Proposals to control the amount of information available to families bereaved during the North's conflict are playing God with the interests of justice, a human rights group has claimed.

A group addressing the legacy of the Troubles in the North has made a direct public appeal today for the IRA to co-operate with its work.

The men appointed by the British government to recommend ways of addressing the legacy of the Troubles in the North are due to appear before an Oireachtas committee in Dublin today.

The legacy of the Troubles can only be settled if justice is delivered in controversial murders such as the killing of solicitor Pat Finucane, his widow said today.

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

THE North’s political parties were last night challenged to back unprecedented proposals aimed at healing the sectarian wounds left after decades of violence.

The North’s political parties were challenged tonight to back unprecedented proposals aimed at healing the sectarian wounds left after decades of violence.

Groups involved in the North's Troubles could apologise for their role and pledge never to use violence again as part of an ambitious five-year reconciliation plan unveiled today.

The two men who headed a group on dealing with the legacy of the North's Troubles today hit back at critics of their proposal to pay the families of victims £12,000 (€12,911).

A major report on how to deal with the legacy of the North’s Troubles is to be released this month, it emerged today.

People guilty of crimes linked to the Troubles will not be handed an automatic amnesty in any reconciliation process, a group dealing with the legacy of violence said today.

Nominations are being sought from the public for the Tipperary Peace Award which is marking its 25th anniversary.

The group considering how to deal with the legacy of the North's Troubles will today reveal their plans to British and Irish politicians behind closed doors.

President Mary McAleese has paid tribute to Nobel Peace Prize winner Martti Ahtisaari for his work in verifying that IRA arms were put beyond use.

You can’t deny the state — British or Irish — the exclusive right to use legitimate force and, at the same time, hold it to a higher standard than paramilitaries.

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

An historic visit by the Queen to the Republic has moved significantly closer but depends on the completion of devolution in the North, President Mary McAleese said today.

The panel set up to deal with the North’s troubled past is hopelessly divided, the DUP claimed today.

Victims of collusion-linked atrocities during the Troubles will today be granted a long-awaited debate in the Dáil.

The joint chairman of the British government appointed panel looking into how to settle the legacy of the Northern conflict have said they will publish their report.

A truth commission to examine the bloody legacy of the Troubles in the North must not follow South Africa’s ’confrontational’ model, victims’ groups said today.

ASSASSINATED Pakistani politician Benazir Bhutto is to posthumously receive the 2007 Tipperary Peace Prize, it was announced yesterday.

Assassinated Pakistani politician Benazir Bhutto is to posthumously receive the 2007 Tipperary Peace Prize, it was announced today.

Hollywood star George Clooney has been nominated for the Tipperary Peace Prize for his work on Darfur, it emerged today.

The Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, is due to hold talks today with the body set up by the British Government to decide on the best way to address the legacy of the troubles in the North.

The panel set up by the British Government to deal with the legacy of the Troubles is to start seeking input from members of the public.

PUBLIC inquiries into three Northern Ireland killings involving alleged official collusion should be suspended while experts review ways of dealing with the past, senior police said yesterday.

The Taoiseach has welcomed the establishment of a group to draw up proposals on how to deal with the legacy of the Troubles in the North.

Retired Archbishop of Armagh Robin Eames is to be presented with the Tipperary International Peace Award next week, it was revealed today.

WHILE the new Church of Ireland Primate, Dr Alan Harper, may be an excellent candidate for the post, he does seem to be an unfortunate choice on at least two criteria: he is an Englishman and he has no pastoral experience south of the border.

The Bishop of Connor has been elected Church of Ireland Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, it was announced this afternoon.

The man chosen to succeed Archbishop Robin Eames as the new Church of Ireland Primate of All-Ireland is to be announced today.

Retiring Archbishop of Armagh and Church of Ireland Primate of All-Ireland Dr Robin Eames has been announced as the recipient of the 2006 Tipperary International Peace Award.

Outgoing Church of Ireland Primate Robin Eames today issued a final appeal for both sides in the North to heal the sectarian divide and avoid plunging a new generation into bitter hatred.

Archbishop of Armagh and Church of Ireland Primate of All Ireland, Robin Eames, is to retire today at the age of 69.

Ian Paisley’s Democratic Unionist party held a day-long private strategy meeting today in a bid to quell signs of discontent in the ranks.

Remembrance Day ceremonies were today held across Northern Ireland for soldiers killed in two world wars and other conflicts around the globe including the Troubles.

Three Catholic priests at the centre of a controversy after they concelebrated Mass with a Church of Ireland minister have apologised for their actions, it emerged tonight.

THE Primate of the Church of Ireland, Archbishop Robin Eames, intends to retire at the end of the year.

IN his column (Irish Examiner, April 22), Ryle Dwyer cannot “understand the mentality” of those who had difficulties with Fr Iggy O’Donovan’s invitation to Rev Michael Graham to concelebrate Mass on Easter Sunday.

ALTHOUGH I must have written about 250,000 words since starting this column over four years ago, I’ve never had occasion to use the Irish word “lúdramán”. Perhaps I shouldn’t use it now either in this, my last column.

ALTHOUGH I must have written about 250,000 words since starting this column over four years ago, I’ve never had occasion to use the Irish word “lúdramán”.

THE priest at the centre of a major ecumenical row has defended his decision to organise a concelebrated Mass involving three Catholic priests and a Church of Ireland minister on Easter Sunday.

ARCHBISHOP OF Armagh, Dr Sean Brady, and his Church of Ireland counterpart, Archbishop Robin Eames, have launched investigations into an Easter Sunday Mass in Co Louth where a Church of Ireland minister concelebrated with priests in a Catholic Church.