IF IT really was a “war” in the North as Gerry Adams claims, then where were the rules of war?

A major weapons haul recovered during a security alert may help thwart death, injury and misery, police have said today.

An investigation has been launched into the discovery of a large number of weapons and munitions in Belfast.

Three men have been arrested after £6,000 (€7,000) worth of cocaine was seized during a police raid on the outskirts of east Belfast.

Police have launched an investigation after a pipe bomb was discovered in Carryduff, Co Down.

THE icy winds that swept over St Mary’s graveyard as murdered garda Adrian Donohoe was laid to rest sent a chill through national life.

Two bids are being considered for golfer Rory McIlroy’s €2.44m luxury house outside Belfast.

A search is underway for two inmates of Castlerea Prison in County Roscommon who are unaccounted for.

People who fall ill suddenly in rural Kerry, north Mayo, west Clare and south-west Donegal are more than an hour’s drive from a hospital A&E, new research has revealed.

AS 1,000 people marched over the closure of Roscommon Hospital’s emergency department (ED), it emerged one doctor is on the verge of legal action against the health minister over figures presented to illustrate the need to shut the facility.

Police in the North are appealing for witnesses to an assault in Castlereagh last night.

A man was bundled into a van at gun point and forced to steal money from his workplace, police said today.

A 79-year-old man has died in hospital this evening after crashing his car in Co. Waterford.

PETER ROBINSON was regarded as the dispassionate brains of the Democratic Unionist Party; Ian Paisley its fiery soul.

STEVEN King’s version of recent political history in Northern Ireland, on the circumstances surrounding the resignation from office of former prime minister Terence O’Neill is at variance with fact (‘North needs an election to purge system on the brink of breakdown’, November 25)

Hugh Orde’s tenure as the North's Chief Constable ends today after seven years in charge of policing the region.

THE Public Prosecution Service in the North has dramatically dropped all charges against a US citizen accused of involvement in the notorious break-in at Castlereagh top security base in 2002.

A water safety warning affecting 220,000 households across the North is likely to last throughout today, officials confirmed.

Police in the North have arrested two people in connection with an assault on two men in Belfast.

Police in the North are appealing for witnesses to an armed robbery at a convenience store in Castlereagh.

An armed gang kidnapped a woman and pretended her sister's children were being held hostage while they robbed her workplace, police said today.

Police in the North have arrested a 28-year-old man in connection with the attempted murder of man in Co Down.

The man who organised George Best’s funeral was today appointed as the new chief executive of the Northern Ireland Policing Board.

The conviction of an alleged IRA youth wing member is to be referred to the Court of Appeal amid question marks over his confession three decades ago, it was revealed today.

More than 100 people have been arrested during a summer offensive against burglary in Belfast, it was revealed today.

HUNDREDS of former IRA prisoners are to attempt to have their convictions overturned and claim compensation.

Hundreds of former IRA prisoners are to attempt to have their convictions overturned and claim compensation, it was revealed today.

Armed robbers have held up a travel agency forcing staff to hand over thousands of pounds worth of sterling and other currencies, police said today.

It has been a long apprenticeship. However today Peter Robinson finally got the chance to take over as leader of the North’s most successful political party, the Democratic Unionists, after 28 years of being the Rev Ian Paisley’s understudy.

Parts of Belfast and counties Down and Antrim were flooded today.

Parts of Belfast and counties Down and Antrim were flooded today.

The SDLP could see its majorities in three Westminster constituencies cut under Boundary Commission recommendations proposed today.

SENATOR Eoghan Harris last night urged the North’s two unionist parties to merge and help stop Sinn Féin’s electoral successes on north and south of the Border.

Police in the North are tonight hunting armed attackers who tied up a woman during a robbery on an off-licence in Belfast.

Detectives are today hunting vandals who went on the rampage at the North's first inter-faith school.

THERE will be an extra 1,100 gardaí on the streets next year, helped by a 10% rise in the force’s budget.

Politicians opposed to the seven new super councils planned for the North were accused today of being more concerned about their own careers than what is best for local government.

The boundaries and names of the seven new local government districts in the North will be unveiled today.

Northern Ireland international David Healy is to head up a memorial trust for George Best.

A former police chef is to be extradited from the United States to face charges linked to the theft of Special Branch files in Belfast.

Belfast’s four electoral areas could face major expansion under revised plans for new Parliamentary constituencies in the North, it emerged today.

The chairman of the Road Safety Authority renewed his appeal for drivers to take care on the roads today – one of the busiest motoring days of the year.

Three teenagers were killed in a road accident in the Castlereagh area of east Belfast, police said today.

The British government was today challenged to explain a three and a half year delay in seeking the extradition of a key suspect in a Northern Ireland spy scandal.