The North’s leaders have dismissed controversy over the Irish government’s role in new Northern Ireland peace talks as a frenzied “much ado about nothing”.

Fresh talks to break the deadlock in the North's peace process are to be launched, the Irish and British governments have signalled.

The Government in the North has said it is very keen to resolve outstanding Northern Ireland peace process issues.

The state funeral of Albert Reynolds is continuing in Donnybrook in Dublin, and has heard a moving eulogy from his son Philip.

In their contribution, Minister Deenihan and Secretary of State Theresa Villiers MP pointed out (Irish Examiner, March 31) that the newly unveiled Cross of Sacrifice in Glasnevin Cemetery was “no better setting for a memorial to remember the tens of thousands of Irishmen who made the ultimate sacrifice during World Wars.”

A suspected letter bomb addressed to a senior judge has been intercepted at the law courts in Belfast.

Army bomb disposal teams have made safe a viable explosive device in Belfast.

A viable letter bomb addressed to Northern Ireland’s Chief Constable has been defused.

The new Irish passport includes verses in Ulster Scots as well as a map of the entire island for the first time.

Relatives of the Omagh bomb victims are launching legal action in a bid to force the British and Irish Governments into granting a full scale cross-border inquiry into the outrage.

A detective shot dead during a credit union robbery in Louth was a virtuous man who was a perfect role model for the rest of society, his state funeral heard today.

Television and radio presenter Stephen Nolan is set to be targeted by Union flag protesters.

The North's struggling economy was rocked today with the loss of 760 jobs at one of its main manufacturing firms.