Stormont politicians have long stressed the importance of finding more renewable energy sources — but a solution may well have been under their noses all the time.

A YouTube personality known for his unorthodox inventions has been granted planning permission for a tunnel under his garden.

Nadine Dorries has said that if the public “took too much notice” of Channel 4 News then the Conservative Party would not have its majority in Parliament.

Edwin Poots’ Stormont department has said the order allowing Kilroot power station to exceed its emissions limits was taken with the support of the DUP minister’s civil servants, rather than against their advice.

The funeral of journalist Aideen Kennedy will be held tomorrow , following her death at the weekend at the age of 43.

Firefighters in Spain and Germany struggled to contain wildfires on Sunday amid an unusual heatwave in western Europe for this time of year.

The Westlink in Belfast has been closed following a serious road traffic collision.

The family of tragic Tyrone hurler Damian Casey have said their hearts are broken.

A video which appears to show a masked man firing a hand gun over a coffin in west Belfast at the weekend is being investigated by the PSNI.

Film director Paul Haggis has been detained for the investigation of allegations he sexually assaulted a woman in south Italy, Italian news media said, quoting local prosecutors.

French President Emmanuel Macron’s alliance got the most seats in the final round of the parliamentary election – but lost its parliamentary majority, projections show.

Jack Oliver from Limavady has been killed following an accident at the Kells Road Races in Co Meath.

The devastated family of talented young Limavady road racer Jack Oliver have said he has “gained his angel wings” after he died in an accident at the Kells Road Races in Co Meath.

Friends of a festival-lover who has been told he has weeks left to live have launched a fundraiser to get him to Glastonbury to fulfil his “dying wish”.

Michelle O’Neill has warned that the British Government’s plan to enact legislation to scrap the Northern Ireland Protocol will have “colossal political and economic consequences”.

The daughter of a Muslim man killed in a north London terror attack five years ago said their family still has an empty chair where he used to sit in their living room.

The Western Trust has advised the public that Altnagelvin Hospital is “extremely busy” on Sunday.

A murder investigation has been launched after the body of a woman in her 70s was found at a house in Cookstown.

Belfast man Ronnie Smyth has led an exceptional sporting life which has now been recognised by the Queen in her Jubilee Honours with a British Empire Medal for his services to hockey and youth sport.

A Belfast councillor says the city is at risk of losing tourist footfall after raising his concerns about the City Hall being closed on Sundays.

Belfast’s literary world is to benefit from a new home for the Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen’s with the University revealing plans for the centre to move from its current site to a new purpose-built location on University Road.

A video which appears to show a masked man firing a hand gun over a coffin in west Belfast at the weekend is being investigated by the PSNI.

An extract of a book written by a jailed British-Egyptian pro-democracy activist about his then-newborn son has been read out by Hollywood stars to mark Father’s Day.

Passengers who missed holidays on foot of the security queue delays in Dublin Airport last month may be able to get the cost of their break back from Dublin Airport operator DAA.

A Co Antrim 9-year-old who died following a motorbike crash last week is to be laid to rest on Monday, a funeral notice has confirmed.

A major teaching union said it will ballot its members if a higher wage packet is not offered within three days.

In the long and bloody centuries of sectarian conflict in the northeast of this island, the history books can ascribe entire towns to one side or the other based on religion.

Portrush golfer Graeme McDowell has hit back at criticism of the Saudi-backed LIV Golf Invitational Series, suggesting on social media there is a “smear campaign”.

A man in his 30s has died following a car crash in Donaghadee on Friday.

Tributes have been paid to TV presenter and journalist Aideen Kennedy, who has died at the age of 43 after a terminal illness.

Four months of brutal fighting in Ukraine appear to be straining the morale of troops on both sides, prompting desertions and rebellion against officers’ orders, British defence officials said.

The funeral service of independent councillor Glenn Finlay is to take place on Wednesday in Randalstown.

Sinn Fein and the Alliance Party have broadly welcomed a major plan to overhaul how hospital services will be delivered across Northern Ireland in the future.

Two Stormont MLAs have given their backing to the Health Minister Robin Swann over his plan to transform the health service in Northern Ireland.

Golf was a game of honour at the time, even for Greg Norman. The month was June 1995, and the game’s most dominant star was sitting in the clubhouse of the Tournament Players Club at Avenel, telling me about things that mattered in life.

Firefighters in Spain are struggling to contain wildfires in several parts of the country, which is suffering a heatwave unusual for this time of the year.

Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown has called for the UK Government to implement a fourth budget to help struggling families after he revealed his “shock” at the growing number of those in poverty.

More than one million euro worth of life-sized art will be on display with the opening of Dublin’s newest attraction, Gormleys Secret Sculpture Garden.

Irish consumers recycled a record number of electrical items last year, but the country’s largest e-waste scheme has warned that its unsustainable targets need to change to reflect a more circular economy.

Portrush golfer Graeme McDowell has hit back at criticism of the Saudi-backed LIV Golf Invitational Series, suggesting on social media there is a “smear campaign”.

Sara Duterte, daughter of the outgoing populist president of the Philippines, took her oath as vice president on Sunday following a landslide electoral victory she clinched despite her father’s human rights record that saw thousands of drug suspects gunned down.

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has warned the country’s biggest rail union that this week’s strikes will be a “huge act of self-harm” which could jeopardise the future of the industry.

The Irish premier has warned it would be a “very serious situation” if the UK Government enacted legislation to scrap the bulk of Brexit’s Northern Ireland Protocol.

The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for an attack on a Sikh temple in Kabul which killed at least one worshipper and injured seven others.

A man aged in his 30s has died following a crash in the Co Down town of Donaghadee on Friday afternoon, police have confirmed.

The PSNI confirmed they have spoken with a 54-year-old man involved in a viral video which appeared to show the driver of a hearse filming himself and a coffin in the car, before stating he was going to “start a war”.

A vigil will be held tonight for Tyrone hurler Damian Casey following his tragic death in Spain.

The world’s largest cargo ship has arrived in the UK.

Paedophile ring trafficker and socialite Ghislaine Maxwell Ghislaine Maxwell was once on an IRA hit list, her lawyers have claimed ahead of her sentencing.

Co Tyrone actor and singer Fra Fee has revealed his “tumultuous” experience growing up as gay in Northern Ireland, describing it as a “burden I carried by myself until I was 19”.