The family of a man shot dead by police in the North urged the public today not to judge him until a full investigation was completed.

Northern Ireland’s prison chief faced demands for his resignation today over alleged abuse of loyalists held in a high security jail.

Dissident republicans who daubed terrorist graffiti on a church are trying to ignite new sectarian violence, it was claimed today.

A top-security Northern Ireland jail is on the brink of chaos, prisoners representatives warned tonight.

Loyalists tonight threatened to take the British government to court over conditions for paramilitary prisoners at a high security Northern Ireland jail.

Loyalists staged a naked protest at a high-security Northern Ireland prison today over claims of intensified strip searches.

Petrol bombers who attacked a home in Northern Ireland in a dispute over drug dealing could have burnt a family to death, it was claimed today.

The Progressive Unionist Party has announced plans to run 11 candidates in the upcoming elections to the Northern Assembly.

Loyalist politicians have said they are 'not jumping to conclusions' about this morning's murder of a young Catholic man in Antrim town.