Northern Secretary Peter Hain tonight ruled out the prospect of a nuclear power station being built in the North.

Councils in the Republic were today urged to join an all-island campaign to prevent 25,000 undocumented Irish immigrants in the United States becoming the victim of tough new laws.

The Equality Commission today came under fire from unionists and republicans over its findings on the religious make-up of the North’s public and private sector workforces.

The Government must keep the pressure on Colombia’s President to respond within 10 days to its request that the case of three Irishmen be speeded up, campaigners insisted today.

The Colombian government was today urged to stop playing with the lives of three Irishmen acquitted this week of training Marxist rebels.

Three Irishmen accused of training Colombian guerillas will appeal against any conviction, their legal representatives confirmed today.

The long-awaited verdict on three Irishmen accused of training Marxist rebels in Colombia was expected today, nine months after their trial ended.

THREE republicans accused of training Marxist rebels in Colombia could receive their trial verdict within days, it was claimed yesterday.

There is no evidence for nationalist claims that discrimination is taking place in Northern Ireland, a former Stormont Minister claimed today.

Stormont Minister Dermot Nesbitt was tonight accused of being “naive” about Sellafield nuclear plant after he called for the public debate on it to be based on facts, not emotion.

Sinn Fein minister Martin McGuinness was accused today of a "Marxist-type outburst’’ against Northern Ireland Catholic Bishops for backing the British Government’s police reforms.