The opera singer, Russell Watson has had to pull out of performing at the BBC Proms in the Park in Hillsborough on Saturday after falling ill.

AIB is to sell its 70% stake in Poland's Bank Zachodni WBK to Spanish bank Santander for €3.1bn.

Fresh evidence has been uncovered of neglect at a Protestant-run institution in Dublin.

A syndicate of three banks owed €114.5m by McInerney Homes has told the High Court it will not fund the company into the future.

NAMA is in advanced discussions to dispose of €500m worth of properties.

John Gilligan has failed in a High Court attempt to prevent his trial for possession of a mobile phone in prison continuing.

The State has lost a case in the European Court of Human Rights brought by former senior IRA member Brendan McFarlane.

Five people have been taken to hospital after a dingy capsized close to the centre of Enniskillen, County Fermanagh.

More than 200 infants born at a Protestant residential home in Dublin were buried in unmarked graves, according to new research.

A leading psychiatrist has said that more investment in mental health services for children and adolescents will help reduce cases of suicide.

The PSNI says a man murdered in Armagh a week ago had been killed in a frenzied stabbing attack.

Quinn Insurance has reported operating losses of €127m for last year.

Official figures show that average weekly pay in the first three months of this year was down 3.8% from the same period last year.

A 41-year-old man has been brought before a special sitting of Killarney District Court on 11 charges including the rape, attempted rape and sexual assault of two young girls.

Northern Irish rider Eugene Laverty is handed a factory ride in next year's World Superbike Championship.

An inquest in Letterkenny, Co Donegal has heard how a Monaghan woman died as a result of injuries sustained in a fall into an uncovered light shaft.

A 19-year-old man has been charged in connection with serious rioting in Ardoyne in north Belfast on the twelfth of July.

Eight men have been arrested as part of an investigation into drugs and organised crime in Co Tipperary.

We'll hear how a community has rallied round a Derry businessman

Rory McIlroy's hopes of qualifying for the final FedEx Cup play-off event look remote after he fires a three-over 74 at the BMW Championship in Chicago.