The Government today appointed the North's former Police Ombudsman Nuala O’Loan as a special UN envoy on women and peace-making.

Former North Police Ombudsman Nuala O’Loan and High Court judge Mr Justice Treacy have been appointed as Visiting Professors at the University of Ulster’s School of Law, it was announced today.

The families of the Omagh bomb victims are meeting the North's new Police Ombudsman, Al Hutchinson, for the first time later today.

The Irish Government has appointed the former Police Ombudsman in the North as its special envoy in Timor-Leste (East Timor).

Serving and retired officers lost confidence in the North’s outgoing Police Ombudsman, rank-and-file members said today.

The North's Police Ombudsman has concluded that the RUC failed to properly investigate threats made against Lurgan solicitor Rosemary Nelson.

The North's Police Ombudsman is calling for extra funding from the British government to help her office carry out its inquiries.

Northern Ireland Police Ombudsman Nuala O’Loan reveals today how the emotional strain of attacks on her children almost forced her from the post.

The British Government has begun seeking a candidate to take over from Nuala O'Loan as Police Ombudsman in the North.

A group of retired police officers in the North has accused the Police Ombudsman of wrongly impugning their reputations in her recent report on collusion.

A body representing rank-and-file police officers in the North has cut its ties with the Police Ombudsman's Office.

The DUP is defending the senior police officers who refused to co-operate with the Police Ombudsman's inquiry into collusion between the RUC and loyalist paramilitaries.

The family of a murdered Sinn Féin councillor are due to meet staff from the Police Ombudsman's office in the North later today to discuss their ongoing campaign for justice.

Green Party leader and spokesperson on the North Trevor Sargent TD has today responded to the Police Ombudsman's report into security force collusion in murders in the North in the 1990s.

The British government today ruled out calls for a public inquiry in the North into allegations that Special Branch officers colluded in covering up murders by loyalist informers.

No police officers are to be charged in connection with their involvement in a collusion scandal in which loyalist paramilitary informers were allowed to commit up to 15 murders in the North, it was confirmed today.

A report into Special Branch officers' involvement with a loyalist paramilitary gang by the North's Police Ombudsman will make uncomfortable reading, Northern Secretary Peter Hain admitted today.

Two former detectives were arrested today by Police Ombudsman investigators probing the RUC's handling of an inquiry into the murder of a man beaten to death by loyalist paramilitaries near Belfast.

The North's Police Ombudsman has concluded that investigative errors and a lack of police officers in Larne, Co Antrim led to significant failings in an attempted murder inquiry.

Forensic scientists are examining material linked to the murder of Raymond McCord in a move welcomed as a breakthrough by the dead man's family.

The North's Police Ombudsman has found no evidence to support claims that an off-duty RUC officer shot and killed a 16-year-old girl in Co Armagh 15 years ago.

Police officers and fire-fighters came under attack from a group of up to 50 youths last night after apparently being lured into a nationalist estate in the Co Antrim town of Ballymena.

ALLOW me to correct misunderstandings of Amnesty International's call for an independent investigation of the incident in Lusk last week.

THE family of Robert McCartney yesterday indicated they could launch an appeal to raise funds for a civil action against his killers.

A number of people whose homes were raided by police investigating the pre-Christmas Northern Bank raid may try to delay the retirement of the officer heading the investigation.

A majority of PSNI officers have little confidence in the North's Police Ombudsman, according to a report published today by a committee of British MPs.

The North's Police Ombudsman has ruled that the RUC did not conduct a proper investigation into a murder in Newry, Co Down, 15 years ago.

A PSNI paperwork blunder led to the collapse of public order case against a senior Orangeman, according to a report by the Police Ombudsman, Nuala O'Loan.

A POLICE raid on Sinn Féin offices at Stormont which led to the suspension of devolution in Northern Ireland had to take place for the sake of democracy, it was claimed yesterday.

THE North’s Forensic Science Agency came under fire last night after seven police officers were acquitted over the death of a joyrider.

The North's Police Ombudsman, Nuala O’Loan, has uncovered more than 10 RUC investigations, including several murder probes, which she believes are seriously flawed since her appointment in 1999.

THE RUC investigation into the 1997 murder of 61-year-old Derryman Sean Brown was seriously deficient, "incomplete and inadequate", Northern Ireland's police ombudsman said yesterday.

The North's Police Ombudsman has defended the use of plastic bullets against loyalists involved in last year's Drumcree protest in Portadown, Co Armagh.

The North's Superintendents' Association has urged the British government to appoint an oversight commissioner to monitor the work of Ombudsman Nuala O'Loan.

A survey has found that 70% of Protestants have confidence in the North's Police Ombudsman, a 19% rise on a similar survey carried out last year.

The North's Police Ombudsman, Nuala O'Loan, has expressed her concern at the number of solicitors being threatened by police officers.

Police Ombudsman Nuala O’Loan tonight faced demands for her resignation as a new row flared over her damning assessment of the Omagh bomb inquiry.

The North's Police Ombudsman is furious at proposals to limit her powers to investigate controversial cases.

Ombudsman Nuala O'Loan is being threatened with legal action by representatives of senior officers and rank and file members of the police force in the North.

The North's Chief Constable Ronnie Flanagan has arrived for his meeting with the Police Board.

The North’s Police Board is due to meet chief constable Ronnie Flanagan and Ombudsman Nuala O’Loan today to discuss the row sparked by the latter’s damning report into the Omagh investigation.

Families of the 29 people killed in the Omagh bombing are demanding a public inquiry as Chief Constable Ronnie Flanagan defended his officers' handling of the investigation.

The North’s police service has revealed that its chief constable, Ronnie Flanagan, held talks with police ombudsman Nuala O’Loan yesterday to discuss their feud over the report into the police handling of the Omagh bomb investigation.

The North's Police Ombudsman has upheld a complaint against the RUC linked to an attack on a man by officers more than 32 years ago, it was announced today.