Prosecutors yesterday dropped the charges against the bricklayer accused of murdering 29 people in the 1998 Omagh bomb.

Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams could still be charged in relation to the abduction and murder of mother of 10 Jean McConville.

A decision not to prosecute Gerry Adams for allegedly withholding information about his paedophile brother was correct, a review has found.

The north’s Director of Public Prosecutions has apologised to three women who accused an alleged IRA member of abusing them as children, after a damning report criticised how his prosecution was handled.

An independent review into the handling of Mairia Cahill's rape allegations has started in Belfast.

Three criminal cases linked to the alleged rape of a Belfast woman who insists the republican movement covered up her claims are to be independently reviewed, the Public Prosecution Service has announced.

Northern Ireland’s chief prosecutor has said letters to on-the-run republicans telling them they are not wanted by police are of no value to perpetrators.

Gerry Adams has been released from custody this evening and a file is to be sent to Northern Ireland's Public Prosecution Service.

The North’s DPP has asked the police to investigate claims a British army unit killed unarmed civilians in the IRA heartland of west Belfast during the Troubles.

The Director of Public Prosecutions in Northern Ireland has asked the PSNI to investigate claims a British Army unit killed unarmed civilians in the IRA heartland of west Belfast during the Troubles.

The North’s leading prosecutor has addressed confusion surrounding controversial draft abortion guidelines by insisting it is not a crime to assist a woman going elsewhere in the UK for a termination.

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.

The decision not to prosecute Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams over allegations he covered up for his sex abuser brother is to be reviewed.

A decision not to prosecute Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams over allegations that he withheld information on his sex abuser brother is to be reviewed.

Eight people investigated about the murder of a journalist in the North over a decade ago will not be prosecuted because of concerns about the evidence of a key witness, the DPP for Northern Ireland said yesterday.

Eight people investigated in connection with the murder of a journalist in the North more than a decade ago will not be prosecuted because of concerns about a key witness's evidence, the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) said today.

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 Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson has said any inquiry into the Bloody Sunday killings should include the role of Martin McGuinness.

The Northern Ireland Director of Public Prosecutions was not involved in the police decision to launch a murder investigation into the Bloody Sunday killings, his office said today.

Stiffer sentences for the two killers of a police officer are being sought by the North's director of public prosecutions.

Two loyalist supergrasses were interviewed 330 times by police before their evidence was used in a trial, the North's justice minister said today.

The murder of a Roman Catholic man killed by a sectarian mob while the PSNI were nearby will be probed in a public inquiry opening today.

Virtual reality computer technology will be used to investigate allegations that police in the North failed to protect a Catholic man beaten to death in a sectarian attack, it was revealed today.

Friends and former colleagues of Lurgan solicitor Rosemary Nelson have reacted furiously to police claims that she was having an affair with a leading republican in Co Armagh.

The British Army’s failure to divulge its plans for an arrest operation to the Bloody Sunday march organisers contributed to the shooting by paratroopers of 27 civilians, 13 of whom died, the Saville Inquiry today heard.

Families of the Bloody Sunday victims tonight urged Lord Saville to clear the names of the 13 people shot dead by British paratroopers in Derry.

Sinn Féin’s Martin McGuinness allegedly fired a shot inside a bookmaker’s shop in Derry on Bloody Sunday, the Saville Inquiry heard today.