The police were tonight accused of not doing enough to stop sectarian rioting in Belfast which involved up to 400 people and raged for eight hours.

DONEGAL manager Brian McEniff is expected to name Finn Harps star Brendan Devenny when he selects his side later in the week for next Sunday’s Allianz NFL clash with Dublin at Ballyshannon.

A Catholic who was sacked from his job as a waiter at a Belfast hotel was today awarded £10,000 (€16,000) for ``loss of opportunity'' by judges at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.

The North's Police Ombudsman has upheld a complaint against the RUC linked to an attack on a man by officers more than 32 years ago, it was announced today.