Northern Ireland’s chief constable has said criticism of his force’s arrest of Gerry Adams was unfair and inappropriate.

Northern Ireland Chief Constable Matt Baggott has said the investigation surrounding the arrest of Gerry Adams will be "effective, objective and methodical".

A Northern Ireland chief constable has warned of a surge in dissident republican activity after a bomb partially exploded under a shopping centre.

Northern Ireland’s top police officer has warned of a surge in dissident republican activity after a bomb partially exploded under a shopping centre.

The investigation into the murder of Detective Adrian Donohoe has recorded more than 1,000 exhibits.

Fifty-six police officers were injured during loyalist riots in Belfast city centre in a night of chaotic violence that the North's Chief Constable has described as mindless anarchy.

Four hundred extra police officers from Great Britain are being deployed to Northern Ireland after a night of serious loyalist rioting in Belfast that left more than 30 officers injured and an MP hospitalised.

Events of recent days have shown that we have a distance to go before mastering the art of conflict resolution. That does not mean that anyone south of the border who remembers the horrors ignited by sectarianism, appalling bigotry and unfettered hatred will look north today without feeling bewildered and concerned.

Killings by British troops in Northern Ireland are to be re-examined after a major report claimed investigators were not rigorous enough in their questioning of members of the security forces.

The North's chief constable has stressed the impartiality of the police service after the region‘s first minister raised concerns about a perception of bias against loyalists.

The Chief Constable of the PSNI has paid tribute to murdered detective garda Adrian Donohoe.

More police officers are needed in the North to deal with the relentless pressure the force faces, the PSNI chief constable has said.

More police officers will inevitably be needed in the North because of the high threat of further serious violence, the chief constable said today.

A driver was injured when rioting loyalists hijacked two buses as violence returned to the streets of east Belfast.

Britain's Northern Ireland Secretary, Theresa Villiers, has described the recent trouble in Belfast as "simply incomprehensible".

Police have fired baton rounds and deployed water cannon on rioters as violence linked to the Union Flag row flared in east Belfast again.

Around a thousand loyalist protesters picketed Belfast City Hall tonight over the Union flag row as violent disturbances again broke out elsewhere in Northern Ireland’s capital.

Senior members of the paramilitary Ulster Volunteer Force are orchestrating loyalist street violence that has seen police come under attack in Belfast on four successive nights, the North's Chief Constable has said.

Loyalist violence over the flying of the union flag will be firmly dealt with for as long as necessary, the North’s police chief declared after a fourth night of rioting.

SDLP Councillor Claire Hanna, her husband and their baby daughter have escaped injury after shots were fired at their home in East Belfast, hitting the front door and windows.

Detectives investigating the attempted murder of a police officer in Northern Ireland have made two arrests.

Police in the North are on high alert tonight after dissident republicans attempted to murder an officer with a car bomb and a second explosive device was discovered close to a police station.

Police Service of Northern Ireland Chief Constable Matt Baggott is to discuss the de Silva report with the Police Ombudsman and the Public Prosecution Service to see if more people should be held to account for the murder of solicitor Pat Finucane.

Northern police are to open a murder inquiry into the Bloody Sunday killings 40 years ago.

Police are to open a murder inquiry into the Bloody Sunday killings 40 years ago in Derry.

Independent inspectors are to examine the work of the North's Historical Enquiries Team (HET) after its work was criticised in an academic report.

IN the final run-in to Christmas, business is booming at the Blue Haven Food Company as last-minute orders are readied for supermarket shelves around the country.

The Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland Matt Baggott today hit back at Sinn Féin criticism regarding arrests by his officers investigating the murder of one of his officers.

Police are trying to extradite suspected human traffickers from India after a woman was discovered in Belfast being held as a domestic slave.

Families bereaved in the 1971 McGurk’s Bar bombing today stepped up pressure on the North's chief constable Matt Baggott to accept the findings of police wrongdoing in the case.

Feedback from the public in the North on how police treated them could make or break officers’ promotion hopes under new plans for increasing accountability in the PSNI.

The Security Service will only remain in the North as long as the threat from terror groups exists, Matt Baggott has insisted.

A five-year-old girl was among crowds of spectators gathered just yards from the car bomb which killed Pc Ronan Kerr before it went off, a police photograph revealed today.

Police in the North will work with colleagues in Ireland to ensure the historic visit of the Queen to Dublin passes without incident.

Those who left explosives in a busy street in the North have the same recklessness as the Omagh bombers, Chief Constable Matt Baggott said today.

Dissident republicans in the North may have secured a cache of military grenades, it was feared today.

The Chief Constable of the PSNI Matt Baggott is tonight warning of further attacks by dissident Republicans.

A bomb thrown into a crowded Belfast street injuring three policemen could have killed passing children, Northern Ireland’s Chief Constable said today.

Riots in north Belfast over July 12 cost police £1.1m (€1.3m) , it was revealed today.

Fresh efforts should be made to end dissident republican violence in the North that may include talking to armed groups, it was claimed today.

Attacks launched by dissident republicans are in danger of causing another atrocity on the scale of the Omagh bombing, the North’s police chief signalled today.

Police in the North have come under attack from republican rioters for the fourth night in succession.

Police in the North came under renewed attack from rioters last night as the First Minister and Deputy First Minister condemned those behind the violence.