Catholic members of local policing boards in Northern Ireland are being subjected to “psychological intimidation” from republicans, the chairman of one district partnership claimed today.

IRA merchandise which provoked outrage when it appeared on Sinn Féin’s revamped official website has been removed, it emerged tonight.

SINN FÉIN president Gerry Adams yesterday brushed aside claims that his party is glorifying violence by advertising IRA t-shirts on its new website.

The Social Democratic and Labour Party tonight signalled its determination to hold on to two of its Stormont Assembly seats in the constituency of West Tyrone.

The Social Democratic and Labour Party tonight signalled its determination to hold on to two of its Stormont Assembly seats in the constituency of West Tyrone.

A moderate nationalist politician today vowed not to be intimidated by republican youths who daubed a petrol station near his home with death threats.

The home of a nationalist member of the Northern Ireland Assembly was targeted in an attack early today.

Dissident republicans were today being blamed for a booby trap device found under a car in a village in Northern Ireland.