Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams today warned supporters that there are "no short cuts to independence", saying that republicans must address the issue of policing.

President Mary McAleese today revealed she has family members who have joined the Police Service of Northern ireland (PSNI).

Crunch talks between Sinn Féin and the British government are making progress, republicans said today.

Just as many Catholics as Protestants are reporting crime to the police in Northern Ireland, a new survey claimed today.

Republicans should engage in policing to boost crunch power-sharing talks this autumn, the Northern Secretary said today.

Sinn Féin wants to get involved on Northern Ireland’s Policing Board but it is a question of when, a senior United States Congressman claimed today.

Progress towards completing police reforms in the North has been let down by lack of political backing, a watchdog report said today.

BELFAST’S top police commander last night hit back at unionists who have quit community partnerships over the street violence raging across the city.

Belfast’s top police commander tonight hit back at unionists who have quit community partnerships over the street violence raging across the city.

The British and Irish Governments were today urged to insist that Sinn Féin backs policing in Northern Ireland regardless what the next IRA statement says.

Hardline republican terror groups opposed to the peace process are still trying to mount a more effective terror campaign, the British and Irish Governments were warned today.

Business leaders in the North were today urged to help police mount a new offensive on racketeers plundering millions from Northern Ireland’s economy.

Thugs who prey on the disabled are to be targeted as part of a developing offensive on hate crime revealed today by Northern Ireland policing chiefs.

Bertie Ahern was today urged to recall a forum of political parties on both sides of the border to resolve the crisis over the future of the IRA.

The transformation of policing in Northern Ireland in recent years has been “remarkable”, according to a report published today.

SDLP LEADER Mark Durkan yesterday backed away from claims that his party would consider its position on policing if a Parades Commission ruling on a controversial Orange march in north Belfast was defied.

SDLP leader Mark Durkan today backed away from claims that his party would consider its position on policing if a Parades Commission ruling on a controversial Orange march in north Belfast was defied.

A PARCEL bomb addressed to the governor of a top security prison in the North was intercepted at a post office yesterday.

FOREIGN Affairs Minister Brian Cowen last night launched an attack on dissident republicans who are waging a campaign of intimidation against nationalist members of the North’s Policing Board.

A conference aimed at finding ways of reducing crime levels is being held by the Police Service of Northern Ireland today.

MOVES to axe half of Northern Ireland’s police command areas were challenged yesterday by the man overseeing changes to the service.

Sinn Féin is poised to take at least five extra seats in next week’s Northern Ireland Assembly election, the party predicted tonight.

Rival nationalist parties in Northern Ireland are due to focus on the issue of law and order today, with seven days left until the Stormont Assembly election.

Security cameras are to be installed at the homes of members of a local policing body in Northern Ireland following a series of threats and attacks by dissident republicans, it was revealed today.

The SDLP today expressed the determination of party members on local District Policing Partnerships in Northern Ireland to stand up against dissident republican threats and intimidation.

Police in the North have arrested four men and a woman in connection with dissident republican death threats against members of the District Policing Partnerships in the North.

Arsonists set fire to a car owned by a Northern Ireland policing representative today.

Sinn Féin’s chief negotiator today rejected claims that mainstream republicans planned an intimidation campaign against Catholic members of a new community policing board in Northern Ireland.

COMMUNITY policing bodies in Northern Ireland will forge ahead with their work, despite members receiving death threats from dissident republicans, it was claimed yesterday.

Policing in Northern Ireland has changed more in the last 18 months than in the previous 80 years, it was claimed today.

Northern Ireland will have a new police service by September regardless of what happens in the peace process, Ulster Secretary John Reid vowed today.