THE future of the North’s First Minister, Ian Paisley, was last night in doubt after his son quit the power-sharing government at Stormont.

IAN PAISLEY’S daughter has launched legal action against her father accusing him of sex discrimination after she failed in a bid to win a top job in his Democratic Unionist Party.

PRESIDENT Mary McAleese yesterday scrapped plans to visit a tense and troubled loyalist area of Belfast today.

Two policing board members clashed today on the eve of a meeting between Irish President Mary McAleese and the North’s most senior police officer in Belfast.

The creation of a Police Board of Unionists and Nationalists in Northern Ireland is a momentous step forward for the peace process, Northern Ireland Secretary Dr John Reid said today.