Tony Blair could boost the peace process in the North by lifting the ban on Catholics becoming King or Queen, it was claimed today.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair can boost the peace process in Northern Ireland by repealing a law which forbids the heir to the throne marrying a Catholic, it was claimed tonight.

Northern Ireland’s Civic Forum should be reconvened to play a part in next month’s review of the Good Friday Agreement, the British and Irish Governments were urged today.

All parties aspiring to be part of the government of Northern Ireland must turn their backs on violence for good, the Rev Ian Paisley’s Democratic Unionists insisted today at the launch of the party's election manifesto.

The Democratic Unionist Party has claimed political bureaucracy is costing half a billion pounds in Northern Ireland every year.

Unionist concerns about the failure to implement some elements of the Good Friday Agreement are being overlooked by those who accuse them of being fixated on paramilitary weapons, an UUP Assembly member claimed today.