Ernest Blythe was born in 1889 into a unionist farming family with an 80-acre farm close to Magheragall, near Lisburn.

Ulster Bank is still working to make contact ... Customers, most of whom have now left the bank as it winds down its Irish operations, have been told that they may have had their mortgage spread ...

Ireland have announced that they will face Wales in Cardiff on Saturday without their captain Caelan Doris as well as hooker ...

Gavin Coombes and John Hodnett join up with the Ireland squad along with Diarmuid Mangan, Stuart McCloskey, Jacob Stockdale ...

Richie Murphy's coaching team for next season was confirmed in midweek and there was nothing surprising about the addition of ...

Ireland second-row Iain Henderson has been ruled out of their Guinness Six Nations trip to Wales and skipper Caelan Doris is ...

Josh Wycherley returns from a neck injury to start for Munster against Scarlets in Saturday's URC clash at Thomond Park.

For over six decades the Ballymana practice has been providing dentistry services to the local community and is now set for a ...

Ireland interim head coach Simon Easterby has called in six players to his squad as they continue their preparations for the ...

Ulster head coach Richie Murphy has recalled a host of Ireland internationals while handing Jacob Boyd his debut for Saturday's United Rugby Championship trip to Benetton (17:15 GMT). With no Six ...

Ulster have lost seven of 11 games in the United Rugby Championship (URC) this season and sit 14th in the table. With Irish internationals Stuart McCloskey, Jacob Stockdale and James Hume all back ...

Ireland second-row Iain Henderson will miss the Six Nations clash with Wales after suffering a hamstring injury, while ...