Woman due in court over Belfast seizure of firearmA 49-YEAR-OLD woman is due to appear in court today in Belfast in connection with the seizure of a gun and ammunition by PSNI…Mon Jul 19 2010 - 01:00
PSNI says Armagh bomb part of plot to kill officersTHE PSNI said there was no doubt that a bomb that exploded in south Armagh on Saturday was part of a dissident republican plan…Mon Jul 12 2010 - 01:00
Police chief calls for restraint during Twelfth paradesA SENIOR PSNI officer has called for “restraint and responsibility” during today’s Twelfth of July Orange Order parades amid …Mon Jul 12 2010 - 01:00
Grand Orange Lodge rejects proposals by Sinn Féin and DUP on paradingTHE ORANGE Order has been thrown into disarray after its Grand Orange Lodge rejected proposals that would have led to the disbandment…Thu Jul 08 2010 - 01:00
7% of reported rapes in North result in conviction, says reportTHE NORTH’S minister for justice David Ford has pledged to assist victims of sexual violence after a report found that in Northern…Tue Jul 06 2010 - 01:00
Protestant teacher awarded £8,250 over redundancyA TEACHER who claimed she was selected for redundancy from a Co Derry primary school because she was a Protestant has won an …Tue Jul 06 2010 - 01:00
Violence 'work of dissident groups' - AdamsSINN FÉIN president Gerry Adams has accused dissident republicans of fomenting sectarian violence at a nationalist-loyalist flashpoint…Tue Jul 06 2010 - 01:00
Bloody Sunday supporters thankedTHE BLOODY Sunday families and the surviving wounded who were shot by the British Parachute Regiment on January 30th, 1972, have…Sat Jun 26 2010 - 01:00
SDLP restores whip to errant memberSDLP LEADER Margaret Ritchie has restored the party whip to North Antrim Assembly member Declan O’Loan who was suspended last…Sat Jun 26 2010 - 01:00
FG 'not trusted' on the national question, Adams tells KennyGERRY ADAMS told Enda Kenny at Stormont yesterday that Fine Gael was “not trusted” on the “national question” after the Fine …Tue Jun 22 2010 - 01:00
Campbell complains about 'fascist' postings on FacebookThe DUP MP for East Derry, Gregory Campbell, has complained to the police after a picture of him with a bullet through his forehead…Tue Jun 22 2010 - 01:00
Kenny plans to 'make appointments' next weekFINE GAEL leader Enda Kenny is to complete his frontbench reshuffle in the “latter part” of next week, he said at Stormont where…Tue Jun 22 2010 - 01:00
First contentious marching season parade is peacefulTHE HEAD of the Parades Commission, Rena Shepherd, has called for a peaceful marching season after the first of the contentious…Sat Jun 19 2010 - 01:00
Bomb outside PSNI station made safeTHE 300LB suspected dissident republican bomb left outside the police station in Aughnacloy, Co Tyrone, would “certainly” have…Sat Jun 19 2010 - 01:00
Robinson accepts that Bloody Sunday shootings 'unjustified'DUP FIRST Minister Peter Robinson has formally accepted that the Bloody Sunday shootings in which 13 people were killed and 15…Thu Jun 17 2010 - 01:00
Saville rejected claim that McGuinness fired first shotTHE REPORT: THE SAVILLE inquiry considered a number of allegations about what Martin McGuinness did in Derry on Bloody Sunday…Thu Jun 17 2010 - 01:00
Relief and vindication in Derry at findings in 5,000-page reportTHE REPORT: THERE WAS a palpable sense of relief and vindication in Derry last night after Lord Saville’s inquiry into Bloody…Wed Jun 16 2010 - 01:00
McGuinness 'probably' armed but no evidence he fired shotsIRA ACTIVITY: LORD SAVILLE found that Sinn Féin Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness was “probably” armed in Derry on Bloody…Wed Jun 16 2010 - 01:00
Divisions in CIRA after meeting of dissentersDIVISIONS IN the Continuity IRA have surfaced after its leadership yesterday repudiated what it said was a recent “unauthorised…Wed Jun 09 2010 - 01:00
Large crowds turn out for funeral of man shot by UVFMORE THAN 2,000 people turned out in the Shankill in loyalist Belfast yesterday afternoon to show their support for the family…Sat Jun 05 2010 - 01:00
Purvis quits PUP over suspected UVF murderEAST BELFAST Assembly member Dawn Purvis has resigned from the Progressive Unionist Party following the suspected Ulster Volunteer…Fri Jun 04 2010 - 01:00
IMC warns dissident threat 'lethal'Dissident republican paramilitary groups remain highly active and dangerous but are still politically "marginal", according to…Wed May 26 2010 - 01:00
Eugene Reavey calls for Paisley apologyEUGENE REAVEY, whose three brothers were murdered by the UVF in south Armagh in early January 1976, has called on former DUP …Thu May 20 2010 - 01:00
Ash delays North visit of CameronBRITISH PRIME minister David Cameron is expected in Northern Ireland next week to keep a commitment he made in Belfast two days…Sat May 15 2010 - 01:00
SDLP leader to give up ministerial roleSDLP LEADER and new South Down MP Margaret Ritchie has announced that she is to stand down as the North’s Minister for Social…Wed May 12 2010 - 01:00
Alliance raid on Robinson seat proves biggest upsetNORTHERN OVERVIEW: ALLIANCE DEPUTY leader Naomi Long caused the shock of the Westminster election in Northern Ireland by taking…Sat May 08 2010 - 01:00
Hung parliament could give North MPs real cloutANALYSIS: Northern Ireland MPs could play a crucial role in the formation of the next British government if there is no overall…Wed May 05 2010 - 01:00
Defiant Robinson to see off challenge from mayor and former rugby starIN WILLOWFIELD parish church in east Belfast, the Church of Ireland bishop Harold Miller turned to the six candidates and told…Tue May 04 2010 - 01:00
Cameron comments on size of North's public sector defendedTHE ULSTER Unionists and Conservatives insisted David Cameron was embarking on a plan to create private sector jobs and increase…Tue Apr 27 2010 - 01:00
Maskey pulls out of race in South BelfastWESTMINSTER 2010: NORTHERN IRELAND ELECTIONS: THE ELECTION in South Belfast took a twist yesterday after Sinn Féin Assembly …Wed Apr 21 2010 - 01:00
Writer welcomes US college's condemnation of alleged IRA threatWRITER AND commentator Anthony McIntyre has welcome a statement by Boston College condemning alleged death threats made against…Tue Apr 20 2010 - 01:00
No place for Cameron's idealism under dreary steeplesThe Tory promise of non-sectarian politics never convinced sceptics – and for good reason as this campaign is showingSat Apr 17 2010 - 01:00
SF and DUP keep up pressure for candidate pactsSINN FÉIN and the DUP last night continued to heavily pressurise the SDLP and the Ulster Unionist Party to sign up to agreed-…Thu Apr 15 2010 - 01:00
Brady meets clerical abuse survivorsCardinal Sean Brady has expressed support for the concept of a national inquiry into clerical child sex abuse, according to survivors…Wed Mar 31 2010 - 01:00
Paisley makes farewell speech in House of CommonsFORMER DUP first minister and DUP leader, the Rev Ian Paisley made his farewell House of Commons speech yesterday as Westminster…Tue Mar 23 2010 - 00:00
No place for Cameron's idealism under dreary steeplesThe Tory promise of non-sectarian politics never convinced sceptics – and for good reason as this campaign is showingTue Mar 23 2010 - 00:00
No place for Cameron's idealism under dreary steeplesThe Tory promise of non-sectarian politics never convinced sceptics – and for good reason as this campaign is showingTue Mar 16 2010 - 00:00
Board members sacked over tenderingTHE NORTH’S Sinn Féin Minister of Regional Development Conor Murphy has sacked the chairman and three non-executive directors…Sat Mar 13 2010 - 00:00
President and Cowen welcome decision on policingPRESIDENT MARY McAleese and Taoiseach Brian Cowen were among those who warmly welcomed yesterday’s Assembly decision to devolve…Wed Mar 10 2010 - 00:00
Reform of system urgedTAXATION: URGENT REFORM of the Irish tax system is required and that must mean more taxes and the jailing of bankers, developers…Mon Mar 08 2010 - 00:00
Leaders insist that car bomb will not derail devolutionNORTHERN IRELAND Assembly politicians have insisted that they will not be deflected from pressing ahead with devolution by the…Wed Feb 24 2010 - 00:00
McGuinness and Robinson relations thaw as 'better atmosphere' prevailsTHERE IS “a better atmosphere” now between the North’s First Minister Peter Robinson and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness…Fri Feb 19 2010 - 00:00
Robinson says deal will fail if SF reneges on paradesFIRST MINISTER Peter Robinson told the Northern Assembly yesterday he would walk away from the Hillsborough Castle agreement …Wed Feb 10 2010 - 00:00
'Functioning murder machine' still at work in south ArmaghPARAMILITARY ACTIVITY: THERE IS still a “functioning murder machine” run by republicans in south Armagh, Assembly member Dominic…Mon Feb 08 2010 - 00:00
NI parties edge closer to dealBrian Cowen and Gordon Brown remained on standby tonight to travel to Hillsborough at short notice to ratify a deal to break …Thu Feb 04 2010 - 00:00
North talks drag on as issues for DUP appear to put deal on holdTHE TALKS aimed at resolving the North’s political standoff continued to drag on last night after Taoiseach Brian Cowen and British…Tue Feb 02 2010 - 00:00
Cowen and Brown hold emergency talks in BelfastTaoiseach Brian Cowen and his British counterpart Gordon Brown are in Belfast for emergency talks with Northern Ireland’s political…Mon Jan 25 2010 - 00:00
DUP's lack of humility may torpedo StormontOPINION: Given that unionists appear keen to ‘stick it to the Shinners’, there is a strong prospect of Assembly elections…Mon Jan 25 2010 - 00:00
Leaders in last-ditch talks to save NI ExecutivePETER ROBINSON and Martin McGuinness are to hold a critical meeting at Stormont today that could determine whether the Northern…Mon Jan 25 2010 - 00:00
DUP's lack of humility may torpedo StormontOPINION: Given that unionists appear keen to ‘stick it to the Shinners’, there is a strong prospect of Assembly elections…Mon Jan 25 2010 - 00:00