TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern yesterday tried to reassure the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) that the constitutional question has been settled in the Good Friday Agreement.

The North's Police Oversight Commissioner Al Hutchinson has a vital role to play in monitoring the pace of change in policing , Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Hain said tonight.

The site for Northern Ireland’s new £80m (€119.1m) police college will be selected today.

Members of Northern Ireland’s policing board were under pressure today to ratify moves to site a new £80m (€118.6m) officer training academy at a food science centre.

The Police Oversight Commissioner in the North has criticised the slow pace of change in Special Branch.