Christopher McDougall

Gordon Smith today dramatically resigned as Scottish Football Association chief executive.

The appointment of an interim Victims’ Commissioner for Northern Ireland was not lawful, the Court of Appeal ruled today.

The Scottish Premier League have received the match report from Sunday’s Old Firm derby but will not say whether they will take action any action over Artur Boruc’s victory celebrations.

Celtic goalkeeper Artur Boruc will not face any action from the Scottish Football Association after celebrating the 3-2 win over Rangers on Sunday by revealing a T-shirt bearing the slogan 'God bless the Pope'.

A Government legal challenge over the North's former Victims’ Commissioner should be dropped after Peter Hain’s resignation, campaigners said today.

Criticism of delays in appointing a Victims’ Commissioner for the North is political point-scoring, the government said today.

The appointment of a police widow as the North’s interim victims’ commissioner was designed to placate the DUP, a report confirmed today.

A commissioner for victims of the North's troubles could be appointed by the power-sharing executive at Stormont within weeks, Martin McGuinness said today.

ALAN QUINLAN’s return will be a major boost for Munster when they take on Border Reivers at Netherdale tonight.

Recommendations empowering victims and survivors of the Northern conflict are to be published this week.

Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Hain still has the confidence of the British Prime Minister, Downing Street said today, following the launch of an inquiry into whether he or his officials deliberately misled the High Court.

Sinn Féin has challenged the Northern Secretary Peter Hain to abide by a High Court recommendation and launch an inquiry into how he appointed the Commissioner for Victims.

The North’s recently appointed Victims Commissioner today had talks with the relatives of those killed and injured in the Omagh bomb.

A new victims' commissioner has been appointed in the North and will be responsible for setting up a forum for all those who suffered during the Troubles.

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TWO human skulls found in Africa have been confirmed as the oldest known examples of our species, scientists said yesterday.

The Scottish Football Association today jumped to the defence of the Hampden Park stewards while condemning the conduct of Livingston stars Derek Lilley and Stuart Lovell.