Property developer Barry Gilligan is set to take over as the new chairman of the North's Policing Board.

The North's Policing Board has approved the use of Taser stun-guns despite strong opposition from the SDLP and Sinn Féin.

The North's Policing Board has announced plans to appoint a panel of experts to carry out a review of the investigation into the Omagh bombing.

The North's Policing Board is to carry out an independent review of the investigation into the Omagh bombing.

The North's Policing Board is seeking a meeting with the PSNI chief constable Hugh Orde to discuss the outcome of the trial.

Sinn Féin is refusing to endorse a human rights report due to be published by the North's Policing Board today.

The North's Policing Board has criticised the lack of resources available to the PSNI team inquiring into more than 300 unsolved murders during the Troubles.

Sinn Féin is planning to press the PSNI chief constable on the issue of collusion when the North's Policing Board meets later today.

The North's Policing Board has queried the need for the use of Taser stun guns by the PSNI.

Sinn Féin's three nominees are due to attend their first full meeting of the North's Policing Board later today.

Sinn Féin has announced that it is taking up its three places on the North's Policing Board to hold the PSNI to account.

Sinn Féin has included a former long-serving republican prisoner among the nominees for its three seats on the North's Policing Board.

Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams said today that he will urge his party to join the North's Policing Board at a meeting on May 12, following the restoration of the Northern Executive.

Sinn Féin is due to hold its first-ever meeting with the North's Policing Board today following its decision earlier this year to support the PSNI.

More than 1,000 witness statements have been taken during the investigation into the horrific murder of north Belfast schoolboy Thomas Devlin, it was confirmed today.

PSNI chief constable Hugh Orde is expected to face questions about the latest IMC report at a meeting of the North's Policing Board this afternoon.

A former vice-chairman of the North's Policing Board has said he believes the Garda Bill may not be effective in bringing about the right changes in community policing for the foreseeable future.

The Labour Party is due to focus on the issues of Garda reform and community policing on the concluding day of its two-day policy meeting in Cork today.

The Progressive Democrats and the Labour Party are holding separate meetings today to discuss their strategies for the coming Dáil term.

PSNI chief constable Hugh Orde is expected to face questions about the attempted murder of leading loyalist Mark Haddock when he appears before the North's Policing Board today.

Sinn Féin and the SDLP have both criticised the re-election of Prof Desmond Rea as chairman of the North's Policing Board.

The North's Policing Board has said it is satisfied the PSNI acted properly in relation to the so-called Stormontgate scandal.

The North's Policing Board is due to hold a special meeting this afternoon to discuss the so-called Stormontgate affair.

Public confidence in the PSNI has fallen slightly in the latter half of this year, according to an opinion poll commissioned by the North's Policing Board.

Politicians from across the political spectrum have condemned an assault on the deputy chairman of the North's Policing Board last night.

The vice-chairman of the North's Policing Board has claimed that the RUC was prepared to sacrifice one of its own officers in the 1970s in order to protect an informer.

An independent nationalist member of the North's Policing Board has criticised the Democratic Unionist Party for trying to exert greater influence over the body.

An independent member who is quitting the North's Policing Board today warned it could become more polarised than ever.

The PSNI chief constable, Hugh Orde has decided to wait before making any statement on Gerry Adams appeal to the IRA to stand down.

Unionist and nationalist members of the North's Policing Board have disagreed over a proposal to allow the PSNI to purchase a new form of plastic bullet.

PSNI chief constable Hugh Orde has said he has no problem with people providing evidence about the murder of Robert McCartney to third parties.

The chairman of the North's Policing Board has resigned from a property development firm as a result of the ongoing garda investigation into alleged money-laundering in the Republic.

The North's Policing Board is expected to be asked this week to approve plans to close down almost half of all police stations.

A review of the Omagh bombing investigation has concluded that the PSNI is considering all information relevant to the investigation.

The SDLP has criticised Sinn Fein's refusal to join the North's Policing Board before Assembly elections scheduled for May 29.

AFTER waiting so long to get live television coverage of his address to a Sinn Féin Ard Fheis, Gerry Adams was generous with his time in the spotlight.

The North's Policing Board has given chief constable Hugh Orde 12 months to persuade the public that his officers are doing a good job.

The North's police service has launched a confidential phone line to allow employees to report corruption, malpractice and bullying within the force.

Plans to join Special Branch with CID in Northern Ireland have failed to meet reform demands for a complete merger, according to a new report published today.

A unionist member of the North's Policing Board has said that Catholics from the six counties are still reluctant to join the new police force.