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Report outlines priorities for North's new justice minister

Tackling the North's crippling legal aid bill and dealing with problems in the prison system should be top priorities for the region's new Justice Minister, a Westminster Committee said today.

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Omagh bomb families hit out as UK govt censors inquiry

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Call for Omagh intelligence-sharing probe

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Stormont talks on the edge, warns Woodward

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MPs denied full access to Omagh report 'insulted'

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Policemen refused to testify at Omagh inquiry

Commission hits out at inaccurate criticism of North's Bill of Rights

Some unionist criticisms of the proposed Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland are factually incorrect, the Human Rights Commission claimed today.

Mon, 16 Mar, 2009

British MPs to examine controversial 'recognition payments' report

Controversial plans to deal with the legacy of the Troubles are to be examined by a group of Westminster MPs, it was announced today.

Tue, 10 Feb, 2009

Bloody Sunday report to be delayed for another year

The head of the Bloody Sunday Inquiry has told a Westminster Committee he cannot meet it to explain the delay in his 10-year investigation, it emerged today.

Wed, 03 Dec, 2008

Call for pension-style payouts for NI victims

Sufferers from the Northern Ireland conflict should receive pension-style payouts, a former victims’ commissioner said today.

Wed, 09 Apr, 2008

MPs warn over neighbourhood justice schemes

Controversial neighbourhood justice schemes in the North should be vetted to prevent people with criminal or paramilitary links since 1998 working in them, a committee of MPs urged today.

Thu, 25 Jan, 2007

Sham marriage scam linked to human trafficking

Men and women are being paid £2,000 (€2,900) a time to go through with sham marriages to foreign nationals in the North, it was revealed today.

Wed, 19 Jul, 2006

Dropping of spy case ‘not a political decision’

BRITISH Attorney General Peter Goldsmith yesterday denied there was any political interference in the decision by prosecutors in Northern Ireland to drop charges against three men accused of spying at Stormont.

Tue, 17 Jan, 2006

Spy case collapse 'not political move'

The British Attorney General, Lord Goldsmith, today denied there was any political interference in the decision by prosecutors in Northern Ireland to drop charges against three men accused of spying at Stormont.

Mon, 16 Jan, 2006

Crunch time for Duncan Smith

Iain Duncan Smith was today appealing to Tory MPs not to dump him after admitting he had made mistakes during his leadership.

Wed, 29 Oct, 2003