A man will make legal history today as the first person from the North to face a jury in the Republic for a non-terrorist related offence in the North.

A Belfast man who was jailed for life last week for the murder of a taxi driver in the city was jailed for a further 15 years by the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today.

A Belfast dissident republican became the first person to be convicted by a Dublin court today for the murder of a man in Belfast last year.

The three judges of the non-jury Special Criminal Court sat for the first time at the Belfast Crown Court today to hear evidence in a Continuity IRA-linked murder trial.

Guns have been found as part of an inquiry into two murders linked to a fall-out among dissident republicans in Belfast, it was revealed tonight.

A HEARTBROKEN father buried his baby son yesterday as his partner recovered in hospital from the car crash earlier this week which claimed their child’s life.