Suicide rates in Northern Ireland are three times higher in the most deprived areas compared with the least deprived, a new ...

The Department for Communities is due to publish it's anti-poverty strategy as poverty figures show little change.

The new report on international migration said that based on international migration only 3.4% of Northern Ireland's population (65,600 people) are from a minority ethnic group. That compares to ...

The population of the island of Ireland is about 6,846,036million (The Republic of Ireland - 4,937,786 million, Northern Ireland - 1,908,250 million). Again a bit of perspective. The population ...

Projections suggest the UK population could grow by almost five million over the next decade. Northern Ireland's population is projected to peak at 1.95m before declining, a new report suggests.

Communities Minister Gordon Lyons said he also has concerns but emphasised Stormont does not have the resources to mitigate the changes. Stormont currently runs a number of mitigations against some ...

Concerns have been expressed following increased reports of rat sightings in a residential area of north Down ... the impact of an increasing rodent population on residents in Holywood and ...