Loyalist rioters have attacked police for a third successive night in Belfast.

Loyalist rioters in Belfast have been warned they will face a judge within hours of arrest, after special courts were set up to deal with alleged troublemakers.

A prominent loyalist campaigner involved in Union flag protests in Northern Ireland has been refused bail after being accused of encouraging or assisting offences.

The decision to charge a leading republican with IRA membership was politically motivated, Sinn Féin claimed today.

A former IRA leader in the Maze prison in the North was remanded in custody yesterday on charges linked to a police investigation into a murder outside a Belfast bar.

A former IRA leader in the Maze prison in the North was remanded into custody today on charges linked to a police investigation into a murder outside a Belfast bar.

A bench warrant has been issued by a court in Dublin for the arrest of a convicted rapist who fled from the North and failed to inform gardaí that he had entered the State.

A man and a woman have been charged with almost 40 animal cruelty offences today.

A rapist on the run from police in the North has been remanded in custody today.

A rapist on the run from police in the North has been found in Dublin.

Nine police officers have been injured during serious rioting following the passing of a Protestant parade through a nationalist area of north Belfast.

A decision to charge Old Bailey bomber Marian Price in connection with the murder of two British soldiers is an abuse of legal process, her lawyer claimed today.

A crime gang spent more than £50,000 (€60,000) seeking clients for young prostitutes trafficked illegally into the North, a court heard today.

A man was charged with attempted murder and riotous assembly today after a piece of masonry was dropped on the head of a policewoman in north Belfast.

A former police inspector was charged tonight with murdering an 80-year-old woman in the North more than two decades ago.

Two teenagers are due in court today charged in connection with the racist attacks on Romanian families in Belfast.

A 39-year-old man was arrested today in connection with the murder of a leading loyalist paramilitary nearly a decade ago.

A 57-year-old woman appeared in court in Belfast today charged with controlling prostitution.

A 39-year-old man appeared in court today charged with kidnapping a mother and her young son for ransom.

A man will appear in court today charged with attempting to rob a west Belfast bar at gunpoint.

Police investigating terrorism in the Belfast area have today charged a man with misconduct in public office.

Two 13-year-old boys appeared before a court today after a girl was raped in a park.

A Nigerian man appeared in court today accused of murdering a shop assistant found dead at her home.

A 39-year-old man appeared before magistrates in Belfast today in connection with the planting of two firebombs in shopping centres in the North last year.

ROGUE loyalist Mark Haddock’s one-time most trusted friend appeared in court yesterday accused of trying to kill him.

Northern Ireland Chief Constable Sir Hugh Orde is seeking to have top loyalist Ihab Shoukri sent back to prison, it was revealed tonight.

A father and son appeared in court today charged with the murder of a man stabbed to death in the North last week.

Two men appeared in court in the North today charged with blackmail and fundraising for terrorism.

AN employee accused of the £26.5 million (€39.15m) Northern Bank robbery allegedly manipulated a work rota so the raid could be carried out, a court heard yesterday.

A top loyalist paramilitary was charged today with blackmail, intimidation and money laundering.

A man charged in connection with the £26.5m (€39m) Northern Bank robbery in Belfast last Christmas is due in court today.

A third man was tonight charged in connection with the £26.5m (€39.23m) Northern Bank robbery in Belfast last Christmas.

A PAINTER and decorator was allegedly caught with seven guns in the loyalist rioting that has engulfed Belfast, a court heard yesterday.

A painter and decorator was allegedly caught with seven guns at the height of loyalist rioting that has engulfed Belfast, a court heard today.

A magistrate will rule tomorrow on whether the Omagh bomb suspect should stand trial for the murders of the 29 people killed in the Real IRA atrocity and a host of other terrorist offences.

The 29 murder charges against the man accused of the Omagh bombing should be dropped, a lawyer demanded today.

Police are seeking to re-interview the co-accused of the man charged with murdering Robert McCartney outside a Belfast bar, it was revealed today.

A BOY of 15 appeared in court yesterday accused of raping and trying to kill a woman during a break-in at her home.

Death threats were issued against a woman accused of murdering a man near Belfast as she appeared in court today.

TWO men appeared before Belfast magistrates yesterday on charges connected with the murder of an unidentified Chinese woman.

Three men and a youth accused of beating a man to death appeared in court today.

A teenager appeared in court in Belfast today accused of trying to rape an 80-year-old woman in her home.

DETECTIVES discovered a batch of arms and explosives in the possession of a Belfast taxi driver during their hunt for the killers of a father of six, a court heard yesterday.