The British government must be fully transparent if it decides to hold a public inquiry into the murder of solicitor Pat Finucane, his son has said.

The father of murdered loyalist leader Billy Wright has died aged 78.

The official inquiry into the murder of Loyalist terrorist Billy Wright in the Maze Prison found that there was no “state collusion” in his killing, Northern Ireland Secretary Owen Paterson said today.

The official inquiry into the murder of Loyalist prisoner Billy Wright in Maze Prison found there was no "state collusion'' in his killing, Northern Ireland Secretary Owen Paterson has told the UK's House of Commons today.

Jail chiefs braced themselves today for a major report of a £30m (€367m) UK government investigation into the 1997 murder inside the Maze Prison of loyalist Billy Wright, one of the North's most feared assassins.

The Parades Commission in the North will be reappointed in January if local politicians fail to reach agreement on controversial marches, Northern Ireland Secretary Owen Paterson said today.

The report into the murder of leading loyalist Billy Wright in jail will be handed over to a team of British government officials today.

A Northern Ireland Assembly member was today ordered to disclose his sources in a probe into the prison murder of loyalist leader Billy Wright or face contempt of court proceedings.

The jailing of a solicitor caught plotting murder when police bugged his conversations with suspected terrorist clients will provide a salutary reminder to the whole profession about the standards required of them, a court heard today.

Leading Democratic Unionist Ian Paisley Jnr said today that he is to appeal over a High Court decision ordering him to reveal a source which gave him evidence on the murder of a high-profile loyalist paramilitary.

Leading Democratic Unionist Ian Paisley Jnr threatened today to defy a High Court judge who ordered him to reveal a source that gave him evidence on the murder of a high-profile loyalist paramilitary.

Another man has been arrested in connection with the murder of journalist Martin O’Hagan, police said today.

Four men and a woman were being questioned in connection with the murder of journalist Martin O’Hagan seven years ago.

Five men were questioned tonight about the murder seven years ago of Northern Ireland journalist Martin O’Hagan.

A senior lawyer who unexpectedly left the public inquiry into the murder of a loyalist paramilitary leader claimed today he was sacked and did not resign.

A disc containing personal information have been lost by the public inquiry team probing the loyalist murder of a Catholic solicitor in the North.

A LOYALIST ceasefire in the north is to be recognised, the Northern Ireland secretary said yesterday.

A loyalist ceasefire in the North is to be recognised, the Northern Secretary said today.

A loyalist ceasefire in North is to be recognised, the Northern Ireland Secretary said today.

Disgruntled members of the North’s two largest loyalist paramilitary groups have carried out attacks as the organisations move slowly away from violence, it was claimed today.

A Catholic man stabbed 12 years ago in the North was the victim of a sectarian killing, an inquest heard today.

The British government put on hold 18 months ago preparations for a public inquiry into the controversial murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane, it emerged today.

THE first baby born after the Good Friday Agreement has spent her school years involved in cross-community projects.

POLICE failed to properly deal with death threats made against Catholic solicitor Rosemary Nelson before she was murdered, a report revealed yesterday.

PUBLIC inquiries into three Northern Ireland killings involving alleged official collusion should be suspended while experts review ways of dealing with the past, senior police said yesterday.

Rival loyalist paramilitary organisations may have joined forces to brutally murder a Catholic teenager in the North, an inquest heard today.

A public inquiry into the assassination of loyalist terror boss Billy “King Rat” Wright will finally begin oral hearings today.

Senior Ulster Defence Association members profited from crime just weeks before the British government pledged £1.2m (€1.76m) to the loyalist group’s plan to wean its communities off paramilitarism, it emerged today.

DUBLIN and London piled maximum pressure on the DUP to cut a power sharing deal last night after ceasefire watchdogs delivered a glowing verdict on the IRA’s commitment to the peace process.

The father of a loyalist paramilitary leader gunned down in prison won a legal challenge against a decision to hold the inquiry into the killing under controversial legislation passed last year.

The daughters of Sunday World journalist Martin O'Hagan have wept at his inquest this morning as their mother gave evidence about how he died.

The inquest into the death of Sunday World journalist Martin O'Hagan is due to get underway in Armagh this morning.

A police team which is considering over 3,000 Northern Ireland conflict deaths should cost much less than public inquiries into four controversial killings, Sir Hugh Orde said tonight.

Responsibility for the destruction of security files on hundreds of former paramilitary prisoners in the top security Maze Prison was today laid at the feet of a Northern Ireland prison governor who has since died.

Unionists in the North will today scrutinise a report on paramilitary activity to see whether the IRA is honouring its pledge to wind down its operations.

Rockers Snow Patrol are paying tribute to slain Northern Irish woman Lisa Dorrian at their forthcoming Belfast concert, in the hope of raising awareness of her unsolved murder.

An inquiry into the death of a Catholic man battered to death by a loyalist mob in Northern Ireland was today delayed after police witnesses were given the go-ahead to seek anonymity.

Two men convicted of flying loyalist paramilitary flags in Holywood, Co Down, are to be sentenced next month.

The ex-wife of a murdered loyalist paramilitary leader has sold her home in the North in order to pay £35,000 (€51,000) to the Assets Recovery Agency, it announced today.

The loyalist Ulster Defence Association’s involvement in criminality remains endemic, the Independent Monitoring Commission said today.

Three men were being questioned today about a loyalist paramilitary murder in Belfast.

GRAFFITI identifying one of the main suspects in the murder of missing shop assistant Lisa Dorrian has been daubed on walls in the North.

A SOLICITOR secretly taped during meetings with paramilitary suspects tried to have a wounded taxi driver assassinated before he could speak to police, a court heard yesterday.

THE Ulster Defence Association was formally accused yesterday of gunning down one of its former brigadiers, Jim Gray.