A Sinn Féin Assembly member is to have his conviction for the murder of a policeman reviewed by the Court of Appeal, it emerged today.

A former republican hunger striker is expected to face new demands to name members of the IRA who were active in Derry at the time of Bloody Sunday, it emerged today.

A former IRA hunger striker who may run as a Sinn Fein candidate in next year’s Northern Ireland Assembly election is to give evidence at the Bloody Sunday Tribunal on Thursday, it emerged today.

Northern Ireland’s moderate nationalist SDLP tonight selected four candidates to contest the Foyle constituency in the assembly election – just hours after it emerged a former IRA hunger striker could stand as a Sinn Fein candidate in the constituency.

A former IRA hunger striker who was questioned in April about the theft of sensitive security documents from a top security police station could be a Sinn Fein candidate in the next Assembly election, it emerged today.