A young Catholic police officer murdered by a booby-trap car bomb in the North had only recently graduated from training college.

Dissident republican groups remain small and isolated organisations, but experts warn they are growing in size and expertise.

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.

Police in the North will today carry out a painstaking investigation into a car bomb attack by dissident republicans.

A Catholic policeman who lost a leg in a dissident republican bomb attack has been moved out of intensive care, it emerged today.

Two men have been arrested over the attempted murder of a police officer in the North, officers said today.

A Catholic policeman who survived a dissident republican bomb attack has had his right leg amputated, police confirmed today.

A Catholic police officer who survived a dissident republican car bomb is a hero, his chief constable said.

A Catholic police officer remained in a critical but stable condition in hospital tonight after being injured by a booby trap bomb in the North which was blamed on dissident republicans

THE captain of the Police Service of Northern Ireland’s Gaelic football team was fighting for his life last night after he was critically injured by a booby trap bomb.

Dissident republicans in the North are working more closely together to heighten their violent threat to the political process, it was revealed today.

Police in the North have made another arrest today in connection with the murder of two British soldiers by dissident republicans in Antrim earlier this year.

Police in the North have arrested a 51-year-old man in connection with the murder of two British soldiers in Antrim earlier this year.

The protection of sources is a fundamental aspect of press freedom, which is vital to a functioning democracy. The Irish Examiner, therefore, warmly welcomes the High Court ruling in Belfast that journalist Suzanne Breen does not have to give the PSNI her interview notes of discussions with a member of the Real IRA.

A prominent republican charged with the murder of two British soldiers in the North will not be standing in the European elections, his family said.

The murder of three security force members in the North has been met with a surge in applications from people wanting to join the police, the region’s top officer revealed today.

The Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin and the Minister for Justice Dermot Ahern are travelling to the North today for talks with Northern Secretary Shaun Woodward.