A leading Sinn Féin Assemblyman has died suddenly from cancer at the age of just 53.

The following is the Leinster U20 team to play Connacht in the Interprovincial series on Saturday in the Sportsground (KO: 2.30pm).

A heartbroken mother failed today in a bid to have the evil killer of her teenage daughter serve a longer jail sentence.

An Orange parade is making its way through the main west Belfast peaceline despite protests by local nationalists.

A woman killed in a hit-and-run outside a west Belfast pub was struck by a red car, police said tonight.

A man was stabbed to death in the Ballymurphy area of West Belfast last night as he picked up his children for the weekend.

The following is the Ireland U19 team to play Australia Schools at Ravenhill on Wednesday at 7pm.

THE death of a 40-year-old man in a single vehicle accident in the early hours of yesterday morning has brought the number of deaths on Irish roads to 389 this year.

A teenager was charged with attempted murder today after a house fire in Co Antrim.

A gloating rapist called his teenage victim’s mother on a stolen mobile phone to tell her about the depraved attack, police revealed today.

A MAN was being questioned by police last night after Northern Ireland’s knife culture resulted in another murder.

A man was arrested today after a party-goer was stabbed to death on the outskirts of Belfast.

Sinn Féin has claimed the British army has increased undercover surveillance in west Belfast in recent weeks.

Police in the North are investigating an alleged sectarian assault on two Catholic players during a football match in south Belfast yesterday.

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A BUGGING device has been found at the home of one of Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams’ staff, it was claimed yesterday.

A bugging device has been found at the home of one of Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams‘ staff, it was claimed today.

Sinn Féin has blamed loyalist paramilitaries for attempting to send more than 10 envelopes containing bullets to Sinn Féin representatives.

Green Party proposals to change the voting system for the election of First and Deputy First Ministers at Stormont were branded as “naive” today.

FOREIGN Affairs Minister Brian Cowen last night launched an attack on dissident republicans who are waging a campaign of intimidation against nationalist members of the North’s Policing Board.

A pensioner died after being struck by a bottle when he challenged noisy drinkers outside his home, it was claimed today.

Taoiseach Bertie Ahern and British Prime Minister Tony Blair arrived in Northern Ireland today in a bid to re-energise talks on devolution.

The British government must go beyond rhetoric if it is serious about tackling child poverty, community groups in Belfast today told a House of Commons committee.

A HOUSE of Commons committee is to visit Belfast to study child poverty on both sides of the peace line.

With all 108 seats filled in the Northern Ireland Assembly the party shares are:

There was a jobs blow for west Belfast tonight when a US-owned technology company shut its plant in the city.

RIOT police were called to a west Belfast hospital yesterday after more than 100 people demonstrated against a visit by the Prince of Wales.

Protesters demonstrated outside a hospital in the heart of West Belfast today against a visit by Prince Charles.