The DUP are seeking talks with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown after claims by the House of Lords in England that the IRA in South Armagh was involved directly in the murder of a man left with almost every bone in his body broken.

THE issue of secret deals is still a live issue in Northern Ireland. We have the sham of the Weston Park secret deals, the secret deals that surrounded the appointment of the Interim Victims’ Commissioner, with all the trouble that has caused, and the whole issue of the location of the new sports stadium.

The SDLP has criticised an Ulster Unionist peer for suggesting in the British House of Lords that the Knights of Columbanus are running Waterways Ireland.

An Ulster Unionist Party peer has complained about the amount of money spent on festivals in nationalist areas in the North.

An Ulster Unionist peer has called for the Taoiseach to resign over his relationship with financier and trade unionist Phil Flynn.

Northern Ireland Office messenger William Mackessy, who is facing criminal charges over allegations of spying for the IRA, had been the subject of a previous investigation, it was disclosed tonight.

Agents investigating a former top Northern Ireland civil servant facing child sex charges in Chicago have widened their inquiry to Florida and Britain, it was revealed today.