Politicians in the North have more work to do if they are to deliver full devolution to their constituents, Northern Secretary Shaun Woodward claimed today.

Foreign Affairs Minster Dermot Ahern tonight paid tribute to one of the country’s leading aid workers who died in Sri Lanka.

The British government was accused today of failing to deliver on a pledge to fund an investigative unit re-examining murders from the North’s Troubles.

The leaders of the Anglican Communion around the world are meeting in Northern Ireland this week to discuss the crisis surrounding homosexuality in the church and the appointment of an openly gay bishop in the United States.

Portadown Orangemen were urged tonight to recognise their awesome responsibility to Northern Ireland to protest peacefully at Drumcree at the weekend.