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A subsidiary of American insurance giant Aflac is to open a global IT and cybersecurity center in the Northern Irish capital city of Belfast.  Aflac Northern Ireland signed a 10-year lease with Belfast Harbor on 11,000 sq ft of office space within the ongoing multi-million-dollar waterfront development City Quays. With the opening of the new center on regenerated…

By Conor Humphries and Graham FahyDUBLIN (Reuters) - Sinn Fein on Monday said it wanted a major role in Ireland's next government after a record election showing, a move that would raise its central goal of reunification with Northern Ireland near the top of the agenda in Dublin for the…

Image copyright PAcemaker Police have released photographs of the Brexit day bomb they believe the Continuity IRA (CIRA) was responsible for.A bomb was found attached to a lorry in Lurgan, County Armagh, on Tuesday morning.It is thought the device may have been intended for a Brexit day attack.Police said they…

LONDON (Reuters) - Police in Northern Ireland found a bomb attached to a haulage lorry in County Armagh, planted by dissident republicans and intended to travel across the Irish Sea to Britain, the police said in a statement on Thursday. The police first rec…

Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption Sinn Féin president Mary Lou McDonald argues that voters are now recognises her party as a real alternative A cosy old establishment. A growing gap between elites and governed. Inequality worsening. Populism on the …

Image copyright Cancer Research UK Two cancers which are among the hardest to treat and have very low survival rates are to be the focus of pioneering research at Queen's University Belfast. The five-year survival rate for pancreatic cancer in Northern Ireland is 4.9% and for oesophageal cancer is 18.6%.…

Image copyright Getty Images 2019 was a quieter year for construction activity in Belfast, according to a report by Deloitte. There were 26 schemes under construction or completed, down from 35 in 2018 and 30 in 2017. Twelve new projects were started, up from nine in 2018. Simon Bedford, partner…

By News Desk |  Posted: Sat 7:17 PM, Feb 01, 2020 BELFAST, Maine (WABI)- The people of Belfast came together to celebrate today. It was the 3rd annual Belfast Winter Whoopla, a celebration of the town's community and it's numerous small businesses. There were all kinds of events scheduled throughout the…

Nearly a year after Malta's Bank of Valletta (BOV) yanked itself from the internet amid a "cyber intrusion", Britain's National Crime Agency (NCA) has made three arrests. Around £800k was transferred to a number of accounts during the 2019 "cyber heist", acc…