A brother of the suspect in the Stephen Brannigan murder probe confronted him in his home before he was arrested, the Irish News has learned. The 30-year-old man was taken into police custody after ...

Police have launched a murder investigation after the death of a man was linked to a “brutal attack” on a Catholic priest. Police say the incidents in Downpatrick on Sunday are connected. PSNI ...

The owner of two businesses in Downpatrick town centre says she feels “as if someone has died” after flood waters destroyed both her family-run shops. Stormont officials said the operation to pump ...

Here’s a trip that literally can’t be topped: Wheeler-Windsor Expeditions’ “Himalaya Helicopter Expe­dition.” For one week, passengers in specialized high-altitude turbocharged helicopters soar over ...

Traders in a Co Down town devastated by floods four months ago have warned that many businesses will not reopen unless promised financial aid is paid as a matter of urgency. The commercial heart of ...

A Co Down priest remains in a “serious but stable” condition in hospital after being subjected to a “brutal attack” in his church on Sunday. Father John Murray was reportedly struck on the head at St ...

The head of a tourist attraction train line in Co Down has become the first Ulsterman to join to a UK-wide rail body.

A priest was subjected to a brutal attack in his own church the week before he was to retire. Father John Murray was reportedly struck on the head at St Patrick’s Church in Downpatrick, Co Down, on ...

St. Patrick's Church, Downpatrick, Co. Down. Inset: Fr. John Murray(Image: Jonathan Porter/PressEye) Police in the North have issued a fresh appeal for information following a murder and attempted ...