Top stories of the week

Calls have been made for definitive research into the true rate of suicides which are linked to the Troubles.

Sinn Fein should rethink its support for the “despot” ruler of Venezuela a DUP MP has declared, after the republican party sent envoys to his inauguration ceremony.

On Tuesday I will be in Westminster to cover the Brexit vote.

In the year 2000 I first met Dr Ian Adamson, at his medical travel clinic in Belfast.

The news on Friday that Flybe has found a buyer in a joint venture with Virgin Atlantic and the Stobart group is a fitting end to a week that also brought comfort to Bombardier staff working on wings for the Airbus 220 - formerly the C-Series aircraft.

Cliftonville supporters have expressed “dismay” and “embarrassment” at how the football club has conducted itself – both before and after the conviction of Jay Donnelly for a sex offence.

A well-established animal feed business in Co Tyrone has been able to expand its offering by appealing to the future generation of farmers.

Lord Empey’s opinion piece (‘Careful Colum — SDLP’s obliteration may be near,’ January 4) states that the Conservative and Unionist electoral link was ‘thwarted in part’ by some NI Conservatives who felt the Ulster Unionist Party was too sectarian.