Christian bakers who refused to make a cake with a pro-gay marriage slogan are expected to return to court in Belfast today for an appeal.

Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams has claimed he is not concerned that his former lawyer ordered a review of allegations that he withheld information on his sex abuser brother.

Northern Ireland Attorney General John Larkin twice rejected attempts to settle his High Court action against Peter Hain before they agreed to halt the proceedings in advance of a full hearing, the former Secretary of State has claimed.

The North's Attorney General is to examine papers from the trial into the murder of honeymooner Michaela McAreavey.

A new inquest into the deaths of Lesley Howell and Trevor Buchanan will set the record straight after their partners were jailed for their murders, a coroner’s court hearing in the North was told today.