Ruling out any more public inquiries like that into Bloody Sunday could shake the North's peace process to its foundations, an MP warned today.

Voting opens in Labour’s shadow cabinet elections today, with 49 MPs battling for a place in Ed Miliband’s top team.

David Cameron will today seek to reassure voters in the North that they would not be “singled out” for spending cuts under a Conservative-led British government.

PARTY leaders targeted key marginal seats yesterday in a final push to win what looks like the closest general election in decades this week.

The Conservative Party was today accused of planning to decimate the North's economy just when it was beginning to recover from the global recession.

National security concerns over the Bloody Sunday report are bogus and disingenuous, it was claimed tonight.

THE North was on a fresh terror alert last night as justice powers were finally devolved to the Belfast Assembly with the Alliance Party leader voted in as justice minister.

The dissident republican Real IRA, which claimed responsibility today for a car bomb attack on MI5’s headquarters in the North, will not derail the peace process, political leaders said.

The Real IRA has reportedly claimed responsibility for a car bomb attack outside MI5 headquarters in Holywood in Co Down.

Dissident republicans opposed to the peace process were being blamed today for a car bomb attack on the MI5 headquarters in the North.

A report into the events of Bloody Sunday when 14 people were killed by British troops need not have been delayed until after the General Election, bereaved relatives claimed today.

The Bloody Sunday report into the death of 14 people at the hands of the British Army will not be published until after the British General Election, it was confirmed today.

FAMILIES bereaved in the British Army killings on Bloody Sunday yesterday repeated calls for the publication of the inquiry into the affair, as new plans for the report’s eventual release were announced.

Families bereaved in the British Army killings on Bloody Sunday today repeated calls for the publication of the inquiry into the affair, as new plans for its eventual release were announced.

The North's Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness told British Prime Minister Gordon Brown today that a delay in publishing the Bloody Sunday report was unacceptable.

The long-awaited report into the British army killings on Bloody Sunday may not be released until after the general election, the British government confirmed today.

Families of Bloody Sunday victims tonight welcomed the announcement that the long-awaited report into the killings would not be handed to the Government before undergoing legal checks.

The decision of the Northern Ireland Assembly to agree to the devolution of policing and justice powers will build on the gains of the peace process, the British and Irish governments said today.

Martin McGuinness accused the Ulster Unionists today of opposing a deal to devolve policing powers to Northern Ireland for cynical party political reasons, as a crunch debate on the transfer began at Stormont.

The Northern Ireland Assembly is braced for a tense stand-off after the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) declared it will use a crunch vote today to reject the deal brokered to stabilise the power-sharing government.

Pressure was mounting on the Ulster Unionists today to drop their opposition to the landmark deal to devolve policing powers to the North after a new government poll indicated sizeable public support for the move.

The North's would-be Justice Minister pledged today to meet families of those bereaved at Bloody Sunday to explain why he called the inquiry into the killings “pointless”.

The achievements of the multi-national team which oversaw paramilitary disarmament in the North were hailed today as its final operational report was published.

Politicians have been paying tribute to Ian Paisley Snr who has announced today that he will not be seeking re-election in the forthcoming General Election.

Former Northern Ireland First Minister Ian Paisley will not seek re-election in the forthcoming general election, it was revealed today.

Dissident republicans were blamed for a car bomb attack at a court in the North last night.

Increased co-operation between the Republic of Ireland and the North is key to the future prosperity of the island, Taoiseach Brian Cowen said today.

A public inquiry into how a convicted sex offender set fire to his home and killed his family was called for today by the Northern Ireland Assembly.

The deal to save the North's power-sharing government was the “best possible agreement” for the people of the North, Shaun Woodward said today.

YESTERDAY was a good day for this island; it was an especially good day for Northern Ireland.

Royle Family actor Ricky Tomlinson is considering standing in the British general election, it was reported today.

THE Democratic Unionist Party moved to force last-minute concessions from London last night as the Northern power-sharing crisis reached its endgame.

A deal is very close on policing and justice in the North, Foreign Affairs Minister Micheál Martin said today.

PETER ROBINSON’s bid to face down unionist hardliners trying to block a deal on devolution with Sinn Féin was strengthened last night as he resumed the role of First Minister.

Northern Ireland Secretary Shaun Woodward warned today that efforts to reach a deal on policing and justice in the North were “on the edge”.

A deal to save the North's power-sharing government was in sight today after “considerable progress” was made in securing the transfer of policing and justice powers from London to Belfast.

Talks aimed at saving the North's power-sharing administration have made “considerable progress”, the British Government said tonight.

THE North’s roller-coaster negotiations to end the crisis over policing which threatens to bring down power-sharing pushed on through the supposed deadline for a deal last night.

DUBLIN and London were preparing to publish their own route-map out of the policing crisis paralysing power-sharing last night as Sinn Féin and the DUP were again deadlocked over the issue.

The leaders of Ireland's four main churches today urged politicians to redouble their efforts in talks to save the future of the Stormont power-sharing government.

The North’s political parties met face-to-face for crunch talks tonight as the Irish and British governments expressed hopes the powersharing administration could be saved.

Taoiseach Brian Cowen and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown are to hold a second day of talks today in a bid to rescue the North's crisis-hit power-sharing government.

CRISIS negotiations fuelled by a frantic diplomatic push, which saw the Taoiseach and his British counterpart rush to Belfast to try and prevent a collapse of power-sharing, spilled into a second tense day as both leaders dug in for a deal.

The future of Northern Ireland’s power-sharing government hung in the balance tonight as the British and Irish premiers committed themselves to lengthy talks to secure a rescue deal.