A coroner has bowed to pressure and offered to almost treble the number of witnesses for an inquest into the death of a woman who died days after giving birth.

The widower of an Indian woman who died four days after giving birth to her son has alleged a cover-up over plans for a long-awaited inquest into her death.

The deaths of a father and his two sons – one of them a professional rugby star - in a slurry tank accident in Northern Ireland must serve as a warning to the whole farming community, a coroner has urged.

A woman whose father and two brothers, one of them a rising rugby star, died in a slurry pit accident has said love for her family drove her to twice enter the fume-filled tank in a bid to rescue them.

The owner of a trawler which sank off the North Coast with the loss of his father and uncle has hit out at the Dublin-based authorities over what he claimed was their failure to carry out a proper inquiry into the tragedy.

An inquest into the death of a man whose body was found in a disused hotel on the north coast was postponed today after his family solicitor failed to turn up.

An inquest into the death of a schoolgirl who was last seen with a convicted child killer may not start for two years, a court has heard.

SAFETY issues surrounding the death of a motorcyclist in a high speed road race crash raise questions as to whether the sport should be banned, Northern Ireland’s senior coroner said yesterday.

A new inquest into the deaths of Lesley Howell and Trevor Buchanan will set the record straight after their partners were jailed for their murders, a coroner’s court hearing in the North was told today.

Twenty-one police witnesses to alleged security force shoot-to-kill incidents in the North are dead, a coroner's court heard today.

Most women in the North are unaware of the risks of heart disease, a survey revealed today.

A depressive father hugged his young son and told him how he wanted him to grow up the day before he lay down in front of a train and killed himself, an inquest heard today.

Police failed to locate the body of a drunk man who died in a fire which swept through a disused school in north Belfast, an inquest heard today.

A man who hanged himself from a bridge in Co Down was a paranoid schizophrenic, an inquest heard today.

A 15-year-old boy who had been drinking heavily went missing in a strange area and drowned, an inquest heard today.

Police in the North are to comply with a court order to hand over top secret reports on an alleged officer shoot-to-kill policy during the Troubles, a senior commander revealed today.

A Belfast coroner today gave the North's Chief Constable seven weeks to hand over top secret reports on an alleged police shoot-to-kill policy during the Troubles.

A Catholic man stabbed 12 years ago in the North was the victim of a sectarian killing, an inquest heard today.

Top secret reports into allegations the security forces operated a shoot-to-kill policy in the North more than two decades ago are finally to be opened to the North's chief coroner, it was revealed today.

A convicted murderer in jail in England is to be called to give evidence at the inquest into the death of a Co Tyrone teenager he was acquitted of murdering, a coroner ruled today.

An inquest into the sectarian murder of a Catholic in North Belfast was dramatically halted on the orders of a High Court judge today.

New hearings are to be held into six deaths at the centre of an alleged police shoot-to-kill policy in the North 25 years ago, it was announced today.

A Lisburn man was believed to be searching for drugs hidden at the side of a railway line when he was struck by a train and killed, a coroner said at an inquest today.

Police in the North were alerted the night before a loyalist paramilitary assassin carried out a grudge killing, an inquest heard today.

A man shot six times in 2003 was killed because he stood up to dissident republicans, an inquest heard today.

The murder of a top loyalist paramilitary was as barbaric as anything inflicted by the notorious Shankill Butchers gang 30 years ago, a Belfast inquest heard today.

An alcoholic woman from west Belfast spoke on the phone to her estranged husband hours before dying from a drugs overdose, an inquest heard today.

A young Catholic man bludgeoned to death by loyalist killers had escaped an earlier attack by diving into a river as gunmen opened fire, an inquest heard today.

Warders were warned about concerns for the safety of a prisoner facing sex charges less than 24 hours before he was found dead in his cell, an inquest heard today.

FORMER paramilitary boss Johnny “Mad Dog” Adair was heavily investigated over the assassination of loyalist informer William Stobie, detectives said yesterday.

Former paramilitary boss Johnny “Mad Dog” Adair was heavily investigated over the assassination of loyalist informer William Stobie, detectives said today.

A coroner will today deliver his ruling in the case of a toddler whom hospital staff took more than 13 hours to diagnose with a form of meningitis.

A controversial shock Northern Ireland TV road safety advertisement should be broadcast “again and again” a coroner said today at the inquest into the death of a car passenger killed in a drink driving crash.

Three young men might not have died in a horrific traffic collision if there had been better road warning signs, a Belfast inquest heard today.

An former British Army soldier who hanged himself in jail might still be alive if staff had taken his shoelaces, an inquest jury found today.

AN inquest into the murders of two prominent loyalists collapsed yesterday after the families of both men withdrew from proceedings.

BOLTED doors on a west Belfast hostel where two homeless men died in a fire could have led to an even bigger loss of life, it was claimed yesterday.

Bolted doors on a west Belfast hostel where two homeless men died in a fire could have led to an even bigger loss of life, it was claimed today.

Two republicans suspected of the sectarian murder of a taxi driver in north Belfast were targeted in punishment shootings shortly after the killing, an inquest heard today.

A Northern Ireland detective inspector has issued an appeal to members of the public today to help identify those responsible for the brutal murder of a 26-year-old single man in his West Belfast flat two years ago.