A motorist who was seriously injured when gardaí tried to stop his car died today in hospital.

The murder of a Roman Catholic man killed by a sectarian mob while the PSNI were nearby will be probed in a public inquiry opening today.

An Irish soldier injured in a bomb blast in Afghanistan is recovering well, his father said today.

An Armagh man who claimed he was a terrorist on board a transatlantic flight will be deported from America, US authorities said today.

A disc containing personal information have been lost by the public inquiry team probing the loyalist murder of a Catholic solicitor in the North.

A man was charged today in connection with a botched arson attack on an Orange Order building in Northern Ireland.

Two men were being hunted today as police on both sides of the border intensified their investigation into a shocking arson attack which left six people with horrific burns.

Nationalist politicians expressed concern today that MI5 could use a decision to give it full legal representation at an inquiry into the murder of a human rights lawyer in Northern Ireland to suppress sensitive documents.

Relatives of a teenage girl shot dead by a police officer’s gun in the North were today hoping a new report will recommend an investigation by an outside force.

The Parades Commission has once again re-routed the Orange Order's annual Drumcree parade in Portadown, Co Armagh, this Sunday.

A public inquiry into the death of a 25-year-old Catholic man at the hands of a loyalist mob is due to get underway in Craigavon today.

Two men were arrested in Portadown, Co Armagh today when a policeman was assaulted while investigating an attack on the car of a Portuguese resident of the town.

A letter has been sent to Tony Blair urging him to ensure the British government sticks to its commitments on inquiries into three controversial murders in Northern Ireland, it emerged tonight.

Tony Blair will be put under fresh pressure today to hold an immediate public inquiry into the loyalist murder over 15 years ago of Belfast solicitor Patrick Finucane.

Northern Ireland’s Assistant State Pathologist is facing British government disciplinary proceedings over his failure to identify multiple fractures on the body of a 14-month-old Romanian orphan who died less than four months after being adopted and taken to live in the North in 2000, it was revealed today.

A man murdered in the midlands could have been on his way back home to Northern Ireland when he was killed, officers believe.

AN ex-soldier who claimed he was driven to the brink of suicide because of anti-Catholic abuse while serving with the Royal Irish Regiment is to seek compensation from the British Ministry of Defence, it was revealed yesterday.

An ex-soldier who claimed he was driven to the brink of suicide because of anti-Catholic abuse while serving with the Royal Irish Regiment is to seek compensation from the British Ministry of Defence, it was revealed today.

The Parades Commission is due to issue its ruling on the contentious Drumcree march later today.

The Orange Order and nationalist residents are close to brokering an historic deal over the North’s bitter Drumcree parade dispute, it emerged today.

The North's Police Ombudsman has defended the use of plastic bullets against loyalists involved in last year's Drumcree protest in Portadown, Co Armagh.

Police were questioning a man today after detectives smashed a major counterfeiting operation.

The SDLP is expected to seek updates on two controversial murder investigations when it meets the Police Ombudsman, Nuala O'Loan, later today.

A TWO-YEAR-OLD girl was shot yesterday during what is believed to have been a domestic row in Northern Ireland.

Police in the North investigating the murder of a teenage boy have arrested a man, a Police Service of Northern Ireland spokeswoman confirmed.

Detectives investigating the vicious murder of a teenage boy in Northern Ireland have seized a passport, it emerged today.

The Northern Ireland Policing Board was meeting today to shortlist candidates for the North's second most senior post in law enforcement.

Breandan MacCionnaith, the chairman of the Garvaghy Road Residents Committee, has accused the British Government of politicising the loyalist marching season by establishing a review of the Parades Commission.

A top loyalist paramilitary has been found dead today in his prison cell in the North.

Police investigating the murder of Northern Ireland human rights lawyer Rosemary Nelson were tonight continuing to question a top loyalist.

Police have today arrested a top loyalist in connection with the murder of Northern Ireland human rights lawyer Rosemary Nelson.

A 42-year-old man was today charged with murdering a Catholic taxi-driver at the height of the Orange Order stand-off at Drumcree in 1996.

Paramilitary elements could be planning to provoke violence in Northern Ireland when Orangemen stage a protest demonstration at Drumcree on Sunday, it was claimed today.

A mother and two daughters are being questioned by police investigating the loyalist paramilitary murder of solicitor Rosemary Nelson.

A soldier appeared in court today charged with murdering a fellow private in a Northern Ireland army camp last week.