People were today being invited to sign a book of condolence for murdered schoolboy Michael McIlveen.

A panel of international jurists was in Belfast today as part of a global inquiry into counter-terrorism laws.

THE head of a North police team examining more than 3,000 unsolved murders from the Troubles said he may pursue in the courts any politician suspected of involvement.

THE British Government and Sinn Féin spent yesterday attacking each other following the dramatic collapse of legislative proposals to deal with paramilitary fugitives, or “on-the-runs.”

A NORTH Antrim local authority must stop using public funds to finance Protestant marching season bonfires, an Antrim residents’ group said yesterday during a visit to the Dáil.

A North Antrim local authority must stop using public funds to finance Protestant marching season bonfires, it was claimed today.

A Sinn Féin Stormont Assembly delegation is today due to visit the Rossport Five on their 66th day in Dublin’s Cloverhill Prison.

Police are mounting undercover patrols to try to halt an escalating sectarian campaign of attacks on Catholic homes, schools and churches in north Antrim.

LOYALISTS were accused yesterday of raising sectarian tensions after being blamed for a series of attacks on Catholic bars and churches in Co Antrim.

Riot police moved into a village today as a new stand-off developed between Orangemen and nationalist protesters in Northern Ireland.

IAN PAISLEY warned the British and Irish governments to listen to the voice of his people yesterday as he increased his massive North Antrim vote by 5%.

Sinn Féin has called on the Irish and British governments to provide funding for the proposed reopening of a cross-border section of the Ulster Canal.

Sinn Féin has blamed loyalist paramilitaries for attempting to send more than 10 envelopes containing bullets to Sinn Féin representatives.

Two healthcare workers were targeted in a weekend racial attack in Northern Ireland, police revealed today.

Soldiers today defused two bombs planted at a Sinn Féin member’s home in Northern Ireland.

Catholic workmen have been forced out of a housing estate in Northern Ireland following threats from loyalist paramilitaries, it was claimed tonight.

UNDERCOVER soldiers at the centre of the Pat Finucane murder investigation are prepared to face a public inquiry into the affair.

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

A day before Northern Ireland’s Assembly Election, Sinn Féin candidates were getting twitchy.

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

THE Northern Peace Process was heading for political paralysis last night after Sinn Féin and the DUP made dramatic gains.

NATIONALISM in the North has always had a habit of renewing itself.

Democratic Unionist MP Nigel Dodds and Sinn Féin’s Gerry Kelly today became the first two Assembly members to be elected in Northern Ireland.

Sinn Féin is trying to secure a November Assembly election in Northern Ireland in the current round of talks, a party negotiator confirmed today.

SINN FÉIN yesterday set up a point of contact for victims’ organisations, as party leader Gerry Adams launched a document entitled ‘Truth’ aimed at encouraging debate on how society could address past events during the Troubles.

Loyalist paramilitaries can strike with immunity, a former IRA prisoner who survived a terrorist attack claimed tonight.