Political leaders and military veterans are due to gather in Dublin tomorrow to commemorate the Battle of the Somme.

The Brexit vote paves the way for new opportunities, according to the North’s first minister.

Hundreds more police officers are to be drafted in to the North from forces across the UK after three nights of rioting linked to a parades dispute.

Britain's Northern Ireland Secretary, Theresa Villiers, has described the recent trouble in Belfast as "simply incomprehensible".

Police have fired baton rounds and deployed water cannon on rioters as violence linked to the Union Flag row flared in east Belfast again.

Loyalist violence over the flying of the union flag will be firmly dealt with for as long as necessary, the North’s police chief declared after a fourth night of rioting.

SDLP Councillor Claire Hanna, her husband and their baby daughter have escaped injury after shots were fired at their home in East Belfast, hitting the front door and windows.

Politicians and church leaders are holding talks in the North this afternoon in an attempt to stem loyalist street violence over the flying of the Union flag.

Police investigating a blast that damaged a house in east Belfast have found an explosive device a short distance away.

Peter Robinson's journey to political redemption reached another landmark as he topped the Assembly poll in the East Belfast constituency where he lost his Westminster seat.

Police investigating a murder in Belfast have arrested a man in his 30s.

A man shot dead by an off-duty police officer in the North during a suspected filling-station robbery was named today.

The good relations strategy in the North is fatally flawed, the Assembly heard today.

THE 21-page Hillsborough Agreement sets out plans for devolving policing and justice powers, dealing with contentious loyal order parades and resolving outstanding issues facing the Stormont Executive.

The 21-page Hillsborough Agreement sets out plans for devolving policing and justice powers, dealing with contentious loyal order parades and resolving outstanding issues facing the Stormont Executive.

The North's political leaders Peter Robinson and Martin McGuinness clashed in public today as the split at the heart of the power-sharing government was dramatically exposed.

SHEEP electronic identification and the progress being made north and south on legislation in the areas of animal health and welfare were discussed at the latest North/South ministerial council in Dublin.

THE ultimate aim of an all-island animal health and welfare strategy now being developed will be the free movement of animals on the island of Ireland.

Politicians tonight demanded universities discipline students involved in the rioting in the Holylands area of Belfast on St Patrick's Day.

The war-torn Middle East can learn from the Irish peace process by ending violence through dialogue, Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams said today.

Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams told supporters in the US that he wants to reach an accommodation with unionism, but hit out at what he called its “Afrikaner wing”.

Traffic wardens have been temporarily withdrawn from west Belfast after a reported threat from dissident republicans.

The Northern Executive should help defuse an energy crisis which has seen prices rise by 14%, an electricity boss said today.

A TIGHTKNIT Belfast community was in shock last night after the discovery of a body, chopped up and stuffed into two wheelie bins.

A tight-knit Belfast community was in shock tonight after the horrific discovery of a dismembered body.

A man was being questioned by police today after the discovery of a dismembered body in the courtyard of a block of flats in east Belfast.

The British government was today urged to come up with an education strategy for all ages in loyalist areas of Belfast.

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

Councillors in Belfast have elected Martin Morgan of the SDLP as the city's new Lord Mayor.

SDLP councillor Martin Morgan was tonight elected Lord Mayor of Belfast.

A Democratic Unionist Party candidate for the post of Belfast Lord Mayor has sparked a row in the North by refusing to withdraw 'sectarian' comments.

Sinn Fein’s Alex Maskey tonight became the first member of his party to be elected Lord Mayor of Belfast.