DUP Assemblyman Paul Berry has resigned from the party today as a result of newspaper allegations last year that he was involved with a male masseur.

A legal move preventing the Revd Ian Paisley’s Democratic Unionist party from taking further disciplinary action against a Northern Assembly member was today extended by another fortnight.

A suspended member of the Rev Ian Paisley’s Democratic Unionist Party has launched libel proceedings against the BBC and two newspapers.

The Democratic Unionist Party has suspended one of its assembly members following accusations that he had a sexual encounter with a male masseur.

The Reverend Ian Paisley’s Democratic Unionists tonight confirmed they had suspended an Assembly member over allegations about his private life.

The British general election campaign in Northern Ireland will change up a gear today as parties begin to nominate candidates for the province’s 18 Westminster constituencies.

UNIONISTS have accused the IRA of continuing to promote terrorism, at a time when its political representatives claim the provisionals are ready to decommission, after pictures in a republic calendar show masked gunmen in recent training exercises.

A 35-year-old father of two was found murdered today after a gang of men abducted him from his Co Armagh home.

Detectives launched a murder inquiry today after a man’s body was discovered in Co Armagh.

Northern Ireland faces considerable challenges in the years ahead from European Union enlargement, the Democratic Unionist’s new European Parliament candidate claimed today.

Ten members of the SDLP tonight put their names in the hat for the party’s nomination for this June’s European Parliament election.

A fourth member of the Democratic Unionist Party has announced his intention to seek the party’s nomination for this June’s European election.

A third member of the Democratic Unionist Party has announced his intention to seek the party nomination for the European election later this year.

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

Sinn Féin scored a major victory in the Northern Ireland Assembly elections last night by taking three seats in the Newry and Armagh constituency.

Police and soldiers patrolling a republican stronghold in south Armagh were rescued by helicopter after a gang of men moved in on them, it emerged today.

Unionist and loyalist politicians were today heading to South Africa for talks aimed at producing a single unionist vision for Northern Ireland’s peace process.

Hundreds of extra millions have been ploughed into Northern Ireland’s health service but patients have yet to see the benefit, it was claimed tonight.

With the last three weeks dominated by saturation coverage of the race for Westminster, people could be forgiven for forgetting that another election is taking place.

Republicans were today accused of causing the foot-and-mouth crisis in Northern Ireland by smuggling livestock across the border.