THE report of the inquiry into the murder of Rosemary Nelson in 1999 raises more questions than it answers.

The state failed to protect high-profile solicitor Rosemary Nelson before her 1999 murder by loyalists in the North, but did not collude in her killing, a major public inquiry has found.

A public inquiry into the murder of solicitor Rosemary Nelson in the North will today release its findings 12 years after she was killed in a loyalist bomb attack.

The report of the public inquiry into allegations of security force collusion in the murder of solicitor Rosemary Nelson is to be published on May 23.

Final legal checks are being carried out on the findings of a public inquiry into the murder of solicitor Rosemary Nelson, the British government has confirmed.

Three people are to be charged in connection with the sectarian murder of Portadown Catholic Robert Hamill, the North's Public Prosecution Service (PPS) has said.

The publication of two multimillion-pound public inquiries into controversial killings during the Troubles has been hit by delays.

Relatives pressing for a cross-border public inquiry into the Omagh bomb today branded their first meeting with the new Northern Ireland Secretary a disappointment.

Jail chiefs braced themselves today for a major report of a £30m (€367m) UK government investigation into the 1997 murder inside the Maze Prison of loyalist Billy Wright, one of the North's most feared assassins.

The Parades Commission in the North will be reappointed in January if local politicians fail to reach agreement on controversial marches, Northern Ireland Secretary Owen Paterson said today.

IN my letter of July 6, I asked if the Reform Movement would add its voice to calls for the British government to comply with a request from the Oireachtas for information believed to be in the possession of the British state which would be of assistance in identifying those responsible for carrying out acts of terrorism in this state by loyalist paramilitaries, some of whom were believed to be in collusion with elements of British security forces.

The report into the murder of leading loyalist Billy Wright in jail will be handed over to a team of British government officials today.

Eleven people were being questioned today over the murder of two soldiers and a policeman in the North.

Police are today questioning nine people – including two high-profile republicans – over the murders of two soldiers and a police officer in the North.

Detectives are today questioning nine people in connection with the murders of two soldiers and a police officer in the North after a series of raids where investigators seized a gun and ammunition.

Police came under petrol bomb attack from masked gangs tonight after a high-profile republican was arrested over the murder of two soldiers in Northern Ireland.

One of the three men arrested by police probing the murder of two soldiers in the North is the high profile republican Colin Duffy.

Police could not have saved the life of murdered solicitor Rosemary Nelson given the determination of her killers, the North's former police chief Ronnie Flanagan said today.

Former RUC chief constable Ronnie Flanagan has told the Rosemary Nelson inquiry in Belfast that he had no knowledge of threats made against her by police officers until a UN official drew it to his attention.

Former RUC chief constable Ronnie Flanagan was unaware that Special Branch officers kept files on solicitor Rosemary Nelson, the public inquiry into her murder heard today.

Former RUC chief constable Ronnie Flanagan is due to appear today before the public inquiry into the murder of Lurgan solicitor Rosemary Nelson 10-years-ago.

The murder of a Roman Catholic man killed by a sectarian mob while the PSNI were nearby will be probed in a public inquiry opening today.

Virtual reality computer technology will be used to investigate allegations that police in the North failed to protect a Catholic man beaten to death in a sectarian attack, it was revealed today.

Police in the North are spending more than £5m (€5.77m) a year to service public inquiries into controversial killings during the Troubles, the region’s chief constable revealed today.

Friends and former colleagues of Lurgan solicitor Rosemary Nelson have reacted furiously to police claims that she was having an affair with a leading republican in Co Armagh.

British and Irish members of parliament will tomorrow be briefed on what is being described as an effective truth commission on the North's Troubles.

A disc containing personal information have been lost by the public inquiry team probing the loyalist murder of a Catholic solicitor in the North.

Stormont's power sharing executive will not pick up the tab for inquiries into some of the North's most controversial murders, First Minister Ian Paisley warned the British government today.

The British government put on hold 18 months ago preparations for a public inquiry into the controversial murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane, it emerged today.

The head of British Intelligence in the North is among a string of security chiefs to have been quizzed by the inquiry into the murder of solicitor Rosemary Nelson, it emerged today.

A public inquiry into the murder of solicitor Rosemary Nelson will begin its hearings in Belfast today.

POLICE failed to properly deal with death threats made against Catholic solicitor Rosemary Nelson before she was murdered, a report revealed yesterday.

The North's Police Ombudsman has concluded that the RUC failed to properly investigate threats made against Lurgan solicitor Rosemary Nelson.

The North's Police Ombudsman is due to publish a report today into the RUC's handling of threats made against solicitor Rosemary Nelson.

Victims' relatives are being vilified for demanding the truth about controversial killings linked to the security services in the North, it was claimed today.

PSNI chief constable Hugh Orde has said the work of his officers is being hindered by demands for information to be used in various public inquiries.

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.

A memorial ceremony is to be held to mark the eighth anniversary of the murder of Co Armagh solicitor Rosemary Nelson.

The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission and its Irish counterpart today called for the appointment of a top judge to examine the need for a cross-border public inquiry into the Omagh bombing.

A police team which is considering over 3,000 Northern Ireland conflict deaths should cost much less than public inquiries into four controversial killings, Sir Hugh Orde said tonight.

The British government's public inquiry into the murder of Lurgan solicitor Rosemary Nelson has been delayed for at least nine months.

Nationalist politicians expressed concern today that MI5 could use a decision to give it full legal representation at an inquiry into the murder of a human rights lawyer in Northern Ireland to suppress sensitive documents.

An inquiry into the death of a Catholic man battered to death by a loyalist mob in Northern Ireland was today delayed after police witnesses were given the go-ahead to seek anonymity.