The Government had a mole inside the Maze Prison during the IRA hunger strike of 1981, former Taoiseach Dr Garret FitzGerald revealed today.

A Belfast Sinn Féin councillor who was heavily involved in the IRA hunger strike protests has died in hospital.

Commemorations to mark the 25th anniversary of the IRA hunger strike are continuing across the North today.

A Sinn Féin Assembly member is to have his conviction for the murder of a policeman reviewed by the Court of Appeal, it emerged today.