A veteran republican charged in connection with the IRA murder of a mother of 10 is to undergo medical examination to determine whether he is fit to plead.

A priest has been left shaken after being held hostage at gunpoint in west Belfast.

Gerry Adams is facing calls to apologise to the sister of a man who died after an IRA punishment attack.

Detectives investigating the abduction and murder of Belfast mother of 10 Jean McConville have arrested two men.

A well-known republican arrested by detectives investigating the murder of Belfast mother-of-10 Jean McConville has been released pending a report to prosecutors.

A pensioner arrested by detectives investigating the kidnap and murder of Belfast mother of 10 Jean McConville has been released without charge.

A man arrested by detectives investigating the kidnap and murder of Belfast mother-of-10 Jean McConville has been released without charge.

A pensioner has been arrested by detectives investigating the kidnap and murder of Belfast mother-of-10 Jean McConville.

One of the daughters of Jean McConville has said she is prepared to risk her life by revealing the identities of the 12 people she believes are responsible for her mother’s death more than 40 years ago.

Gerry Adams has claimed his arrest has galvanised his party’s European election campaign.

Gerry Adams has been released from custody this evening and a file is to be sent to Northern Ireland's Public Prosecution Service.

Gerry Adams will undergo a fourth day of questioning by detectives over the 1972 murder of Belfast mother-of-10 Jean McConville.

Martin McGuinness has reiterated his belief that the arrest of Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams was politically motivated, accusing members of the Police Service of Northern Ireland of being against the peace process.

A Sinn Féin MP has said the family of a woman abducted and murdered by the IRA in 1972 should feel free to co-operate with police in the pursuit of justice.

Jean McConville, who was abducted and murdered by the IRA, squealed as she was dragged away from her family, her son said.

The IRA’s killing and burying of victims accused of passing information to the British security services during the Northern conflict was cruel and unjustified, said Martin McGuinness.

A number of police officers have been injured after trouble broke out at a Republican bonfire in Belfast.

Gerry Adams today hit back at “anti-republican elements” pursuing him over the death of Jean McConville at the hands of the IRA and said he would not give details of his role during the armed group’s campaign.

IN December 1972 Jean McConville, a 38-year-old widow with 10 children, was abducted, murdered and dumped in an unamrked grave by the Provisional IRA.

DETECTIVES were yesterday questioning a man about the brutal double rape of a 15-year-old girl.

A gloating rapist called his teenage victim’s mother on a stolen mobile phone to tell her about the depraved attack, police revealed today.

A range of hills high above Belfast once used by the British army to spy on terrorists in the city has been sold in a £3m (€4.3m) deal, it was revealed today.

MICHAEL McCONVILLE vividly remembers the clothes his mother was wearing when she was dragged out the door of the family home more than three decades ago.