Plans for a cross-border bridge at the site of one of the worst atrocities of the Troubles have been dealt another blow after funding from Europe was pulled.

Health and safety inspectors are investigating the death of a 10-year-old boy on a farm in the North.

A pipe bomb has been discovered at the family home of a press photographer in the North.

A man killed following what has been described as a vicious attack was the former manager of his local football team.

Doctor-turned-politician Alasdair McDonnell pledged to cure the ailing SDLP as he was elected its new leader.

Members of the SDLP will today select a new leader for the second time in less than two years.

The British Government should ban Northern Ireland MPs from taking seats at Stormont, a Westminster committee has said.

The leader of the nationalist SDLP is to step down, she confirmed tonight.

A TEENAGE girl whose boyfriend is the prime suspect in her mother’s murder has paid an emotional farewell at her funeral.

The Chief Celebrant at the funeral of Cathy Dinsmore, one of the two Co Down women murdered in Turkey last week, has said her family and friends' lives "have been turned upside down".

A woman and her best friend were stabbed to death on holiday in Turkey after she refused a waiter’s proposal to marry her 15-year-old daughter, sources said today.

The prime and only suspect over the murders of two Irish women in Turkey is a teenage waiter who had been in relationship with the daughter of one of the victims, sources said today.

SDLP leader Margaret Ritchie could face a second challenger after South Belfast MP Alasdair McDonnell said he is being urged to step forward.

Margaret Ritchie is to be challenged for the leadership of the SDLP, it was confirmed today.

NEVER before in the history of the Irish state have so many male nobodies been rolled out to run for the presidency.

The British Prime Minister David Cameron has praised the Queen's "healing" visit to Ireland.

Police in the North have launched a murder inquiry after a man blasted in the chest with a shotgun died in hospital.

The SDLP launched its election campaign today with a pledge to work together to make the North a better place.

A 25-year-old police officer has been killed by a booby-trap car bomb in Omagh, Co Tyrone, police have confirmed.

The Ulster Unionists and the SDLP have failed to challenge the British government over the cuts being imposed on Stormont, Martin McGuinness has said.

The Northern Ireland Assembly has today passed a hard-hitting budget dealing with billions in cuts from London, but ministers were left divided over the controversial financial plan.

Two of the parties in the North's power-sharing Government are poised to vote against a hard-hitting Budget that follows £4bn in cuts from London.

The SDLP have branded the draft Budget lazy and unimaginative – heightening fears of a Stormont split on the crucial legislation.

South Down MP Margaret Ritchie is to demand talks with police after Protestant youths were blamed for what was initially described as a dissident republican armed checkpoint.

AN image of pure happiness — a honeymoon photo of murdered Michaela Harte with her husband John has been shared by the heartbroken groom ahead of her funeral.

An image of pure happiness - a honeymoon photo of murdered Michaela McAreavey with her husband John has been shared by the heartbroken groom ahead of her funeral.

A leading Irish nationalist today became the first leader of her party to wear the poppy on Remembrance Sunday.

One of the men killed in a helicopter crash in the North was a personal friend of Prince Charles', a spokesperson from his official residence at Clarence House confirmed.

Air accident investigators have arrived at the scene of a helicopter crash that killed three people who were flying from the North to England, police confirmed tonight.

Former SDLP leader John Hume today said he was humbled and honoured after being voted Ireland’s Greatest in an island-wide poll.

Dissident republicans who bombed a street in Derry early today were accused by the North's Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness of attempting to drag the city back to its violent past.

The good relations strategy in the North is fatally flawed, the Assembly heard today.

A BRITISH government watchdog that blamed the leadership of the loyalist Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) for a killing in Northern Ireland has been criticised for failing to order sanctions against the group.

The North's Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness confirmed today that he is prepared to meet the victims of the Claudy bombing.

Fresh efforts should be made to end dissident republican violence in the North that may include talking to armed groups, it was claimed today.

An independent republican councillor whose police officer niece was the target of a suspected car bomb attack in the North tonight refused to condemn the incident.

The SDLP today ruled out cooperation with Sinn Féin while a top unionist called for greater efforts to combat republican political ambitions.

A leading SDLP Assembly member ousted from the party over his calls for nationalist unity has been reinstated, it was confirmed today.

Northern Ireland Assembly member Declan O‘Loan was today suspended from the SDLP after he called for a united nationalist party.

The future of Democratic Unionist Party leader Peter Robinson was in doubt today after the sensational General Election defeat of the First Minister of the powersharing executive at Stormont.

COULD Northern Ireland decide the course of British politics tomorrow, after all?

The SDLP today rejected overtures from Sinn Féin to form a nationalist electoral pact in marginal constituencies in the North.

David Cameron’s electoral project in the North was under renewed pressure tonight after the Conservative Party failed to come good on a pledge to run in every constituency in the region.

Taoiseach Brian Cowen will embark on his annual St Patrick's Day visit to the United States today, armed with a positive message about Ireland's economy.