Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams has categorically rejected new claims that he authorised the murder of an IRA double agent Denis Donaldson in 2006, writes Daniel McConnell of the Irish Examiner.

Political reporter Fiachra Ó'Cionnaith breaksdown the 'Project Eagle' report and gives us an insight into what is to come.

Nama’s resistance to public scrutiny over its handling of the sale of a distressed loans in the North could result in harmful political fallout, writes Eamon Quinn

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has described allegations of bags of cash being paid to a former adviser to Nama as incredible and extraordinary.

Finance Minister Michael Noonan and the National Asset Management Agency have strongly endorsed the auction process behind the sale of the so-called Project Eagle loans.

The existence or otherwise of the IRA is a real issue, despite what the Shinners might claim and Gerry Adams’ best efforts to blame ‘cynical’ political opponents, says Michael Clifford

Nama chiefs will be hauled before the Dáil’s public spending watchdog on Thursday to address growing concerns about a controversial cut-price deal — linked to a secret €9.8m off-shore account scandal — that saw properties sold for €4bn less than their initial value.

Sinn Féin deputy leader Mary Lou McDonald has insisted she has no regrets over how her party reacted to the Maíria Cahill sex abuse scandal.

The woman at the centre of claims that Sinn Féin and the provisional IRA covered up sexual assaults, and moved abusers over the border to avoid detection, has called for a statutory inquiry into the scandal.

Rape victim Maíria Cahill said she brought her case to a number of politicians in the South because she felt "so guilty" that her abuser had access to other children over the years.

Four people accused of covering up the rape of Máiria Cahill have issued a statement rejecting her claims.

Three criminal cases linked to the alleged rape of a Belfast woman who insists the republican movement covered up her claims are to be independently reviewed, the Public Prosecution Service has announced.

A woman who claims the IRA tried to force her to keep quiet about a rape allegation against a west Belfast member of the republican group said she is being "put through further trauma today" by Sinn Féin.

Social Development Minister Nelson McCausland has been summoned to appear before his Stormont scrutiny committee following allegations of political interference in the Northern Ireland Housing Executive.

The Irish Amateur Boxing Association (IABA) has hit back at a BBC Spotlight programme which investigated if IABA grants were being withheld from non-nationalist clubs.

KEVIN CRILLY was cleared at Belfast Crown Court yesterday of murdering undercover soldier Captain Robert Nairac 33 years ago.

MIRIAM O’CALLAGHAN again had her finger on the pulse when she jokingly quipped, “I know you all want to hear about the election, right?” to the gathered crowds of A-listers and acting talent at Saturday’s Irish Film and Television Awards (IFTAS).

The North's First Minister Peter Robinson hit out today at claims that he failed to alert watchdogs when his wife allegedly broke parliamentary rules to help her teenage lover.

Four suspected Real IRA men were arrested following a tip-off that the dissident republican terror group put on a show of strength for TV cameras, a court heard today.

PARISHIONERS in a rural community are standing by their parish priest after he was suspended from duty following a sex abuse allegation.

The Catholic Church is today facing fresh accusations that it failed to adequately deal with allegations of clerical child sex abuse in 1995.