The police's failure to conduct an overarching examination of state collusion with a notorious loyalist murder gang in Northern Ireland was inconsistent with its human rights obligations, a judge has found.

A court ruling, granting an international footballer and his fiancee legal recognition of their looming humanist wedding, is to be appealed.

Ireland International footballer Eunan O'Kane and his fiancee Laura Lacole are seeking legal recognition of their humanist wedding.

Enough has been done to stop Northern Ireland exiting the European Union, a victims' campaigner who took the British Government to court said.

A bid by two republicans to overturn a landmark civil ruling that found them responsible for the Omagh bomb has been rejected by the European Court of Human Rights.

The European Court of Human Rights has ruled a civil case brought against two men accused of involvement in the Omagh bombing was conducted fairly.

Catholic bishops have yet again rowed into the debate over abortion laws, stating it would be a “direct attack on the most fundamental of all human rights” to repeal the eighth amendment.

Yesterday’s ruling in the North should lead to renewed calls, ahead of the election, for Ireland to repeal the Eighth Amendment, writes Ivana Bacik

Aer Lingus has said it will "vigorously defend" itself against a claim for damages from Belfast International Airport.

A decision to refuse a public inquiry into the Omagh bombing is to be challenged in court.

Doubt has been cast over the future of a multimillion-pound revamp of a stadium capable of hosting 2023 Rugby World Cup matches in Northern Ireland.

A decision to grant planning permission for a 38,000-seat stadium in the heart of West Belfast was unlawful, a judge has ruled.

Bank of Scotland has been unfairly double-billing customers who fell behind on their mortgages, a Belfast High Court judge has ruled.

Two dissident republicans have failed to overturn their convictions for murdering police constable Stephen Carroll in the North in 2009.

Relatives of 33 people killed in loyalist bombings in the Dublin-Monaghan bombings 40 years ago are suing the British Government over alleged collusion.

The prosecution case against a high-profile republican charged with murdering 29 people in the Omagh bombing is based on phone, forensic and witness evidence, a court has heard.

A republican successfully sued over the Omagh bomb has been remanded in custody charged with murdering the 29 victims of the Real IRA outrage.

A republican successfully sued over the Omagh bomb is due in court today charged with murdering the 29 victims of the Real IRA outrage.

A high-profile republican has been charged with murdering 29 people in the Omagh bombing, police said.

A high-profile republican has been charged with murdering 29 people in the Omagh bombing, police said.

A 29-year-old man arrested in the North in connection with a gangland style murder in Dublin is to contest extradition proceedings, a court in Belfast was told.

Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary has said the safety record of his budget airline has been vindicated.

Relatives of Omagh bomb victims last night vowed to pursue the £1.6m (€1.8m) in damages that the men found liable for the attack have been ordered to pay.

Relatives of Omagh bomb victims tonight vowed to relentlessly pursue the £1.6m in damages that the men found liable for the attack have been ordered to pay.

Two republicans have been found liable for the Omagh bombing following a landmark civil action taken by relatives of some of the victims.

A judgment in the civil retrial of two republicans accused of responsibility for the Omagh bombing is due today.

Two republicans being sued by relatives of victims of the Omagh bomb have been challenged to break their silence and testify in court.

Two republicans being sued by relatives of victims of the Omagh bomb have been challenged to break their silence and testify in court.

A judge in the civil retrial of two men accused of involvement in the Omagh bombing has warned lawyers that he will not let it be held up by endless delays.

Police are on high alert in Belfast as a massive Orange Order parade takes place to mark the centenary of the signing of the pro-Union Ulster Covenant.

The family of murdered solicitor Pat Finucane has been granted a judicial review of the decision not to hold a public inquiry into his death.

A TOP official from the former Anglo-Irish bank has told of reading chatrooms linked to the GAA to monitor gossip on the activities of former billionaire Sean Quinn.

Former tycoon Sean Quinn today said he is one of many victims of Ireland’s economic collapse and should not have believed the politicians and banks who promised the boom would last.

A top official from the former Anglo Irish Bank has told of reading chatrooms linked to the GAA to monitor gossip on the activities of former billionaire Sean Quinn.

Belfast High Court has heard that former billionaire Sean Quinn has moved his centre of main business interests to an industrial estate in Fermanagh.

FAMILIES of Omagh bomb victims have pledged to stick with their marathon legal battle after two men successfully appealed a court ruling that had found them responsible for the 1998 outrage.

Families of Omagh bomb victims have pledged to stick with their marathon legal battle after two men successfully appealed a high court ruling that had found them responsible for the 1998 outrage.

Two men have successfully appealed against a High Court ruling that held them responsible for the Omagh bombing today, but two others had their appeals dismissed.

The trial of a Belfast man accused of murdering a taxi driver in the city almost four years ago dramatically collapsed at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today.

An FBI agent whose evidence was crucial in the case against a dissident republican leader found liable for the Omagh bombing is a pathological liar, an appeal court heard today.

A court challenge against the election of Sinn Féin MP Michelle Gildernew in the Fermanagh and South Tyrone constituency has been rejected.

VAN MORRISON has secured a court injunction banning the publication of a newspaper article about his private life.