Two deprived areas at opposite sides of Belfast are to undergo regeneration as part of a Stormont strategy to improve community relations.

Two areas of Belfast – one in the east and one in the west – have been designated 'urban villages' by the First Minister and Deputy First Minister. Saturday, 10 May 2025 Newsletters ...

A north Belfast housing action group is launching its plans for an urban village in the city's dockland area. The St Patrick's and St Joseph's Housing Committee wants to inject new life into the ...

Urban deprivation in Northern Ireland's smaller cities and towns is to be tackled by the government. Fifteen places other than Belfast and Londonderry have been identified for improvement over the ...

Major urban village development by evangelical church in Ballymena is given go-ahead by council ... Northern Ireland's 11 new super-councils now have the final say over most planning decisions.

How Northern Ireland's towns, villages and 'intermediate settlements' are defined ... "A default urban-rural classification, with the boundary at a settlement population of 5,000 ...

The paper comes on the back of the NI Fiscal Council Report, published on 10 June, which also warned that Northern Ireland’s wastewater infrastructure ... the new sewerage infrastructure needed for ...

There were 8,934 drug seizures in Northern Ireland, an increase of 802 (9.9%) on the previous 12 months. Seizures of class A, B and C drugs all rose ...

"Dundrum, and Northern Ireland as a whole, is a special place," he said. "To be crowned the best village, I think it's a great reflection of the people." Mr Greene said the village is on an upward ...

A multi-million re-development in Northern Ireland has taken a major step forward with the submission of a full planning application Plans for the transformation of Meenan Square in Londonderry ...

Naas, Co Kildare, has been named Ireland’s Best Kept Town, beating Derry, Omagh in Co Tyrone and Carrigaline, Co Cork, in the ...

A £9m investment in the Urban Villages Initiative has been approved by ministers. Executive approval of the £9m investment will allow the Urban Villages Initiative to develop four new capital projects ...