THIS week’s edition of the leading Irish newspaper in Britain, The Irish Post, will be its last.

The Cork air crash disaster starkly shows how fragile life can be, Northern Ireland’s First Minister has said.

STAFF at the Irish Examiner and Evening Echo are to be asked to take a 10% pay cut from October 1 next.

A police officer was seriously injured when a bomb exploded under his car in the North today.

A 21-year-old man was arrested today in connection with the racist attacks on Romanian families in Belfast.

Three men killed in a plane crash were trying to land just miles from their homes, it emerged today.

There should be a full investigation into the controversial closure of the Visteon car parts plant in Belfast, Sinn Féin said today.

US President George W Bush today faced demands from Parliamentarians on both sides of the border to shut its controversial Guantanamo Bay detention centre.

Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Hain has agreed to meet the father of a loyalist murder victim whose death is at the centre of a major collusion inquiry, it was revealed tonight.

Paramilitary groups in the North were blamed today for the level of suicide among young men.

Sinn Féin must be warned that the IRA’s activities must end following accusations that it was behind the £26.5m (€38.1m) Northern Bank raid, ministers in the UK were told tonight.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair is due to meet DUP leader Ian Paisley and Sinn Féin chairman Mitchel McLaughlin today to discuss the fall-out from last month's £26.5m (€37.8m) bank heist in Belfast.

Hardline unionists have called for Sinn Féin's exclusion from politics in the North following a court decision to overturn the acquittal of the so-called Colombia Three.

DUP leader Ian Paisley has arrived at Government Buildings to meet Taoiseach Bertie Ahern.

Union chiefs tonight vowed to fight any move by Gordon Brown to axe a quarter of administrative jobs in Northern Ireland’s civil service.

A bitter row erupted tonight between unionists in Northern Ireland over a decision by Ian Paisley’s DUP to contest a Westminster seat held by Sinn Féin.

Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble was meeting the British Prime Minister today in a bid to get Sinn Féin thrown out of the talks seeking to restore devolution to Northern Ireland.

Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble has challenged Sinn Féin to say where it stands on paramilitary activity after the IRA was allegedly involved in an abduction in Belfast last night.

The Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble has held further talks with Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams.

A 40-year-old man is due to appear at Belfast Magistrates Court today in connection with the seizure of more than £1m (€1.4m) of ecstasy tablets at the weekend.

Anti-agreement Ulster Unionist MP Jeffrey Donaldson is expected to back down on his threat to quit the party following his recent defeat at the hands of party leader David Trimble.

Hard-line Ulster Unionist MP Jeffrey Donaldson would not be drawn on his future as colleagues gathered for a crucial showdown of the party’s ruling council this evening.

Ulster Unionist MP Jeffrey Donaldson says he will reconsider his position in the party if it fails to reject the British and Irish governments' plans for the future of the peace process.

An Ulster Unionist MP has claimed that up to 12 voluntary medical staff from the North are being forced to stay in Iraq due to bureaucracy.

Calls for a public inquiry into allegations about the use of double agents by military intelligence were dismissed today by an Ulster Unionist MP.

The British Government was under pressure today to make a definitive statement on whether Assembly elections would go ahead in Northern Ireland as planned.

David Trimble today demanded an explanation from republicans over an arsenal of suspected IRA weapons discovered in Belfast.

The anti-agreement Ulster Unionist MP David Burnside has threatened to call an emergency meeting of his party's ruling council if David Trimble agrees to resume sharing power with Sinn Fein.

Ulster Unionist MP Jeffrey Donaldson says his party will resign from the North's policing board if Sinn Fein agrees to take its place before the IRA disband.

Ulster Unionist Michael McGimpsey has called for a public inquiry into allegations of IRA intelligence gathering at Stormont.

Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams launched a strong attack on Northern Ireland’s First Minister and Ulster Unionist Chief David Trimble in Dublin today.

Sinn Fein minister Martin McGuinness today said he is convinced a party official facing charges over the infiltration of a government office in Belfast is innocent.

IN Armagh even the republicans are turning orange, while in Kerry the sheep have been painted green and gold.

Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble was due to discuss the security situation in Belfast with police chiefs today as pressure mounted within his party to end power sharing with Sinn Fein.

Unionists may have to rethink whether they will take part in future selection panels for top posts in Northern Ireland’s police service after the appointment of Huge Orde as Chief Constable, it was claimed today.

Sinn Fein has said that tonight’s commemorative Dinner, Tirgra, is the “first and only onetribute of its kind.

The Northern Ireland Assembly was not consulted about the new mox reprocessing plant at Sellafield.

As the DUP continued attempts to stall the vote at Stormont this morning, it was claimed that rebel Ulster Unionist MLA Pauline Armitage had been attacked and threatened at home and prevented from attending the Assembly.

Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble is expected to hand in a letter of resignation by his three Northern Assembly ministers tomorrow.

Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble is in talks with Northern Secretary John Reid in London this afternoon.

An Ulster Unionist MP today defended his decision to hold private talks with a loyalist paramilitary group during the summer.

The Ulster Unionists and Sinn Fein were today preparing for a Belfast High Court showdown over a hotly disputed General Election result.

Ulster Unionist Minister Michael McGimpsey has claimed negotiations are moving "inexorably" towards cementing the peace process but said the IRA’s current position was not yet enough.

The British and Irish Governments are being accused of making further concessions to republicans by the Ulster Unionist MP, Jeffery Donaldson.