Ireland International footballer Eunan O'Kane and his fiancee Laura Lacole are seeking legal recognition of their humanist wedding.

A British soldier who killed a "totally innocent" teenager when he fired close to a crowd of youths in Derry was unjustified in discharging the fatal round, a coroner has ruled.

Two former British soldiers are to be prosecuted for allegedly murdering an Official IRA man in the North.

Almost three quarters of people in the North want changes to their restrictive abortion laws, according to a new Amnesty International poll.

A legal challenge to Brexit is due to begin in the North later today.

Foxtrot Charlie continued the rich vein of form being enjoyed by Dermot Weld and Pat Smullen when beating his elders in the listed Coral.ie Glencairn Stakes in Leopardstown last night.

An inquest into the sectarian murder of 10 Protestant workmen by the IRA in the North 40 years ago will begin today.

The Christian owners of a bakery who refused to make a cake with a pro-gay marriage message were not being forced to do anything against their beliefs, an Equality Commission lawyer has said.

British military logs from the day an 11-year-old boy was hit by a rubber bullet in Belfast in 1972 have been cut up, a coroner's court has been told.

Northern Ireland Attorney General, John Larkin, recently had a pop at the Easter Rising — the usual stuff about it failing the ‘just war’ theory test and having no democratic mandate.

Actress Susan Sarandon is one of a growing number of older women using body art as a form of self-expression, says Margaret Jennings.

While enjoying another successful week in Royal Ascot, Aidan O’Brien doubled-up with Jacobean and Loved, both ridden by Seamus Heffernan, in Limerick last night.

A decision not to prosecute Gerry Adams for allegedly withholding information about his paedophile brother was correct, a review has found.

Orgilgo Bay, trained in Co Meath by John McConnell, put up a terrific performance to defy top weight in the valuable Lartigue Hurdle at Listowel yesterday.

Gardaí are appealing for help in tracing a man missing from his home in Cork since Saturday morning.

A senior Northern Ireland MP has demanded an urgent response from the Irish Government over claims by a former Irish justice minister of a top-level decision not to pursue IRA killers in the republic.

Paul Carberry was seen at his patient and masterful best on board Xsquared in the featured Fast Shipping Bellewstown Handicap Hurdle last night.

Shay Barry, who ended a long and successful riding career last year, registered his first training success when Cracked Rear View landed the bumper in Sligo last night, the www.coimtysligoraces.com Pro-Am Flat Race.

The British Government has rejected a call for an independent re-examination of a British Army operation that left 11 people dead in west Belfast more than 40 years ago.

The paedophile brother of Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams has mounted an appeal bid against his conviction and sentence for raping and sexually abusing his daughter.

Had Northern Ireland’s attorney general John Larkin proposed ending Troubles-related prosecutions some weeks after the publication of Justice Peter Smithwick’s shocking report, his suggestion might not have provoked such a visceral, hostile but dispiritingly predictable response.

Fianna Fáil leader Micheal Martin has attacked the republican movement by comparing it to the Catholic Church for trying to deal with cases of sexual abuse internally rather than alert the authorities.

The niece of Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams has welcomed the 16-year jail sentence handed down to her sex abuser father, but insisted it was still too little, too late.

The conviction and sentencing of Liam Adams for raping his daughter has been described as “much too little too late” by his victim.

The paedophile brother of Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams has been sentenced to 16 years in prison for raping his daughter.

The paedophile brother of Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams will be jailed today after being convicted of raping his daughter.

The Director of Public Prosecutions in Northern Ireland has asked the PSNI to investigate claims a British Army unit killed unarmed civilians in the IRA heartland of west Belfast during the Troubles.

Members of a British Army unit dubbed "Britain’s secret terror force" have admitted breaking the law by firing on unarmed IRA suspects in west Belfast.

British prime minister David Cameron has distanced himself from a proposal by the North’s attorney general to end prosecutions in Troubles-related murders.

Political leaders in Ireland and the UK have today appeared to reject a proposal by the North’s attorney general to end prosecutions in conflict-related cases.

Relatives of Troubles’ victims have expressed outrage at a proposal by the North’s attorney general to end prosecutions in conflict related cases.

There should be no more criminal prosecutions in Troubles related murders, the North’s attorney general has proposed.

The judge responsible for sentencing the convicted sex offender brother of Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams has asked for further legal submissions before commencing her considerations.

Gerry Adams claimed today that he is being targeted by a "trial by media and a witch-hunt".

The decision not to prosecute Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams over allegations he covered up for his sex abuser brother is to be reviewed.

A decision not to prosecute Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams over allegations that he withheld information on his sex abuser brother is to be reviewed.

Wonderfully, a full-sister to Mars, defied a significant market drift to make a successful debut in the Irish Stallion Farms 2-Y-0 Fillies Maiden at Fairyhouse last night.

More than 130 representatives from Ireland’s financial services sector attended a breakfast briefing today to discuss the next week’s second reading of the Central Bank (Supervision & Enforcement) Bill 2011.

Management from Northern Ireland’s first private abortion clinic will be summoned to Stormont to explain how they are complying with the criminal law, it has been revealed.

The North's Attorney General has called for an investigation into the opening of Belfast's first private abortion clinic.

The North’s attorney general is to examine papers from the trial into the murder of honeymooner Michaela McAreavey.