Four men guilty of the sectarian murder of a Catholic schoolboy in the North were sentenced to life imprisonment today.

THE naming by unionist peer Lord Laird, under the protection of parliamentary privilege in the House of Lords, of a number of alleged IRA members who were supposedly present at the killing of Sean Quinn in Co Monaghan is an act of gross irresponsibility and an abuse of the democratic process.

Foreign Minister Dermot Ahern today visited Ballymena in the heart of Ian Paisley’s constituency without any loyalist protest.

Police and representatives from schools in a town blighted by sectarian violence in the North today met an internet company about tackling hate messages on its site.

A vulnerable young woman was brutally murdered and dumped like trash, a priest told her Belfast funeral today.

The North’s politicians will betray their voters if they fail to form a power sharing government by November 24, a senior SDLP official warned today.

Police in the North have arrested three people in connection with the murder of Ballymena teenager Michael McIlveen three months ago.

THE Democratic Unionist Party is today expected to ask the North’s police chief why proper procedure was not followed by officers when the Police ombudsman’s son allegedly shouted sectarian abuse at the PSNI.

POLITICIANS in Ballymena have condemned a sick video ‘celebrating’ the murder of Catholic teenager Michael McIlveen, who was kicked to death in a sectarian attack in the Co Antrim town earlier this year.

IN reporting ‘Orange Day’ (Irish Examiner, July 13), you quote Rev Ian Paisley as saying, at an Independent Orange Order demonstration in Portrush, it would be “over our dead bodies” that his party, the DUP, would enter into a power-sharing executive with Sinn Féin.

It has emerged that a video mocking murdered Catholic schoolboy Michael McIlveen has been circulating via mobile phone in Ballymena, Co Antrim.

A senior Democratic Unionist tonight rejected claims by Gerry Adams that his party did nothing to help deliver peaceful Twelfth of July Orange Order marches.

An Irish tricolour insulting a Northern Irish sectarian murder victim has been placed on top of a bonfire in Co Antrim.

Tony Blair today told Catholic and Protestant teenagers brought together by the sectarian murder of Michael McIlveen that they had set an example which should be followed by the North's politicians.

The North's chief constable is appealing for calm ahead of today's contentious loyalist march in Ballymena.

The North's chief constable has pledged to say as soon as possible if he believes the UVF tried to murder one of its former members.

THE recent murder of 15-year-old Ballymena schoolboy Michael McIlveen once again highlights the ugly reality that is sectarianism on this island.

THE brutal killing of Robert McCartney by republicans in Belfast following a bar room brawl provoked an outcry that was heard all the way to the White House.

Off-duty British soldiers have reportedly been banned from all bars in Ballymena, in a bid to ease sectarian tensions following the murder of Michael McIlveen.

Sinn Féin's Martin McGuinness says that unless politicians agree to work together in the North there will be more sectarian murders like that of Michael McIlveen in Ballymena.

LOYALISTS had attacked mourners on their way to the funeral of murdered Catholic schoolboy Michael McIlveen, it was claimed last night.

Loyalists attacked mourners on their way to the funeral of murdered Catholic schoolboy Michael McIlveen, it was claimed tonight.

Hundreds of mourners are attending the funeral today of the 15-year-old Catholic schoolboy who was beaten to death by a loyalist gang in Ballymena earlier this month.

The 15-year-old Catholic schoolboy who was beaten to death by a loyalist gang in Ballymena earlier this month is due to laid to rest in the Co Antrim town later today.

THE Rev Ian Paisley will not attend the funeral of a Catholic schoolboy murdered in his North Antrim constituency, it emerged last night.

Northern Ireland Assembly members will stage their first debate today since Stormont was recalled for business after three and a half years.

THE peace process lurched forward again yesterday as the Stormont assembly resumed for a last-ditch effort to make power-sharing work.

Murdered Catholic schoolboy Michael McIlveen’s body was released today in preparation for his funeral.

Two more teenagers have been charged in connection with the murder of Michael McIlveen in Ballymena, Co Antrim, just over a week ago.

The North's Assembly members will gather at Stormont today for the first time in three and a half years as part of a new bid to secure devolution.

A 15-year-old youth has been charged with the murder of Michael McIlveen.

TWO girls were arrested yesterday over alleged death threats made against a young friend of murdered schoolboy Michael McIlveen.

Two girls were arrested today over alleged death threats made against a young friend of murdered schoolboy Michael McIlveen.

A Protestant church leader met murdered Catholic schoolboy Michael McIlveen’s family today – and urged other youths not to risk their lives through pointless sectarian bravado.

Death threats have been made against a young friend of murdered schoolboy Michael McIlveen, her mother claimed today.

People were today being invited to sign a book of condolence for murdered schoolboy Michael McIlveen.

ABUSE was hurled at five teenagers as they appeared in court yesterday accused of the sectarian murder of a schoolboy in the North.

THE brutal killing of Michael McIlveen in Ballymena is an unspeakable tragedy.

Abuse was hurled at five teenagers as they appeared in court today accused of the sectarian murder of a schoolboy in the North.

Five teenagers including a 15-year-old juvenile have been charged with the murder of a Co Antrim schoolboy in a sectarian attack over the weekend.

Civic leaders in a town in the North were tonight urged to come together and make a stand against sectarianism in the wake of the murder of a 14-year-old Catholic schoolboy.

Loyalists in the North pledged today to continue an anti-sectarian drive in the town where a Catholic schoolboy was beaten to death.

THE leaders of three Protestant marching organisations in the North issued a dramatic appeal for calm yesterday in the wake of Catholic teenager Michael McIlveen’s murder.

A SENIOR nationalist politician expressed concern yesterday about accusations on a youth website about the murder of a 15-year-old Catholic schoolboy.