The mother of an IRA murder victim has demanded that Sinn Féin sack one of its Stormont ministers for accusing her son of being a criminal.

One of the most disturbing aspects of the ongoing general election campaign is that thousands of the younger generation may vote for Sinn Féin while being in absolute and complete ignorance of the true nature of this party

It would be the first December British election in 100 years and there would be a five-week campaign by parties up to polling day.

Homes in the Church View area of Strabane were evacuated for a time as it was examined.

A number of homes have been evacuated following a security alert in Co Tyrone.

Admissions from Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Tánaiste Simon Coveney this week that checks would have to exist along the border in the case of a no-deal Brexit fly in the face of denials issued by them in recent months.

The device exploded close to Wattle Bridge at around 10.35am after bomb disposal experts had defused a larger device in the area.

Concern has been voiced about the appearance of threatening graffiti at a republican bonfire site in north Belfast.

Structures are not in place for a border poll and a national dialogue is needed to ensure all voices are heard ahead of any such vote.

Structures are not in place for a border poll and a national dialogue is needed to ensure all voices are heard ahead of any such vote.

Paddy Barnes is considering calling time on his boxing career following a shock defeat by Texan Oscar Mojica in Madison Square Garden’s Hulu Theatre on Sunday.

It would be mackerel stupid to believe that the international campaign to expel Saddam Hussein’s army from Kuwait in 1990 was undertaken, at vast expense in lives, treasure, and political-system capital, to defend democracy — or for what then passed, and still does, for democracy in the Middle East. There was other, far more lucrative skin in that game.

The PSNI as well as firefighters and the ambulance service sealed off the scene close to a courthouse on Bishop Street in the city.

The story of the anthems offers a sharp insight into how a United Ireland has been imagined by too many of those who profess to desire it as something that is united only in geography but not in much else, writes Paul Rouse.

Latest: A woman who was attacked with a drill in the North remains in a critical but stable condition in hospital tonight.

Police are working to establish who was behind a series of anti-Islamic leaflets posted through letterboxes in parts of Belfast.

Reports that a Northern Ireland-based journalist has been subjected to a death threat from a loyalist paramilitary group has prompted condemnations across the political divide.

Police in the North have described as "sickening" a petrol bomb attack on the home of a man with severe learning difficulties.

Outgoing Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams has said he regrets the fact that people were killed by the IRA during the Troubles but does not care how history judges him.

Senior Irish and UK government ministers have urged politicians to be careful about the language they use in the wake of the latest Twitter row between elected representatives in the North.

Sinn Féin has serious issues to deal with in their party, according to a Labour Senator.

Sinn Féin MLA Gerry Kelly has said he regrets using bolt cutters to unclamp his car and added that he has now paid the fine.

A 73-year-old woman has escaped serious injury after a van ploughed through the wall of her home in Co. Down.

A woman has been dragged from her car during a hijacking in Co Down.

The Northern Ireland Police Ombudsman is appealing for witnesses after a teenage girl was knocked down and killed following a night out.

A security alert has been sparked on the Fermanagh-Leitrim border.

Mary Lou McDonald is facing a clear run to become the next leader of Sinn Féin as her potential rivals said they would not be contesting the race to replace Gerry Adams.

Victims of historical child abuse have urged Northern Ireland's politicians to release compensation which has been blocked due to Stormont's collapse, as talks aimed at restoring powersharing enter their final hours.

The announcement that Airbus is taking a majority stake in Bombardier's C-Series jet project has been welcomed by politicians in the North.

Pupils from Irish medium schools in Northern Ireland have rallied outside Stormont to protest at the ongoing deadlock over the introduction of language legislation.

A man has been arrested on suspicion of drugs offences after a 19-year-old woman died.

It was far from de Valera’s comely lasses dancing at the crossroads proportions, but perhaps given the notorious difficulties at the centre of the issue a tango on the border will more than suffice.

Police have confirmed they are investigating allegations of vote theft in Foyle, days after Sinn Féin dramatically snatched the seat from the SDLP.

Detectives believe that there may have been more than 100 witnesses to the shooting and the aftermath.

A son of murdered Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane has been announced as a Sinn Féin election candidate.

An elderly man and his wife were tied to chairs during a terrifying burglary in their home, police in the North have said.

No-one will be able to match Martin McGuinness as deputy First Minister Sinn Féin president, Gerry Adams, has said.

The US government has urged a quick resumption of powersharing in Northern Ireland.

Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams has issued a clear ultimatum to DUP leader Arlene Foster, saying last-ditch talks with the party to prevent an election will only be “credible” if she agrees to fully step aside by Monday.

The shooting of a man in Belfast on Friday has been described as a "cowardly act of violence".

There is next to no environmental law that did not originate in the European Union, writes Victoria White

Sinn Féin has warned a collapse of the powersharing institutions at Stormont is an option if First Minister Arlene Foster refuses to stand down to allow a probe into her handling of a botched green energy scheme.

Ministers from both sides of the Irish border have hailed the latest round of Brexit discussions as their best yet.

A man in his 30s has been shot in the back during an attack in Co Antrim.