An explosive device has been found outside the home of a brother of murdered solicitor Pat Finucane, Sinn Féin said.

The Belfast widow of murdered solicitor Pat Finucane said she has been left “frustrated and disappointed” after her latest meeting with the British Government was postponed.

The Irish Government raised concerns over claims made by a British Conservative minister that some lawyers in Northern Ireland were “unduly sympathetic to the IRA”, weeks before Pat Finucane was killed.

A banner against a Sinn Fein election candidate and his family has been taken down in North Belfast.

John Finucane was eight when loyalists murdered his father in the family home. Three decades later the Sinn Féin Lord Mayor of Belfast is juggling his search for answers with a law practice, the challenges of Brexit, and the captaincy of Lamh Dhearg in tomorrow’s Antrim SFC final.

Soldier amnesty plans pose grave challenges to human rights – and set the stage for a future showdown with the European Court of Human Rights.

The Council of Europe has expressed “serious concerns” at the delay in setting up the Historical Investigations Unit and other legacy institutions in the North.

The family of murdered Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane has lost a Supreme Court challenge over the decision not to hold a public inquiry into his killing, but won a declaration that an effective investigation into his death has not been carried out.

The widow of murdered solicitor Pat Finucane has been granted permission to take her bid for a public inquiry into his death to the UK's highest court.

Update - 9.23pm: A son of the late Martin McGuinness has called for an end to "displays of hate" at loyalist bonfires after a coffin bearing a picture of his father was placed on one in Belfast.

Homes have been boarded up at a number of huge bonfire sites in the North amid concerns around safety and risk to property.

A son of murdered Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane has been announced as a Sinn Féin election candidate.

THE long, painful process of bringing closure to the trauma around the great wrongs committed on this island continues at its drip-drip, almost glacial pace. 

An Irish woman is understood to be among the 28 victims killed in an attack at a Tunisian resort, Sepp Blatter has fuelled speculation about his future by insisting he has not resigned as FIFA president, and the US Supreme Court has ruled that same-sex couples have a right to marry anywhere in the country.  Here’s this evening’s irishexaminer.com catch-up.

A judicial review into the British Government’s decision not to hold a public inquiry into the murder of Pat Finucane will have a big impact regardless of the outcome, the solicitor’s son has said.

Government ministers have apologised to the families of two senior RUC officers killed by the IRA with the help of at least one or more gardaí.

Troubles victims have been failed by a flawed and fragmented approach to dealing with the North’s bloody past, Amnesty International has said.

Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams has issued a statement following the death of Margaret Thatcher, saying she did great hurt to the Irish and British people during her time as prime minister.

Sinn Féin has said it rejects “unsubstantiated allegations” made in newly-released British state papers dating from 30 years ago that its TD for Dublin North, Dessie Ellis, was involved in 50 murders during the Troubles.

The Irish Government should trawl its documents archive to support the family of a solicitor murdered by Northern Ireland loyalists with state support, it was claimed.

Publication of the report by Sir Desmond de Silva QC on the murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane drew a robust critique of some elements of British security forces from prime minister David Cameron in the House of Commons when he concurred with the report’s findings that “employees of the British state actively furthered and facilitated” the murder and subsequently engaged in a relentless effort to defeat the ends of justice.

Justice Minister Alan Shatter has said the family of Pat Finucane is entitled to know the full truth about his murder.

The "clamour" surrounding the investigation into the killing of solicitor Pat Finucane is not going to fade away when the current headlines are replaced, it has been claimed.

The widow of Pat Finucane has denounced the de Silva report into his killing as “a sham... a whitewash... a confidence trick”, telling a London press conference: “This report is not the truth”.

An edited version of British prime minister David Cameron’s statement to the House of Commons on the de Silva report into the 1989 killing of the Belfast solicitor

British prime minister David Cameron has refused to launch a public inquiry into the loyalist murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane despite the levels of state involvement outlined in a government review.

Desmond de Silva’s report into the Ulster Defence Association (UDA) murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane may have added detail to what is already widely believed, but the confirmation that security forces could have intervened and saved Mr Finucane’s life still has, more than two decades later, the capacity to shock.

The Irish Government has vowed to continue to pressure a reluctant Britain for a public inquiry into the murder of solicitor Pat Finucane.

Police Service of Northern Ireland Chief Constable Matt Baggott is to discuss the de Silva report with the Police Ombudsman and the Public Prosecution Service to see if more people should be held to account for the murder of solicitor Pat Finucane.

The widow of murdered Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane today dismissed the report into his death by Desmond de Silva as "a sham... a whitewash... a confidence trick", telling a London press conference: "This report is not the truth."

The mother of the so-called forgotten victim in the Pat Finucane collusion scandal has spoken of the need for the murdered solicitor’s wife to move on with her life.

The murder of Pat Finucane was "an appalling crime", British Prime Minister David Cameron told the House of Commons today.

A report into the loyalist murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane will be published later today.

A pistol used in the murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane was handed back to the British army by the RUC, previously unpublished papers show.

A pistol used in the murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane was handed back to the British Army by the RUC, previously unpublished papers show.

A mural to commemorate the continuing legacy of murdered solicitor Pat Finucane has been unveiled just days before a report into his death is published.

A loyalist plot to kill Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams will be covered by a new report into the murder of solicitor Pat Finucane.

A British Government-ordered review into the loyalist murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane will be published on December 12.

Highly-classified documents will be included in the published report of a British Government-ordered review into the murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane, it was revealed today.

A new report into the loyalist murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane is to be examined by security chiefs to ensure it does not put lives at risk.

The new Northern Ireland Secretary has promised to help build stability and peace in the North.

Northern Ireland Secretary Owen Paterson is to leave his post as part of British Prime Minister David Cameron’s reshuffle, British Government sources indicated.

Northern police are to open a murder inquiry into the Bloody Sunday killings 40 years ago.

Police are to open a murder inquiry into the Bloody Sunday killings 40 years ago in Derry.

The British government has told the families of 11 people killed by British troops in the case known as the Ballymurphy Massacre that there will be no independent investigation of the deaths.

More than ever, we are reliant on something other than goodwill from Britain, writes political reporter Juno McEnroe

Republican dissidents in the North remain a serious threat to peace, Taoiseach Enda Kenny has warned.

A clash over the need for a public inquiry into the 1989 murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane by loyalist gunmen was the only flashpoint in a Downing St summit between Enda Kenny and David Cameron.