DUP leader the Rev Ian Paisley has said the leaders of "IRA/Sinn Féin" had lied in their responses to recent accusations of criminality and "maligned" their accusers.

Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble tonight saw off a challenger and was reselected to fight his Upper Bann constituency at the next general election.

A delegation from the nationalist SDLP will today press for the withdrawal of plastic bullets at a meeting with Northern Ireland’s most senior policeman.

A Northern Ireland Office minister was today urged to help speed up a decision on whether a cross-border dental and facial treatment service will be given the go-ahead in the North.

Police reform in Northern Ireland still has some distance to travel before Sinn Féin can sign up to new policing structures, Gerry Adams warned the British government today.

The criminal records of people who served jail sentences in Northern Ireland for terrorist offences should be cleared, Sinn Féin delegates demanded at their annual conference in Dublin today.

DAVID TRIMBLE was under renewed pressure to step down as Ulster Unionist Party leader last night after more than 30 members of his constituency association walked out during the annual general meeting.

Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble is today preparing to fight a motion of no confidence in him in his own constituency as rival factions within the party continued to row over policy.

A Sinn Fein Assembly member could be called to testify for a Catholic ex-soldier who allegedly tried to kill himself after becoming the victim of a vicious sectarian campaign, it was revealed tonight.

Stormont Minister Brid Rodgers’ home was at the centre of a bomb scare last week, it emerged today.

Unionist moves to oust Sinn Fein from government in Northern Ireland will not receive the nationalist SDLP’s crucial backing, the Labour Party conference heard tonight.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Taoiseach Bertie Ahern are today meeting to consider their next move to save the Good Friday Agreement.

The Orange Order today responded by calling to be treated equally to those opposed to marches.

The Stormont First and Deputy First Ministers have been advised they cannot use their offices to support the campaign to raise funds for a private prosecution against those suspected of planting the Omagh bomb, it emerged today.