Dissident republicans were thought to be behind a growing terror campaign after a police officer's girlfriend narrowly escaped death in a car bomb attack.

DUP Assembly members will today decide who should succeed the Reverend Ian Paisley as party leader.

Taoiseach Bertie Ahern and British Prime Minister Tony Blair will unveil their plans today for securing devolved government for the North.

The Rev Ian Paisley’s Democratic Unionists were today under fire after it emerged their leadership attended a dinner in Dublin with leading businessmen from the Republic of Ireland.

The North's two main unionist parties appeared to be on collision course at the next British general election after the Rev Ian Paisley’s Democratic Unionists confirmed they would contest a key Ulster Unionist seat.