Northern Ireland News & Radio

Northern Ireland's news, and what a day at home means. For people at home, the diaspora, and anyone crossing the border. NOT A GOVERNMENT APP: Northern Ireland News is independent. It does not represent the Northern Ireland Executive, the UK or Irish government, or any government agency, and is not affiliated with them. Every source the app uses is listed under SOURCES, with its link. NEWS By topic (Stormont, the economy, the border, health, schools, courts, legacy, farming, culture) and by town, from Belfast and Derry/Londonderry to Enniskillen. A notification at most once a day each, never at night. SPORT The Irish League, the GAA, rugby and road racing, without the Premier League in the way. LOCAL RADIO BBC Radio Ulster and Foyle, your area's local station, community and Irish-language stations, and stations over the border. Favourites and a sleep timer. TODAY AT HOME Met Office warnings for your county with optional alerts, the weather, rain in the next two hours, big-shop hours (1pm to 6pm on Sundays), the pound and euro both ways, a travel watch, a heating oil and fuel watch, things to do, and your MLAs. EVERY DATE Bank holidays including St Patrick's Day and the Twelfth, school holidays, the Republic's holidays, festivals, the clocks and tax deadlines, with reminders. NORN IRON A local word a day, from "bout ye" to "foundered", and "NI explained", also under headlines. SOURCES Government information, and its source: Bank holidays and clock changes: GOV.UK, https://www.gov.uk/bank-holidays Weather warnings: Met Office, https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/ Sunday trading: legislation.gov.uk, https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1997/2779 School holidays: Department of Education, https://www.education-ni.gov.uk/ Tax deadlines: HMRC, https://www.gov.uk/self-assessment-tax-returns/deadlines Rates: nidirect, https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/introducing-your-rate-bill Exchange rates: European Central Bank, https://www.ecb.europa.eu/ The Republic's holidays: Citizens Information, https://www.citizensinformation.ie/ MLAs: Northern Ireland Assembly, https://www.niassembly.gov.uk/ Northern Ireland Executive: https://www.northernireland.gov.uk/ Roads: TrafficWatchNI (Department for Infrastructure), https://www.trafficwatchni.com/ Everything else: News feeds: BBC News NI and BBC Sport NI, Belfast Telegraph, The Irish News, News Letter, Belfast Live, RTÉ News, The Guardian, Derry Journal, Derry Now, Impartial Reporter, Armagh I, The Detail, Agenda NI, Farming Life News through Google News https://news.google.com/: UTV and ITV News, The Irish Times, Irish Independent, TheJournal.ie, Irish Examiner, Reuters, AP, Sky News, PA Media, Belfast Media, Andersonstown News, North and South Belfast News, Newry.ie, Ulster Herald, Tyrone Courier, Strabane Chronicle, Fermanagh Herald, Coleraine Chronicle, Northern Constitution, Ballymena Guardian, Ballymena Times, Ballymoney Times, Mid-Ulster Mail, Portadown Times, Lurgan Mail, Banbridge Leader, Larne Times, Carrick Times, Newtownabbey Today, County Down Spectator, Newtownards Chronicle, Down Recorder, Mourne Observer, Newry Reporter, Q Radio, Cool FM, Downtown Radio, U105 Things to do: Discover Northern Ireland, https://discovernorthernireland.com/ Weather: Open-Meteo, https://open-meteo.com/, and MET Norway, https://www.met.no/ Buses and trains: Translink, https://www.translink.co.uk/service-updates Radio, each station's own stream: BBC Radio Ulster, BBC Radio Foyle, U105, Q Radio, Drive 105, Belfast 89FM, Raidió Fáilte, Irish Country Music Radio, RTÉ Radio 1, 2FM, lyric fm, Raidió na Gaeltachta, Highland Radio, LMFM, Northern Sound Photos: Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/ WHAT IT CAN'T DO We don't write the news: the publishers above do. Traffic and Translink disruption come from the news, with links to the live sources. Rates are reference rates: banks give a little less. Free, with a single banner ad. A one-time purchase removes it.

A completely new app. Northern Ireland's news by town and topic, with notifications for what you follow; the Met Office's warnings with alerts; rain in the next two hours; whether the shops are open; the pound and euro; your MLAs; every bank holiday with reminders; and a Norn Iron word a day.