TIM PAT COOGAN, one of the country’s most respected former newspaper editors and author of a number of controversial biographies, has written his own story which was launched in Dublin last night by Professor John Horgan, press ombudsman.

European Union chiefs were today urged to put pressure on Sinn Féin to disband the IRA Army Council.

Bonfires were lit in loyalist areas across the the North last night as a traditional prelude to the annual July 12 Orange parades.

HOPES of a power-sharing deal in the North rose dramatically last night as Ian Paisley appeared unusually upbeat over a devolution breakthrough.

DUP leader Ian Paisley was today accused of harming the prospects of political progress at Stormont after he said Sinn Féin would be in government over loyalists’ dead bodies.

THE mutilated body of a former top-ranking Sinn Féin official exposed as a British spy was found at his Donegal hideout last night following an execution-style murder.

The Irish and British governments were tonight united in their insistence that plans to unveil proposals for a new power-sharing executive will go ahead on Thursday as planned despite the killing of Denis Donaldson.

I LISTENED to the radio with horror as events unfolded in Dublin last Saturday.

Sinn Féin should be barred from discussing the formation of a devolved government in the North, the Rev Ian Paisley said today.

DR BRIAN MURPHY OSB, of Glenstal Abbey, states that “the Easter Rising, while not mandated by the normal voting process, became a mandatory obligation of democrats” (Irish Examiner letters, November 28).

Democratic Unionist Party leader the Reverend Ian Paisley said there had been no transparent verification of IRA decommissioning in today's announcement.

Ian Paisley’s hardline Democratic Unionist Party today dismissed as “fantasy” any idea of it taking part in early negotiations with Sinn Fein over the resumption of power sharing even if the IRA disarms.

Ian Paisley will today urge the British Government to ban Sinn Féin from any future power-sharing administration in Northern Ireland.

A senior Ulster Unionist today told candidates for the party leadership they must oppose any form of devolution which would see Sinn Féin in government if they are to stand any chance of securing his backing in the contest.

The Rev Ian Paisley was accused today of acting irresponsibly after he launched a withering attack on former US president Bill Clinton

Gerry Adams received a cautious response to his call for the IRA to abandon arms, with opponents saying the Provisionals’ actions now need to match his words.

DUP leader the Rev Ian Paisley has said the leaders of "IRA/Sinn Féin" had lied in their responses to recent accusations of criminality and "maligned" their accusers.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair will tell Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams today that republicans must sever all ties to criminal and paramilitary activity if they are to be involved in power-sharing in the North.

Sinn Féin must be warned that the IRA’s activities must end following accusations that it was behind the £26.5m (€38.1m) Northern Bank raid, ministers in the UK were told tonight.

The IRA must be brought to heel for the Northern Bank Robbery before any new peace talks, Ian Paisley has warned.

Republicans must spend “many months” rebuilding trust shattered by the IRA’s Northern Bank robbery before new any new Ulster peace talks, Ian Paisley warned tonight.

Democratic Unionist Party leader Ian Paisley has called on the British government to exclude Sinn Féin from political life in the North until the IRA disbands.

Northern Ireland Chief Constable Hugh Orde has not produced one scrap of evidence that the IRA was behind the £26.5m (€37.8m) Northern Bank raid in Belfast, Sinn Féin’s Martin McGuinness claimed today.

Efforts to revive devolution in Northern Ireland must be picked up ahead of elections, ministers in London and Dublin were told today.

CHIEF Constable Hugh Orde will face fierce pressure to declare any IRA involvement in the £22 million Northern Bank raid when he is questioned about the heist for the first time, he was warned yesterday.

A SINISTER aspect of the Good Friday Agreement is the establishment of a symbiotic relationship between Fianna Fáil and communist-leaning Sinn Féin.

The British and Irish governments’ deal for reviving power sharing is flawed, the leader of the nationalist SDLP Mark Durkan claimed today.

A DEFIANT Ian Paisley last night laid the blame for the failure to secure a political deal firmly at the door of the IRA and Sinn Féin.

The British Prime Minister was today accused of hypocrisy for refusing to negotiate the freedom of hostage Kenneth Bigley.

US Presidential candidate John Kerry was challenged today by unionists in Northern Ireland to make it clear that the IRA is blocking political progress in the province.

Ian Paisley today pledged to go into peace talks with Sinn Féin once all IRA weapons are destroyed.

The British and Irish governments got Ian Paisley to sit down at the same table as Gerry Adams today at the start of a review of the Good Friday Agreement which they hope will restore devolution to Northern Ireland.

Ian Paisley has said he would not be willing to accept the title of First Minister in an administration which included Sinn Féin members or to sit down and negotiate with Sinn Féin while the IRA retained its weapons.

Donations to Sinn Féin from large companies such as Coca-Cola are "totally unacceptable" the British House of Commons heard today.

Devolution in Northern Ireland will only return if the nationalist SDLP is prepared to exclude Sinn Fein from power sharing, a hardline Ulster Unionist insisted today.

Any Democratic Unionist caught making contact with Sinn Fein will be expelled, party leader the Rev Ian Paisley warned today.

Democratic Unionist Party leader Ian Paisley has denounced today's all-party talks aimed at finding a way to restore the North's devolved political institutions.

Northern Ireland Secretary Paul Murphy today ruled out early elections to the Stormont Assembly.

Ninety-two applications have been received from police officers in Northern Ireland to move home in the wake of the break-in at Castlereagh Police Station earlier this year, it emerged tonight.

The Ulster Unionist Party must return to its original Assembly commitment to keep Sinn Fein out of government until the IRA disarms and disbands, South Antrim MP David Burnside insisted today.

Ulster Unionists have said the IRA statement was not enough - they wanted more, including an assurance that the war was over.

Northern Ireland Assembly members have one last chance to show their dissatisfaction with Sinn Fein in government ahead of the likely suspension of the North’s political institutions, it was claimed today.