Killers who shot dead a man in Donegal are imposing the law of the jungle, a priest who knew the victim has said.

Bomb disposal experts tonight carried out a controlled explosion on a suspect vehicle abandoned in Derry the PSNI have said.

Shots have been fired at police officers by suspected dissident republicans in Derry.

A man in his 20s has been seriously injured in a knife attack in Derry city.

A £50 (€61.05) penalty may have to be paid by parents of young cyclists in the North who do not wear safety headgear, it was revealed today.

A statue of a former governor of Derry has been smashed by vandals, it was revealed today.

A disabled child with swine flu has died in the North, it emerged tonight.

An attack on a house in Derry that saw a 26-year-old man shot in the leg was today blamed on dissidents republicans.

Politicians and the police have appealed for calm ahead of tomorrow's Apprentice Boys parade in Derry.

The SDLP today announced a wide-ranging reshuffle of its Assembly team.

The continuing failure of the North's football governing body to reform its internal structures is depriving local clubs of a £4m (€4.78m) British government cash boost, a Stormont committee heard today.

DISSIDENT republicans are suspected to be behind the murder of a pizza delivery man shot dead by a gunman who earlier opened fire on his friends.

A man gunned down early today in a cold-blooded murder has been named.

A man was gunned down early today in what police branded a cold-blooded murder.

Police in the North are investigating the fatal shooting of a man in the Creggan area of Derry city overnight.

Derry City are to lobby officials at Stormont tomorrow to grant them funding for the redevelopment of their stadium.

THE Real IRA was behind a gun attack on a former SDLP councillor’s house in Derry, it emerged today.

A former city mayor in the North has been forced from his home after a series of attacks by dissident republicans.

The home of SDLP Northern Island assembly man Pat Ramsey was petrol bombed last night for the 15th time.

Dissident republicans are being blamed for planting a suspicious object outside the home of a SDLP Assemblyman in Derry this morning.

Dissident republicans are being blamed for planting a hoax bomb outside the home of an SDLP Assemblyman in the Bogside area of Derry last night.

A SDLP Assembly member hit out today at those responsible for the latest security alert at his Derry home.

Tourism infrastructure must be developed on an all-Ireland basis to ensure the entire country reaps the economic benefits, it was claimed today.

Police responding to a car crash came under attack today from petrol bombers.

The SDLP has condemned a suspected racist attack on three Polish nationals in a pub in Derry over the weekend.

SDLP Assembly member Pat Ramsey and his family were today recovering after being targeted in the latest in a series of attacks.

ULSTER COUNCIL says its support for a £57m multi-sports stadium project will not free the Government of its obligation to financially aid the GAA in future development of stadia for its own games.

TWO more SDLP councillors have received death threats, the party confirmed last night.

Two more SDLP councillors have received death threats, the party confirmed tonight.

The chairman of a local policing partnership board in Northern Ireland today hit out at those who sent him a death threat.

Six packages containing mass cards and a mystery white powder have been sent to the members of the SDLP and the headquarters of the North’s Policing Board.

Bomb disposal experts in the North are examining a suspicious device found this morning near the offices of a member of the local policing board in Derry.

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

Carmel Hanna of the SDLP has been elected in South Belfast.

Police were tonight examining CCTV footage in a bid to make more arrests following violence which marred a loyalist parade in Derry earlier in the day.

SINN FÉIN national chairman Mitchel McLaughlin was one of a number of republicans whose personal details were found in the hands of a known loyalist, it emerged yesterday.

Sinn Fein national chairman Mitchel McLaughlin was one of a number of republicans whose personal details were found in the hands of a known loyalist, it emerged today.

Northern Ireland’s moderate nationalist SDLP tonight selected four candidates to contest the Foyle constituency in the assembly election – just hours after it emerged a former IRA hunger striker could stand as a Sinn Fein candidate in the constituency.

Real IRA inmates should be stripped of compassionate leave rights after a prisoner skipped temporary bail arrangements, it was claimed today.