Two former members of the Official IRA could face prosecution for their alleged role in the events of Bloody Sunday.

The rape case against two Ireland and Ulster rugby players will be back in court later.

A man, understood to be a prison officer, has been charged with a total of 16 offences including conspiracy to supply class A, B and C drugs.

Ulster and Ireland players Paddy Jackson, 25, and Stuart Olding, 24, strenuously deny the offence, which was alleged to have happened in Belfast last June.

A man arrested in Limerick in connection with the London attacks was working as a chef using a PPS number issued in the name of murdered terrorist Rachid Redouane.

Theresa May defended the independence of prosecutors considering charging 18 British soldiers over involvement in the Bloody Sunday shootings in Derry.

Prosecutors in the North are considering appealing against the sentences of a couple convicted of sexually abusing a mentally disordered woman while holding her captive for eight years.

A photo of a squalid shipping container where a kidnapped cattle dealer was held hostage as a criminal gang demanded a €400,000 ransom has been revealed by police in the North.

A prosecutorial decision on a man whose palm print was allegedly found on a getaway vehicle used in the Kingsmill massacre is set to be announced within two weeks, a coroner has been told.

Two former British soldiers are to be prosecuted for allegedly murdering an Official IRA man in the North.

Detectives in the North investigating former British Army soldiers who were involved in the Bloody Sunday shootings have sent a report to prosecutors.

A man arrested on suspicion of the sectarian murders of 10 Protestant workmen in Northern Ireland has been released pending a report to prosecutors.

A WOMAN who reported her housemate to police in the North for buying drugs online to abort an unborn child has defended the move.

THE Panama Papers’ (PPs) shocking but, tragically, not really shocking revelation has had an immediate impact. Iceland’s prime minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson has been forced to resign. Earlier yesterday, president Olafur Ragnar Grimsson rejected a request to dissolve the parliament and to call an election from Mr Gunnlaugsson.

A teenager and a pensioner who allegedly went joyriding in a fire engine before smashing into cars and houses have been charged with a string of offences in connection with the incident.

Prosecutors yesterday dropped the charges against the bricklayer accused of murdering 29 people in the 1998 Omagh bomb.

A 37-year-old man set to be prosecuted for the murder of a Belfast mother-of-three has been detained in Dublin on a European arrest warrant.

Investigations into dozens of youngsters considered for prosecution in the North over indecent images of children have been halted, prosecutors said.

Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams will not be prosecuted in connection with the IRA murder of Belfast mother of 10 Jean McConville.

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today.

The PSNI were not politically motivated when they said Gerry Adams should not be prosecuted for allegedly withholding information about his paedophile brother, a watchdog has found.

A decision not to prosecute Gerry Adams for allegedly withholding information about his paedophile brother was correct, a review has found.

The north’s Director of Public Prosecutions has apologised to three women who accused an alleged IRA member of abusing them as children, after a damning report criticised how his prosecution was handled.

Prosecutors in Northern Ireland have been given a final deadline to decide whether to pursue a case against a veteran republican accused of involvement in the murder of Jean McConville.

A police file on a teenager arrested on suspicion of the manslaughter of a fellow school pupil in a playground incident is to be sent to prosecutors for assessment.

The trial of a man accused of murdering 29 people in the Omagh bombing will go ahead, a prosecutor said.

The case against a man accused of the Omagh bombing in the North which killed 29 people could be dropped, a court in Omagh has heard.

An independent review into the handling of Mairia Cahill's rape allegations has started in Belfast.

The North’s deputy chief constable has rejected claims officers have deliberately delayed the disclosure of top secret material for legacy inquests to protect former colleagues.

Saying the troika made them do it just won’t wash — this may yet become Kenny’s Waterloo, writes Michael Clifford

Three cases linked to alleged rape of a Belfast woman and subsequent IRA cover-up are to be reviewed by a top human rights lawyer, the Public Prosecution Service has said.

A welfare payment to help disadvantaged households to meet the cost of water bills will be paid out regardless of whether or not they are compliant with the charge.

Four people accused of covering up the rape of Máiria Cahill have issued a statement rejecting her claims.

Three criminal cases linked to the alleged rape of a Belfast woman who insists the republican movement covered up her claims are to be independently reviewed, the Public Prosecution Service has announced.

A pro-life campaigner has denied cackling like a witch in a bid to intimidate the director of the North’s first abortion clinic, a court has heard.

A rogue DJ who cancelled numerous wedding bookings by falsely claiming his father had died has escaped serving a prison sentence.

Northern Ireland’s chief constable has said criticism of his force’s arrest of Gerry Adams was unfair and inappropriate.

Gerry Adams has been warned of a "credible" death threat, Sinn Féin has said.

Gerry Adams said he made himself available to talk to police following a “sustained, malicious, untruthful and sinister campaign” against him alleging his involvement in a notorious IRA murder.

Gerry Adams has left Antrim police station by a rear exit as loyalists protested outside the building following his release from custody after four days of questioning over a notorious IRA murder.

Gerry Adams has been released from custody this evening and a file is to be sent to Northern Ireland's Public Prosecution Service.