Sinn Féin sent its politicians back to the classroom today to brush up their Irish language skills.

A loyalist political party was today unveiling five basic principles as part of its manifesto for this month’s Northern Ireland Assembly Election.

A WOMAN who is deaf and unable to speak was searching for a new home yesterday after being threatened by loyalist paramilitaries and told to get out of her Co Antrim flat.

Sinn Fein and the Rev Ian Paisley’s Democratic Unionists have both abandoned their principles since the Good Friday Agreement, it was claimed today.

Members of the Stormont Assembly were today accused of ignoring Department of Agriculture foot-and-mouth precautions by travelling to Scotland.

Northern Ireland Secretary Dr John Reid is preparing for briefings on the security situation in the province on his first day in his new post.