Tony Blair has called for more effort to break down segregation in Northern Ireland and stressed the continued need to be “vigilant” about the threat from terrorism.

The funeral for a prison officer murdered by dissident republicans in the North will take place in Belfast today.

We’ll need our humour and a balanced reading of our history this Easter to negotiate a path through the treacherous waters of commemoration. Let’s hope we can also make room for the voices of the children of the centenary of the Rising, writes Clodagh Finn.

A 45-year-old man has been charged with the murder of a prison officer in the North.

A prison officer who died after he was injured in a bomb attack in Belfast may have had a heart attack, his colleagues said.

A prison officer who died after he was injured in a bomb attack in Belfast may have had a heart attack, his colleagues said.