Fears of a new shooting war between rival loyalist gangs on the streets of Belfast at the height of the Protestant marching season intensified tonight after the murder of a man in the east of the city.

The SDLP’s alternative plan for reviving devolution breaches fundamental principles of the Good Friday Agreement, it was claimed today.

A Northern Ireland MP who switched parties came under more pressure today to resign his Westminster seat and seek a new mandate from voters.

Northern Ireland's Alliance Party has decided to change the designation of its assembly members to unionist to solve the crisis in the Northern Ireland political institutions.