As the legal profession struggles to catch up with the age of social media, the question of who is responsible for defamatory remarks on websites is constantly evolving, says Hugh McCarthy.

The British House of Commons Speaker Michael Martin was leant on by “very senior political sources” to fight efforts to make MPs’ expenses more transparent, it was claimed today.

The replacement of John Reid as Britain's Labour Party chairman could strengthen a campaign to get the party to lift its membership ban on people in Northern Ireland, it was claimed today.