Relatives of Paul Quinn are due to meet Garda Commissioner Fachtna Murphy in Dublin today to discuss the investigation into the murder of the 21-year-old last year.

The British government is under pressure today to recognise Northern Ireland’s new political order by giving the Rev Ian Paisley’s Democratic Unionists seats in the House of Lords.

A company part-owned by a senior SDLP figure reportedly helped arrange the McCartney family's visit to the United States last week.

Belfast was plunged into traffic chaos today as nationalists blocked off main roads in protest at a flashpoint loyalist parade.