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.

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

An SDLP working group looking at the future of the party is exploring all political options, its leader Mark Durkan insisted today.

Germany launched a new bid today to have the daughter of an ex-MP extradited to stand trial over an IRA bomb attack on a British Army base.

The countdown to a united Ireland is under way, according to Stormont’s Deputy First Minister in waiting, Martin McGuinness.

Sinn Féin will be looking to Bertie Ahern and Tony Blair to reactivate cross-border bodies if their plan to achieve powersharing at Stormont by March fails, Martin McGuinness said today.

Civic leaders in a town in the North were tonight urged to come together and make a stand against sectarianism in the wake of the murder of a 14-year-old Catholic schoolboy.

The British and Irish governments must not allow the Ian Paisley to block the path to power-sharing in the North, Sinn Féin’s chief negotiator Martin McGuinness said tonight.

Veteran republican Joe Cahill will rank alongside some of the greatest names in Irish nationalism, Sinn Féin’s Martin McGuinness claimed today.

Justice Minister Michael McDowell must “put up or shut up” over his allegations that senior members of Sinn Féin have been involved in IRA criminal activity, Martin McGuinness said today.

The British government was today expected to face more demands for an inquiry into alleged collusion between members of the security forces in Northern Ireland and loyalist paramilitaries in killings during the Troubles.

ONE voter in South Antrim staked perhaps slightly too much on her vote, by leaving her wedding ring in the ballot box.

Sinn Féin’s Martin McGuinness will face rigorous questioning about his role on Bloody Sunday when he testifies before the Saville Inquiry today.

Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble was today due to hold his fifth face-to-face meeting with Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams as efforts to revive the Northern Ireland Assembly continued.

TWO men were arrested yesterday by police investigating an attempted major bomb attack in Derry which was linked to dissident republicans.

Two men were arrested today by police investigating an attempted major bomb attack in Derry linked to dissident republicans.

The British army has known all along that Sinn Fein’s Martin McGuinness did not open fire on soldiers on Bloody Sunday, it was claimed today.

The British government is today poised to release legislation formally postponing Assembly elections in Northern Ireland which were due to take place this month.

Sinn Fein has protested to Downing Street over transcripts of alleged bugged telephone conversations involving Martin McGuinness and senior figures in British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s Government, the Mid-Ulster MP revealed today.

Sinn Fein’s chief negotiator Martin McGuinness was today in contact with senior Irish government officials after a party member tipped to win a seat in the Republic’s parliament was arrested as part of an investigation into a vigilante attack.

Sinn Fein's chief negotiator, Martin McGuinness, has said the British Government's decision to suspend the Northern Assembly for 24 hours has put IRA decommissioning plans in jeopardy.

Sinn Fein's chief negotiator, Martin McGuinness, has warned the British Government about the effect a suspension of the Northern Assembly could have on nationalist opinion in the North.

Sinn Fein’s Martin McGuinness was today described standing ‘‘shocked and disbelieving’’ in Londonderry’s Bogside in the aftermath of Bloody Sunday.