Celtic manager Tony Mowbray was forced to pair teenagers Josh Thompson and Thomas Rogne at the heart of his defence for the SPLclash with Dundee United at Parkhead.

Ian Paisley's Democratic Unionists today backed calls for an investigation into the murder of an ex-RAF man in the North.

AN extraordinary moment unfolded last night when a unionist addressed a Sinn Féin ard fheis for the first time.

The father of a man murdered by a loyalist gang riddled with police informers will today become the first person from a unionist background to address Sinn Féin’s annual conference.

Incoming Northern Police Ombudsman Al Hutchinson should carry out a root and branch overhaul to weed out those allegedly leaking sensitive security force material, a retired policeman said today.

The relatives of four people murdered after alleged security force collusion with loyalist paramilitaries in the North are suing the police.

YOUR columnist Steven King is in denial. He marshals a series of assertions and half-truths (Irish Examiner, January 31) in the hope of persuading people that the recent Northern police ombudsman’s report did not prove collusion between the RUC and UVF in the murder of Protestants and Catholics alike.

A BELFAST friend was murdered by paramilitaries a few years ago. He died an hour before we were due to meet for a drink. No-one was ever charged, let alone convicted. Nor will they be.

I WISH to congratulate Raymond McCord Snr for his courage and determination to discover the facts concerning the murder of his son.

HOWARD HUNT, who helped organise the Watergate break-in that led to the greatest scandal in American political history and the downfall of Richard Nixon’s presidency, has died.

Howard Hunt, who helped organise the Watergate break-in that led to the greatest scandal in American political history and the downfall of Richard Nixon’s presidency, has died.

The family of one of at least 10 people killed by loyalists who were working as Special Branch informers today demanded a fully independent inquiry into collusion.

A POLICE Ombudsman press conference in Belfast today, into allegations of RUC collusion with loyalist paramilitaries in 18 murders between 1990 and 2003, will hear calls for a public inquiry into the activities of the North’s police.

THE Ulster Unionists are facing fresh demands to sever their ties with a loyalist party after the father of a murder victim claimed he had received death threats.

SECURITY was intensified last night at the home of a loyalist paramilitary murder victim’s father after he received two new death threats inside 24 hours.

The father of a Belfast man murdered by the Ulster Volunteer Force has been told by the police that his life is under threat.

Police Ombudsman investigators who questioned an ex-detective as part of a widening inquiry into alleged security force collusion with loyalist paramilitary killers wanted publicity without any hard evidence, it was claimed tonight.

A third former detective is being questioned in a major probe into suspected police collusion with loyalist paramilitary killers in the North.

A third former detective was questioned tonight as part of a major probe into suspected police collusion with loyalist paramilitary killers in the North.

The father of a man murdered by the UVF nearly nine years ago is due to meet Northern Secretary Peter Hain today to discuss his ongoing campaign for a public inquiry.

Forensic scientists are examining material linked to the murder of Raymond McCord in a move welcomed as a breakthrough by the dead man's family.

Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Hain has agreed to meet the father of a loyalist murder victim whose death is at the centre of a major collusion inquiry, it was revealed tonight.

The father of a man murdered by the Ulster Volunteer Force says he believes new forensic tests could finally lead to charges being brought.

A loyalist paramilitary chief is fighting for his life today after assassins struck near north Belfast.

A loyalist paramilitary chief was fighting for his life tonight after assassins struck near north Belfast.

A top loyalist paramilitary was shot near North Belfast today.

Allegations that loyalist killers were shielded by police are to be raised with officials in Washington, the US Consul General in the North vowed today.

The father of a loyalist murder victim is to seek support for a public inquiry when he meets Taoiseach Bertie Ahern in Dublin today.

Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams today held talks with the father of a loyalist murder victim and vowed to back his campaign for justice.

The father of a loyalist allegedly murdered by his colleagues in the Ulster Volunteer Force is meeting senior officials from the Taoiseach's office today as part of his campaign for an inquiry into the killing.

The father of a loyalist murder victim is to hold talks with Taoiseach Bertie Ahern, he said tonight.

The Government should press for an international inquiry into RUC collusion in the murder of a young loyalist man in the North seven years, the Labour Party argued yesterday.

The Government tonight ruled out a public inquiry into the alleged murder of a Belfast man by RUC police informers.

The British government was tonight under pressure to declare obsolete the ceasefire of loyalist paramilitaries accused of issuing new death threats against a murder victim’s father.

New death threats have been issued against the father of a loyalist paramilitary murder victim, it was claimed tonight.

A DOSSIER on a loyalist paramilitary murder at the centre of allegations of police collusion has been sent to the United Nations and US Congress.

A new team of detectives has been brought in to probe a loyalist paramilitary murder dogged by allegations of a police cover-up, it was revealed tonight.

THE father of a loyalist paramilitary murder victim has criticised unionist political representatives over their comments on the Robert McCartney murder.

Unionist political representatives have been outrageously hypocritical over the Robert McCartney affair, a loyalist paramilitary murder victim’s father claimed today.

A 34-year-old man who met his girlfriend through the internet was jailed for life today for her murder in a frenzied knife attack.

Loyalist terrorists have launched a new attempt to murder the outspoken father of one of their victims, he claimed tonight.

Allegations that a loyalist killing spree was covered up to protect a top police informer intensified tonight as relatives of a murdered taxi-driver broke their silence.

A BUDGET crisis for the police ombudsman’s office in the North has halted an investigation into a loyalist police informer’s involvement in a series of murders.

MIND GAMES or exasperation? Who knows why South Africa’s Retief Goosen chose the Madrid Open to label his Irish rival for the Order of Merit, Padraig Harrington “the slowest player on the European Tour.”