HOLLYWOOD star Jennifer Lopez yesterday launched a libel action over allegations she was involved in a drugs scandal.

Loyalist killer Michael Stone was again remanded in custody today charged with the attempted murder of Sinn Féin leaders Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness.

Lawyers representing the families of two IRA men shot dead by security forces in controversial circumstances went to the House of Lords today to challenge the manner in which the inquests into their deaths will proceed.

A convicted armed robber today had over £100,000 (€144,100) assets seized by the UK's Assets Recovery Agency after the first court case of its kind in Northern Ireland.

Omagh bomb victims will today urge the US government to help them shut down a website linked to the terror group behind the atrocity.

Three men being held over a suspected terrorism bomb-making plot tonight won the right to challenge police refusal to give assurances that their conversations with solicitors were not being secretly taped.

Police were attacked tonight for carrying out searches at the home of a solicitor who was secretly taped during meetings with paramilitary suspect clients.

Two teenagers were stabbed to death after falling out with drinking partners in a row over a murdered loyalist paramilitary boss, a court heard today.

The Royal Ulster Constabulary was the role model for other police forces throughout the UK in the treatment of traumatised officers, a court was told today.

BRITISH Government funding to help the Omagh families take civil action against those they believe were responsible for the Omagh bombing has been stopped following an action by Real IRA man Michael McKevitt.

British government funding to help the Omagh families take civil action against those they believe were responsible for the Real IRA bomb which killed 29 people has been put on hold, a court was told today.

Police are seeking to re-interview the co-accused of the man charged with murdering Robert McCartney outside a Belfast bar, it was revealed today.

A top Northern Ireland school has owned up to a failure to protect pupils from sexual abuse, it emerged today.

A man who is to be charged with the 29 Omagh bomb atrocity murders will face a remand hearing later today.

An electrician is to be charged later this month with murdering 29 people who died in the Omagh bomb massacre, the Northern Ireland High Court was told today.

Sean Gerard Hoey, 35, is to be charged with the murders of 29 people killed in the Omagh bomb attack, the Northern Ireland High Court was told today.

A luxury bungalow and motor home have been seized in a £300,000 (€430,000) offensive against an alleged loyalist paramilitary booze and counterfeiting racket, it emerged today.

A civil action by families of the Omagh bomb victims seeking £14m (€20.4m) compensation against the men they blame for the atrocity is expected to be delayed because of a legal challenge by Real IRA leader Michael McKevitt.

A 34-year-old man will appear in court today, accused of supplying the car used by the Real IRA to plant the Omagh bomb which killed 29 people in 1998.

Omagh bomb inquiry detectives are today questioning a man about serious terrorist offences.

A school where six boys were sexually abused by another pupil is facing legal action by one of the victims, it was confirmed tonight.

FIVE men being sued by Omagh bomb victims are to be given a four-week deadline to bring in a new legal team.

Lawyers acting for dissident republican terror chief Michael McKevitt were today told they can seek next month to overturn a Northern Ireland High Court refusal to grant him legal aid to defend the civil action being brought by relatives of Omagh bomb victims.

THE British Government tried to pressurise its top police officer in a bid to halt a public inquiry into the assassination of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane, a court heard yesterday.

The British government tried to pressurise the UK’s top police officer in a bid to halt a public inquiry into the assassination of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane, a court heard today.

World boxing champion Eamonn Magee’s career was ended after a neighbourhood row over a snowman erupted in violence, a court heard today.

THE go-ahead was given yesterday for the widow of murdered Belfast solicitor Patrick Finucane to challenge the British Government’s failure to set up a public inquiry into the killing.

The go-ahead was given today for the widow of murdered Belfast solicitor Patrick Finucane to challenge the UK government’s failure to set up a public inquiry into the killing.

The family of murdered Belfast solicitor Patrick Finucane launched new court action against the British government today in a bid to force it to set up a public inquiry immediately into the killing.

The British government was being taken to the Northern Ireland High Court today in a bid to force it to publish a report into the murder of Belfast solicitor Patrick Finucane 15 years ago.

THE British Government will have to justify its failure to publish a report into the controversial murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane in the Northern Ireland High Court, a judge ruled yesterday.

The Bloody Sunday tribunal decided today to delay taking legal action against Sinn Féin MP Martin McGuinness for refusing to reveal the names of fellow IRA members.

AN Omagh bombing suspect is seeking up to £15,000 in compensation, claiming he was traumatised after being shown photographs of the atrocity during questioning.

THE British Government has promised to re-examine legal aid awards to some of the five men suspected of carrying out the Omagh bomb atrocity.

A top republican was due to go on trial today accused of masterminding the Real IRA.

A landmark civil action against the gang blamed for the Omagh bomb atrocity will collapse unless nearly £1m (€1.45m) is raised in the next six months, relatives warned today.

Lawyers for the Omagh families today threatened legal action against Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams.

DISSIDENT republicans opposed to the peace process in Northern Ireland yesterday warned of new bomb attacks.

Northern Ireland Secretary Paul Murphy will give a court details on Friday of why he ordered loyalist terror chief Johnny “Mad Dog” Adair back to prison, it was announced today.

Sinn Fein’s Gerry Adams could be forced into court to face allegations he has abandoned 16,000 of his west Belfast constituents, it was claimed today.

The Sinn Fein administration chief accused of IRA spying was today refused bail.

Sinn Fein’s administration chief Denis Donaldson risked his life to see a Beirut hostage, Brian Keenan, a court heard today.

Two of the men suspected of carrying out the Omagh bomb outrage are challenging legal action against them, it emerged tonight.

A Northern Ireland High Court judge today granted the Democratic Unionist Party permission to seek a judicial review of Secretary of State John Reid’s decision not to hold assembly elections until May 2003.