People in Northern Ireland are the most likely in the UK to give money to charity, a new survey has revealed. Despite relatively low incomes, households which made donations were handing over £42 a month on average, the Government study found

Internet providers have been urged to block sites that support and encourage suicide. Researchers at the University of Ulster made the call as part of a study into suicide trends in Derry over a five-year period.

The charity Women’s Aid has welcomed a new police campaign aimed at encouraging people to report domestic violence. It will run initially in north and east Belfast, Craigavon, Foyle and Lisburn for two weeks.

An Ulster jail has been rocked by a lethal drug alert, forcing prison chiefs to introduce an immediate drugs amnesty, the Belfast Telegraph can reveal today.

An independent chairman has been appointed to investigate how a convicted sex offender kept his job as a childcare lecturer.

Recent suicide tragedies in Ireland raise many questions about issues related to suicide prevention and the promotion of positive mental health, according to the Irish Association of Suicidology.

RTÉ News has learned that Dr Niall McElwee had been working alongside the gardaí in recent months to advise parents of the dangers for children at risk from drug abuse. This is despite a report about his arrest in the Netherlands sent to garda management by a midlands-based sergeant three years ago.

The Department of Health was criticised today after figures revealed that cash spent on outside consultants, including public relations experts, has trebled in the past five years – to an estimated £3.1m in a year.

A third VHI swiftcare minor casualty clinic is to open in Swords, Co. Dublin in September.

Construction of a new €80million cardiac renal unit at the Cork University Hospital (CUH) has begun.