Merville Gardens Village is lined with cherry blossom trees and NI Japanese community celebrate the annual spring blooming.

Live radio coverage from the Aviva Stadium in Dublin of the United Rugby Championship clash between Leinster and Ulster.

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The Traitors presenter Claudia Winkleman will host a concert for this year’s BBC Proms as the classical music festival ...

It laid abandoned until a former British Army major Roy Bates occupied it in 1966, proclaiming himself king and giving birth ...

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Michelle O'Neill has attended her first republican Easter commemoration in Northern Ireland since taking up ... people born in extraordinary times, and today we're very mindful and thoughtful ...

From South Sudan to Argentina, Poland to the Philippines, the BBC reports from across five continents ... different faiths and "urged the youth of today to be courageous and open to feedback ...

LATEST UPDATES: Pope Francis dies aged 88 THE POPE IN IRELAND: Francis and 'the green country' REACTION: NI and Irish leaders ... "I read the news on the BBC website. It wasn't a great surprise ...

the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) said. Petrol bombs, fireworks and masonry were thrown which resulted in nearby Bishop Street being closed for a time for public safety reasons and ...