Relatives of a Protestant workman in the North gunned down in an IRA attack almost 40 years ago have accused the authorities of attempting to bury the truth.

Former US Democrat presidential candidate Gary Hart will begin discussions next week with the Irish and British governments in what is being viewed as a bid to restart peace talks in the North.

The Northern peace process is under its greatest threat since the landmark 1998 Good Friday Agreement negotiations, Sinn Féin’s Gerry Adams has warned.

Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore has said it is in the best interest for everyone in Northern Ireland that agreement be reached now in relation to issues such as parades.

The needs of victims must be paramount when devising a way of dealing with Northern Ireland’s troubled past, the region’s new chief constable has said.

Former US special enjoy Richard Haass has called on the main parties in the North to provide leadership and strike agreement on the contentious issues that still divide the communities.

A former US diplomat honoured with an international peace award for his ill-fated efforts to secure political agreement in the North has said he would willingly give it up in exchange for the deal he strived for.

US peace envoy Richard Haass has ruled out returning to the North to broker a deal on parades, flags and the toxic legacy of the Troubles.

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The British Government is facing mass legal action over alleged collusion with loyalists in murders in the North during the 1970s.

Efforts to deal with the North’s troubled past have failed, Amnesty International claimed.

Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams has said his party is now a major political party in both states on the island of Ireland, where the political landscape has changed forever.

The Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs is meeting the Northern Secretary this evening, to discuss the ongoing political talks in Northern Ireland.

Talks aimed at resolving tensions over parades, flags and addressing Northern Ireland’s conflict legacy have laid foundations for a more peaceful future, the First Minister said.

Sinn Féin has agreed to back proposals made by US diplomat Richard Haass.

Northern Ireland’s First Minister has said much more work is needed to produce a deal on contentious parades, flags and dealing with a troubled past.

The Ulster Unionists tonight rejected proposals by Dr Richard Haass to find a settlement on flags, parading and dealing with the North’s troubled past.

Proposals to resolve contentious issues in Northern Ireland would leave people considerably better off, former US diplomat Dr Richard Haass has said.

Unionist leaders must tell the public whether or not they back the outcome of the Haass peace issues talks, Martin McGuinness has said.

The Stormont talks led by those very patient Americans, Richard Haass and Meghan O’Sullivan, aimed at consolidating progress made in the North in recent years, may not have ended in an entirely positive way but it is not unreasonable to hope that even this inconclusive episode represents an advance of sorts, especially in a society still so unable to be at ease with itself.

Sinn Féin's ruling party executive is to meet on January 11 to consider the proposed Northern Ireland peace deal.

Northern Ireland’s political leaders published a draft agreement on outstanding peace process issues only hours after Executive parties failed to reach consensus on the proposals.

The North’s political leaders have published a draft agreement on outstanding peace process issues only hours after Executive parties failed to reach consensus on the proposals..

The Taoiseach says the failure of the Haass negotiations to reach an agreement is a "disappointment" to the people of Northern Ireland.

Marathon all-night negotiations to resolve outstanding peace process issues in the North have failed to produce an agreement.

Politicians in the North were last night locked in last-ditch negotiations to strike a deal on outstanding peace process issues.

Politicians in the North are set for another late night of negotiations in a last-ditch attempt to strike a deal on outstanding peace process issues.

In the North, the final round of Haass negotiations are set to resume within the next hour.

Final hothouse political negotiations will begin in the North today in a last-ditch bid to find agreement on contentious issues left over from the peace process.

The Obama administration has urged politicians in Northern Ireland to compromise on a deal on parading, flags, and dealing with the region’s troubled past.

When former US diplomat Richard Haass urged Northern politicians to “fish or cut bait” at today’s negotiations between the main parties on contentious issues in the peace process, he was no doubt tempted to use a more direct, albeit a more crude analogy.

The Obama administration has urged politicians in Northern Ireland to compromise on a deal on parading, flags and dealing with the region’s troubled past.

Part of the proposed political deal is “unworkable”, Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson said.

Final agreement on dealing with Northern Ireland’s troubled past, parades and flags must be struck by Monday, the independent chairs of all-party talks has said.

The former US diplomat Richard Haass has said there is a real opportunity for progress today, as talks resume on some of the North's most contentious issues.

Former US diplomat Richard Haass is due to host resumed talks in Belfast aimed at solving some of Northern Ireland's most contentious issues.

The leader of Northern Ireland’s largest nationalist party has urged all sides to make progress in a new bid to end the deadlock and reach agreement over flags, disputed parades and the past.

For US diplomat Richard Haass has launched a new bid to end the deadlock and reach agreement with all sides in Northern Ireland over flags, disputed parades and the past.

Marathon through-the-night political negotiations in Belfast have failed to produce an agreement to deal with unresolved peace process issues in the North.

Crunch political talks aimed at resolving outstanding peace process issues in the North are set to go on long into the evening.

All party crunch talks are due to begin in Northern Ireland today to try to seal a pre-Christmas agreement on controversial parades, flags and dealing with a troubled history.

Political parties have been asked for their views on a new flag for Northern Ireland.

A new Bank Holiday should be created in the North to celebrate the achievements of the peace process, the British Labour Party has proposed.

British prime minister David Cameron has distanced himself from a proposal by the North’s attorney general to end prosecutions in Troubles-related murders.