A murder investigation was under way today after a west Belfast man was gunned down in front of his children after a row with dissident republicans flared out of control.

A 26-six-year-old man has been injured in a paramilitary style attack in Belfast.

A man has been shot in both feet in the North.

A man shot dead outside his home near Belfast may have been ambushed by former paramilitary associates, it emerged today.

A man has been shot dead at a house in Northern Ireland.

A 15-year-old boy is recovering this morning after being shot in the legs during a paramilitary-style punishment attack in the North last night.

A possible drugs link to a man shot dead by police in Northern Ireland is today being investigated.

The killing of a man in the Co Armagh village of Culloville appears to be linked to republican paramilitary activity in the area.

A man has died in hospital after being shot in the Co Armagh village of Culloville this morning.

Police in the North are recovering after a serious gun incident overnight.

A 19-year-old was admitted to hospital in Belfast overnight after being injured in a paramilitary style attack.

A woman and her young son escaped injury overnight when a shot was fired at their home in Bangor, Co Down.

A man is being treated in hospital after being shot in the face in the North.

A 55-year-old man was shot in the leg in a paramilitary-style attack while walking his dog.

Two people were treated in hospital today after shootings in the North.

A 37-year-old man was being treated in hospital tonight after a shooting incident at a house in Co Antrim in the North.

Security was tight across Belfast tonight after the murder of a man was linked to a bitter power struggle between rival loyalist paramilitaries.

Forensic experts were today examining bullets fired at a Belfast home in a gun attack linked to a feud among rival loyalist paramilitary factions.

A gun attack was launched on the home of a loyalist councillor on the outskirts of North Belfast tonight in what was seen as the latest phase of the bitter ongoing feud between rival factions.

A close associate of Johnny “Mad Dog” Adair escaped a gun attack in a shooting linked to the loyalist paramilitary feud in Belfast today.

A large firebomb discovered during a security operation in Belfast could have caused widespread devastation in the city centre, police said tonight.

Police shot and critically wounded a man as a suspected dissident republican bomb attack was foiled in Belfast city centre.

A man was shot and seriously wounded in Belfast city centre tonight.

A 22-year-old man tonight became the third victim of a bloody feud between loyalist paramilitaries.

A bus driver was shot because of his close friendship with a man living in fear of the IRA, it was claimed tonight.

A bus driver has been shot in the legs in Derry.

A man was shot in his house in east Belfast, sustaining bullet wounds to the shoulder and side of his body.

A man has been injured during a shooting overnight in County Antrim.

Police in the North are investigating three shootings which they believe are linked.

A man has been treated in hospital for gunshot wounds to both ankles following a paramilitary-style attack in North Belfast.

A man has been taken to hospital after a shooting in County Armagh.

A 31-year-old man is recovering in hospital following a paramilitary-style punishment attack in Co Antrim last night.

A woman and children had a narrow escape tonight after their North Belfast home was attacked with gunfire in a sectarian flash point area of the city.

A 34-year-old man has been taken to hospital following a punishment-style attack in the North.

A Protestant man has been shot and injured in the Glenbryn Park area of Ardoyne in north Belfast.

Police in the North are tonight investigating a spate of paramilitary-style shootings.

Two people were injured in a shooting incident in Co Down last night. A man and a teenage boy were taken to hospital with minor injuries after an attack in Barcroft Park in Newry.

Two teenagers are recovering in hospital in the North after been shot. The two youths were shot in the legs and are now in hospital. The two 15-year-olds were shot in Belfast.

Police in the North are investigating an incident where a man was shot in the leg.

A loyalist gang has claimed responsibility for the murder of a taxi driver in Co. Tyrone last night but there is some concern over its veracity.

A taxi driver shot dead in Northern Ireland may have been the victim of a fall out among republicans, it was claimed today.

A Catholic taxi driver was shot dead last night in the North. The man was found dead in his cab at the village of Donaghmore, Co Tyrone.

Four men are being treated in hospital in the North today after being shot in paramilitary-style punishment attacks last night. A 21-year-old man was shot in both hands and both legs in a late-night attack in Butler Place, in the Ardoyne area of north Belfast.

The Provisional IRA may have shot dead a drug dealer in Northern Ireland, it was claimed tonight.